This last weekend was the biennial conference for Evangelical Alliance Ireland. It was great day of connecting with folks from around Dublin who are passionate about God's Kingdom. I've posted a few thoughts from the day over at our main website.
I really enjoyed my time with Fergus Ryan yesterday. He has an amazing ability to sum up and articulate the spiritual heritage of Ireland, from Celtic Christianity through the introduction of Catholicism and later evangelicalism to the present day "postmodern" paradigms. I look forward to learning more from him in the months ahead. The church that he leads in Dublin recently obtained a new building, with which they are planning some very innovative and creative ministry initiatives.
Tomorrow, the GEM Youth Ministry folks here in Ireland get together to discuss an upcoming gathering of GEM youth workers from across Europe. After the meeting, a few of us are hoping to take a tour of Dublin castle and then find some live traditional Irish music.
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Brandon,
ReplyDeleteGreat post on the conference, I will print for CGroup tonight. I think it's interesting how every place I hear about and even in my own life/walk, we are talking/thinking about the same things. For instance, as I have pondered Willard's "The Great Omission", his parting thoughts section at the end is classic (almost qualifies as Scripture); he talks about everything, including mission, starts with each individuals walk with Him so we each need to commit to being His disciple then help others do the same (2 Tim 2:2) ... "A Gospel of Life and of The Way"?
PS Am really rejoicing over our CGroup. I am meeting with a couple guys, Faye has tagged up with a couple gals ... just an eager desire to be a disciple and be discipled one-on-one, some even want to learn to disciple.
Regards in Prayer, Doug
Thanks, Doug. Interestingly enough, I've had some great discussions with Seán Mullen (Director of Evangelical Alliance Ireland) about some of Willard's writing. He's been a huge inspiration to Seán.
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