the habit of giving...
Thursday, July 06, 2006
'This' post by Mark Berry is well worth reading. In talking about generosity as opposed to profit-driven consumerism, Mark writes the following about the role of blogging in the emerging church conversation...
we don't sell we share (with exceptions of course)... we put our ideas in half-baked form out there, we put our resources in editable form out there, we put ourselves - our neurosis, our concerns, our spirituality etc. etc. out there! Maybe we have developed the 'Habit of Giving' if so it is worth CELEBRATING! Kester is right there is 'virtuous circle' a network of gift that is so much richer for all concerned than the old way of saving up you [sic] knowledge/resources then sell them! Let's challenge the 'book culture' that says you are nothing till you've published a book! Lets abandon experts and see everyone as learners, lets give away the things we have, let's take risks with the talents we've been given!
Labels: blogs, emerging church
I'm Malcolm Chamberlain
from Liverpool, United Kingdom
. I'm married with two young children and, in addition to Liverpool, have lived in Leicester (for the first 18 years of my life), York, Peshawar (Pakistan), Oxford and Walsall. I've been actively involved in the emerging church since 2001, as a founding member of Dream in Liverpool City, and coordinator of the Dream network. I'm currently engaged in research into emerging missional communities, and work as a parish priest and pioneer minister.
