DISCUSSIONS

Identity - Session 9 (final) - Planning and Collaborating

Fri, 3 Jun 2011 12:49:18 +1200

In this final session we talk about how to turn your stories into plans and then getting some help from above and next door to make them happen.

Resources:
6 projects and plans.pdf
7 collaboration theology.pdf

Identity - Session 8 - Storytelling your future

Thu, 2 Jun 2011 23:33:32 +1200

Building on the identity mapping process, we look at how to take that map and build viable scenarios or stories you can tell about how you’d like to live in the next five, ten or fifteen years.

Resources:
5 storytelling.pdf

Identity - Session 7 - The Mapping part 2

Thu, 10 Mar 2011 18:06:22 +1300

Carrying on from session 6, we continue to look at your identity from different angles and then try to project that into your future... Don’t forget to download the pdf from the previous session.

Identity - Session 6 - The Mapping

Tue, 15 Feb 2011 19:51:47 +1300

This session is about articulating the various aspects of your identity. We ask a series of questions to get you listing the huge number of “I am” statements that are true about you.

Resources:
4 identity mapping.pdf

Identity - Session 5 - The Restoration part 2

Tue, 15 Feb 2011 17:41:05 +1300

Opps, this is the restoration. Please grab the pdf from the previous podcast.

identity - Session 4 - The Restoration

Mon, 31 Jan 2011 15:17:34 +1300

We cover two themes in this session.
1. Create or React looks at two world views towards your future.
2. Restoring Identity looks at the steps you may need to take to get back the “years the locust have eaten”

Resources:
2 create v react.pdf
3 restore identity.pdf

identity - Session 3 - The importance part 2

Mon, 31 Jan 2011 13:59:19 +1300

This session carries on about the importance of identity from God’s point of view. We also introduce the idea of developing “I am” statements about yourself.

Please use the pdf from the previous podcast to follow along with.

Identity - Session 2 - The Importance

Wed, 12 Jan 2011 19:13:33 +1300

Session 2 covers the importance of identity, loving your neighbor as YOURSELF and the power of living from the inside-out...

Resources:
1 Importance of identity.pdf

Identity - Session 1 - The Roots

Wed, 12 Jan 2011 12:45:12 +1300

Recorded at YWAM Restenås Sweden’s School of Communication Foundations, we spend a week looking at identity. This first session covers the familial roots of identity, how it’s discovered and facilitated...

Resources:
teaching intro Slideshow-Mobile.m4v - a slideshow of the family that goes with the talk.

Music: Blindsided by Bon Iver

Storytelling

Tue, 13 Jul 2010 09:50:00 +1200

Record at Harpenden’s Documentary Film Making School, we discuss the diversity of God in the telling of stories. The focus is on documentaries, but I think the main principles apply across the board. Don’r forget to grab the pdf that goes with the teaching.

Resources:
Communication theory.pdf

Music: You Got Me by The Roots

Evangelizing 2010 - part 4

Wed, 16 Jun 2010 23:12:41 +1200

The final part in this series, we finish up a few examples of amzingness and then look at how we can do more of the same.

Same pdf...

Music: Police and the Private by Metric

Evangelizing 2010 - part 3

Fri, 11 Jun 2010 12:10:30 +1200

The students fight back! This session is mostly questions about the main premise of meeting basic needs vs. “preaching the gospel”. It’s kinda interesting.

No pdf

Music: Front Row by Metric

Evangelizing 2010 - part 2

Mon, 7 Jun 2010 15:34:43 +1200

Part 2 of this teaching starts with a long intro about how hard it is to be yourself, and change the world... then we carry on with some great examples of people doing amazing things. My hope is that we can learn from these and take the six concerns of Jesus seriously.

Same pdf presentation as the first part.

Music: Where Do You Run To? by Vivian Girls

Evangelizing 2010 - part 1

Fri, 28 May 2010 16:23:19 +1200

So now that we’re living in the future, how do we move past the baggage of the last century’s views on missions and evangelism? This series will focus on the six concerns of Jesus in Matthew 25, show a number of amazing examples and challenge us to stop play outreach games.

Resources:
evangelizing 2010.pdf

Music: Georgia by Eagle & Talon

Worship and culture

Sat, 22 May 2010 16:46:06 +1200

The last in this series on worship, we discuss the place of creating a response to God in the culture at large.

Recourses:
worship culture.pdf

Music by Urban Hymnal

Putting in your 10,000 hours

Sat, 15 May 2010 22:33:03 +1200

Part 5 of this series on thanks, praise and worship, we discuss putting in the effort to become amazing at what you do.

Resources
worship craft.pdf

Music by Danielle Ate the Sandwich

Making room for creating thanks, praise and maybe worship...

Tue, 11 May 2010 22:31:16 +1200

The next piece in this series covers some ideas about making room in your life to create, being intentional about the context you live in so that what you make ain’t pop.

Resources:
make room.pdf

Music: Feist - Past in Present

Worship as a lifestyle - the B side

Wed, 5 May 2010 13:23:52 +1200

This is the second part of the ‘worship as a lifestyle’ section which is part 3 of the overall conversation on worship.

Resources (same as the previous pdf, start on slide 5)
worship lifestyle.pdf

With thanks to Daytrotter.com for the great version of Bon Iver’s Lump Sum

Worship as a lifestyle?

Tue, 27 Apr 2010 14:06:45 +1200

Furthering our conversation about “leading worship”, we talk about a lifestyle that creates a rich environment which may lead to the writing and performing of better songs, art etc. Either way, we need to go deeper as people into the pain and beauty of the life around us.

