Richard Passmore

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Brave Spaces Launch Event - Fresh Expressions Something is shifting. For three decades, the Fresh Expressions movement has inspired thousands of new Christian communities to emerge across the UK. Now, as we move forward as fx, we’re […]

if you haven't signed up for The Brave Spaces Launch on Thursday its not too late freshexpressions.org.uk/event/brave-...

I write quite a bit about hope. I think about hope a lot, indeed “realising hope” was part of the strap line for the first charity I was CEO of. This post reflects on hope and communion. www.sundaypapers.org.uk?p=4360

Partly in response to Paul Bradbury’s post on empire and as a follow up to contextual mission here’s a riff on notions of space. www.sundaypapers.org.uk?p=4365

I walked my usual dog walk back wards today. Each time I walk it im entranced a copse that stands alone on a hill. the ancient wood is abundant with life. Walking backwards made me notice how there are pathways connected by hedgerows in and out that must feed the teaming life I often spot

Poverty and the Church: 40 Years After Faith In The City This morning at General Synod we debated the Faith in the City report 40 years after its publication. I had written a speech for that strongly asked for concrete action in the next five years of Ge…

Poverty and the Church: 40 Years After Faith in the City.

My call for concrete action by #GeneralSynod in the next five years to deal with the causes of intergenerational poverty.

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When the incarnational nature of language ruins our comms plan I’ve always been fascinated by the role language plays in meaning making and for several years my walk of faith has been helped by entering into dialogue with nature through the emerging church space ...

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Launching Now Applied Alchemy is going live

A few people asked if I will be offering coaching as part of new work and so I have been working on a different approach that is more specifically related to pioneering practice and leadership contexts. If you are interested you can find out more at open.substack.com/pub/alchemye...

Something Is Moving at the Edges - Fresh Expressions Something has shifted. You can feel it if you stand still long enough. A change in the air. A tug toward the outer edge where the ground is uneven but […]

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If you want a free advent resource to use with the community here’s link around creating brave spaces of community, conversation and church and each says a bit about the direction fx is heading. freshexpressions.org.uk/get-equipped...

Leadership as spirit shaping A Free Applied Alchemy Level 2 DIP Taster

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Play with me. www.sundaypapers.org.uk?p=4320

This blog is out reflecting the season and innovation. Sundaypapers.org.uk

built on tried and tested approaches and reflection on 30 years of pathfinding in the faith sector and aims to build a level leadership fluency where you naturally use all the tools in you kitbag and can grab the right one without even thinking about it!

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Sundaypapers.org.uk is 21

Three images of Trickster a hare a fox and joker

My blog Sunday papers (a cooperative look a mission, life and church) is celebrating 21 years this month. I’ve looked back through the posts and a regular theme has been how I have used Trickster in challenging and developing systems. www.sundaypapers.org.uk?p=4306

www.sundaypapers.org.uk?p=4300 fishing, ACEs, and hope

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Driving back north on Wednesday I saw a lot of flags but one St George’s flag was emblazoned with the words ‘All welcome’. Which i think captures well the powerful emblem at the heart of England’s story, one capable of both division and unity. Read more at www.sundaypapers.org.uk?p=4280

This week blog offering seems apt as I’m adjusting to a different way of being and I can’t help think that maybe as I look for new jobs there could be a level of complicity in this violence? www.sundaypapers.org.uk?p=4233

Last day with the diocese fb.watch/Br8C9_7l1e/?

There’s some major shifts in spirituality tomorrows post picks this up again if interested.

Re-enchantment - what have 3.5 billion gamers and nature got to do with spirituality and mission. www.sundaypapers.org.uk?p=4255

My Black Church Now Owns a Racist Logo This isn't just a legal victory; it's a reversal in the tradition of Jesus.

"The reversal of power that recently granted my church the rights to the Proud Boys logo echoes a biblical tradition of reclaiming what was meant for harm and using it for good." sojo.net/articles/opi...

the tension between what/how we know and what we are becoming stark in the church. Believe less, this weeks blog reflects on Alastair Macintyres passing and the gift of After Virtue and its implications for the mixed ecology. Www.sundaypapers.org.uk

Scale deep www.sundaypapers.org.uk?p=4237

Hope is a muscle not wishbone or whisper,
but sinew and tendon
that flexes beneath the skin
with every reimagined dream of a better world.

It is not fragile,
but the steady clench
of hands in the dirt,
the slow…..
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What’s late stage capitalism, eco theology and Thomas Merton got to do with community building and the emerging church? www.sundaypapers.org.uk?p=4191