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Hi Matt, Thanks for ordering from Ticketmaster.  Your order confirmation - 50-23407/UK3 2 tickets for Dawes Wednesday, November 6, 2019 07:00 PM Oran Mor, Glasgow Price Level 1, Unreserved Standing Ticket Type: Full Price Ticket Ticket Price: £18.50 x 2 = £37.00 Service Charge: £1.85 x 2 = £3.70 Order number: 50-23407/UK3 Handling fee: £2.50 Delivery charge: £0.95 Order total: £44.15 (incl. fees) Delivery: Standard Post We'll post your tickets to your billing address and the latest you should expect them is 48 hours before the event – you won't need to sign for the delivery. View online order | Delivery updates | Help | Preferences Let's get social   This email confirms your ticket order, so print/save it for future reference. All purchases are subject to credit card approval, billing address verification and Terms and Conditions as set out in our Purchase Policy. We make every effort to be accurate, but we cannot be responsible for changes, cancellations, or postponements announced after this email is sent. © 2019 Ticketmaster. All rights reserved. Ticketmaster UK Limited Registration in England No.2662632. Registered Office, 2nd Floor, Regent Arcade House, 19-25 Argyll Street, London W1F 7TS Please do not reply to this email. Replies to this email will not be responded to or read. If you have any questions or comments, contact us.

I'm NOT going to be a History Maker in this Land

So last night was Delirious's last gig. I know a few people who went to it and I seem to have wound someone up on facebook by suggesting the song 'History Maker' epitomises, for me, much that is wrong with popular charismatic-evangelical spirituality and theology. And that's because, in short, it doesn't seem to deal with the ego.

When you stop to think about it, to say "I'm going to be a history maker in this land" is incredibly egotistical. The fact is that almost all of us aren't going to be history makers (at least not in the sense that I think most people would understand that phrase).

But our egos would love us to stand out from the crowd - to be someone important - someone that really mattered - someone that history will remember.

That's what I object to in this song.

Charismatic-evangelical theology/spirituality seems to leave the ego unchecked. It suggests that as long as we say we're doing these things for God (and of course that's what everyone DOES say) then our ego's can just find a new way to express themselves.

So - didn't mean to spoil anyone's moment last night at the gig (and years ago I went saw Delirious play plenty of times) but felt this was worth saying.

John O Donahue joins my Jedi Council

I guess we all probably have wise guides we look to, people who help
us to shape our spiritual lives, sages who articulate things we
intuitively feel we already know but haven't been able to put into
words.

I lovingly refer to these people as my Jedi Council. They are people
like Richard Rohr, Brian McLaren, Wendell Berry, Eugene Peterson,
Ronald Rolheiser, Bede Griffiths. (looks like I need to add some women!)

John O Donahue is now joining my Jedi Council. I'm a bit late to the
party on this one. I did hear him speak at Greenbelt 3 years ago (I
think it was) but haven't read him until recently.

Pippa gave me 'Benedictus', his wonderful book of blessings, when
Samuel was born, and I recently blew the dust off 'Anam Cara' which
has been sitting on my shelf for years. It is beautiful, beautiful
spiritual writing of the highest quality.

I think I'll have to download some of his talks from the Greenbelt
site. In this season of the church year when we especially remember
the communion of the saints, Mr O Donahue thankyou for your wisdom and
for all you embodied.

Pentecost with Mark Scandrette

We have our Pentecost service coming up next Sunday. We will be joined by the Scandrette's from San Francisco who we met when we were over there a few years back. Mark will be telling some stories and sharing any other thoughts buzzing round his head. We're also having a supper afterwards. If you're in the area and you'd like to come then e mail me (matt@home-online.org).

some good stuff from Walter Brueggemann (via The Work of the People)

Stillpoint launch

On Wednesday night we launched Stillpoint. It felt like an important night in my life. We had about 120 guests at The Phoenix Cinema along with our special guests Bishop John (Bishop of Oxford) and Jamie Catto from 1 Giant Leap.
Ian and I presented the vision for Stillpoint and talked to Bishop John and Jamie. We also showed three chapters from 1 Giant Leap's amazing film 'What About Me?'
There was a real sense of the importance of this agenda. I said to Ian "it feels like we are catching a wave, now we have to figure out how to stay on it".
There are a few photos on my flickr page here (thanks Jim for taking these).

by design

I've just finished designing www.suzannahlipscomb.com
Check it out and if you need a site designing do get in touch via www.amplifiedcreative.com

CAC Emerging Church Conference will now be streamed live

Very pleased to hear that Richard Rohr's Center for Contemplation and Action in Albuquerque are going to stream their upcoming emerging church conference live over the web. Good news!

Speakers include Richard Rohr, Brian McLaren, Phyllis Tickle, Shane Claiborne.

More info on the webcast here.

Stillpoint launch this Wednesday

We are launching Stillpoint on Wednesday this week (March 4th) at a special event in The Phoenix Cinema in Jericho, Oxford.

We will be joined by the Bishop of Oxford, John Pritchard, and also by Jamie Catto - one half of 1 Giant Leap ("genius film makers" according to Bono). We will be presenting the vision for Stillpoint and talking to John and Jamie as well as showing some chapters from 1 Giant Leap's latest film, 'What About Me?'

We have had a really good response to the invites we've sent out but we still have some spaces available. If you would like to come please let me know (leave a comment to this post).