publishing

here are links to writing and music i have published:

books

• pioneer practice is a full colour 192 page book full of stories and practical wisdom on pioneering - perfect if you have an idea to develop. it's the first book on a new partnership getsidetracked.
• imagining mission with john v taylor is co authored with cathy ross and speaks to contemporary issues in mission inspired by the writings of john taylor who was way ahead of his time!
• the pioneer gift is a collection of reflections on pioneer mission and ministry that i edited with cathy ross and contributed the opening chapter to.
• pioneering spirituality is a collection of reflections on spirituality in relation to pioneering mission. i edited the book with cathy ross and contributed the opening chapter.
• future present is a beautifully designed book that we crowd funded and then self published with proost. it's a series of reflections on creating a better world by imagining a different future and changing the present on the basis of that.
• curating worship explores the idea of creating worship in the way an art curator approaches the design of an exhibition. i draw on writing from the art world in the opening two chapters and then the book is a series of interviews with people who have created amazing worship experiences.
• alternative worship is a collection of liturgical resources from the alternative worship movement. it came with a cd rom which was ground breaking at the time! i put this together with doug gay and jenny brown.
• the labyrinth a transforming ritual - this is my MA dissertation pretty much as it was reflecting on ritual in postmodern culture using the labyrinth.
• grace pocket liturgies is a collection of prayers and liturgies from the grace community. my role was to gather and edit it with a few contributions of my own included.
• making communion is a collection of services exploring communion at grace over the years. it has a long introduction explaining how the approach sist within the church of england. i wrote the intro and several of the eucharistic prayers and edited the book together.
• transforming preaching began life as a rejected chapter for a book on preaching largely i think because it was called 'throwing a hand grenade in the fruit bowl'! but it got a respin and published as a grove book.
• the pioneer gift, pioneering spirituality, curating worship and future present have also been published in s korea.

i have published chapters in books as follows:

• i have written the foreword to the latest edition of the go between god by john taylor
• mission: an adventure of the digital imagination in missio dei in a digital age (forthcoming)
• a conversation on mission and imagination with ric stott published in missional conversations
• prophetic dialogue and contemporary culture in mission on the road to emmaus
• CMS pioneer mission leadership training: a new pathway in reflecting and equipping for christian mission
• pioneering mission for the church's theology in the end of theology
• rhythm of the masses in mass culture edited by pete ward. my chapter looks at communion in alternative worship communities and its engagement with postmodern cultures.
• the labyrinth as strategic practice in the rite stuff edited by pete ward. the book is on ritual in postmodern times. my chapter is a summary of my MA dissertation which looked at the labyrinth we created at st paul cathedral as an example of how ritual is a strategic practice in postmodern times.
• youth ministry changes more than you know in global youth ministry
• i also had a couple of chapters in gospel and globalisation which i can no longer trace online anywhere. it was a publication following a youth conference in south asia.

i have written a few journal articles:

• yes to mission spirituality was a response to pope francis evangelii gaudium in international review of mission 104.2, 2016
• do it from the inside was the annual louis luzbetak lecture i gave at ctu in chicago published in new theology review 30.2, 2018
• theological homelessness: getting lost to find a new way home published in anvil journal
• i wrote the editorial and edited the issue of anvil journal on mission entrepreneurship 33.1, 2017
• curating worship in anvil journal 27.1, 2010
• and i am currently one of the joint editors of anvil journal

music

i have recorded several albums over the years all with jon birch. they are

• whose earth
• year of the jubilee
• grace
• eucharist
• labyrinth
• old hymns in dub
• backbone
• spirit of the new

some are still available through the audio section of proost. we have not done anything new for some time now though.