Resources:
worship lifestyle.pdf

Music by Kontemplatief.de

‘Worship leader’ and other oxymorons

Tue, 13 Apr 2010 06:36:38 +1200

Hanging out with Taylor Maxwell and crew at the School of Worship in Orlando Florida, we’re trying to break down what worship is all about. We also look at the motives and practices of the “worship leader”, so as to get a better understanding on music, artistry, spirituality and interacting with audiences.

This is the first part of a five part series:

Resources:
worship.pdf

Unconditional Creativity

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 23:37:04 +1200

Recorded at an Arts & Media Group in Auckland, we talk about the connection between relationships and our creativity. It’s a very visual presentation so please download the pdf attached here:

Unconditional Creativity.pdf

Relationships with God & Other People (9 of 9)

Sat, 30 May 2009 15:41:28 +1200

Whew, the last one. Let me know if you got through them all. Don’t forget the pdf (No. 3) that goes along with this.

Relationships with God & Other People (8 of 9)

Wed, 20 May 2009 23:54:32 +1200

Part 8, dealing with family relationships...

Relationships with God & Other People (7 of 9)

Thu, 7 May 2009 18:56:00 +1200

Sorry about the quality of this one, it kinda craps out towards the end for a few minutes but it comes right in the end. I got a new mic so it won’t happen again, until it breaks.

Please download the new PDF for this one.
Relationship_presentation3.pdf

Relationships with God & Other People (6 of 9)

Fri, 24 Apr 2009 20:25:15 +1200

Is anyone getting bored of this yet? Please use the same presentation pdf from session 3.

Relationships with God & Other People (5 of 9)

Wed, 8 Apr 2009 23:54:19 +1200

So yeah, part five of nine. More stuff on how the power and simplicity of God’s ways can help us work through relational issues. We also look at 1 Cor 13 and ask if it’s possible to live like this today.

Please download the pdf from 3 of 9 and use it for visual backup.

Relationships with God & Other People (4 of 9)

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 20:09:08 +1300

Part four uses a new presentation. Please download the pdf (from Part 3) to walk through the teaching with.

Relationships with God & Other People (3 of 9)

Tue, 17 Mar 2009 22:26:04 +1300

Part three uses a new presentation. Please download this pdf to walk through the teaching with.

Resources:
Relationship_presentation2.pdf

Relationships with God & Other People (2 of 9)

Sun, 15 Mar 2009 12:49:28 +1300

Part two, don’t forget to get the PDF from the previous podcast.

Relationships with God & Other People (1 of 9)

Sun, 8 Mar 2009 19:47:13 +1300

I’ve done some relationship teaching podcasts in the past but this is a 9 part series where I try to look at the power of our own selfishness and the counterbalance of unconditional love.

Resources:
Relationship_session1.pdf

Marketing Your Self (part 3)

Sat, 7 Mar 2009 15:37:45 +1300

The last in the series. You will need the pdf from the first on the series.

Marketing Your Self (part 2)

Fri, 30 Jan 2009 21:36:48 +1300

Don’t forget to use the pdf presentation from part 1.

Marketing Your Self (part 1)

Tue, 27 Jan 2009 22:00:32 +1300

Recorded at the School of Marketing and Research in Kona Hawaii, we discuss how a better knowledge of your identity reflects on how you interact with the rest of the world.

Recourses:
Identity Marketing.pdf

Developing Your Creativity

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 23:24:02 +1300

This is a quick overview of the creative process based on my observations with my family and friends around the world.

Resources:
Creative.pdf

Signs of the Times (part 2)

Mon, 8 Dec 2008 16:10:30 +1300

Carrying on with the signs of poverty and finance, we continue to look at some macro issues and ask what they mean for us today.

Note: The pdf from the first session still applies.

Signs of the Times (part 1)

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 13:08:50 +1300

I think it’s a good idea to stop and look at some broader issues from time to time. We can get very focused on our personal lives and miss our place in the bigger picture.

Please download the pdf to go with this so you can see all the cool pics as well.

resources:
Signs of Times.pdf

Desires, Dreams and Passion

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 15:57:10 +1300

What is the place of desires and passion when it comes to making decisions. Are these emotive indicators inherently evil or something God has given us a magnet towards our future.

Resources:
dreams.pdf

Calling and Confusion

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 10:09:00 +1300

There are bits and pieces of this in some of my other podcasts but this is a concise version of the teaching on guidance and making your own decisions...

Resources:
Calling.pdf

Scriptures:
Calling_and_Confusion_notebook.pdf

Filters and Influences

Fri, 21 Mar 2008 10:53:46 +1300

Part 3 of the series on content development, we look at the various influences of our lives and how we filter these either to form didactic agendas or healthy tools towards developing an honest art.

Note: Please use the same pdf as the previous podcast ‘Content A’.

Heart, Soul, Mind and Strength

Fri, 14 Mar 2008 18:48:34 +1300

The second part of the series on Content Development, this shorter piece focuses on how we use our heart, soul, mind and strength to develop the art, or story...

Resources:
ContentA.pdf

Art is a natural thing...

Tue, 4 Mar 2008 21:01:31 +1300

This is the first of a multi part series on creative or content development. It was delivered at the School of Digital Film Making in Briasbane Australia.

The idea is to deal with two major issues. One is the filters and agenda’s we carry with us when it comes to creating as Christians. The second is how to bring God into the creative development in a healthy way without reverting to the baggage of evangelical thinking.

Please excuse the excess noise, it was raining on a tin roof.
Resources:
art is natural.pdf

God’s Nature, your Work

Fri, 25 Jan 2008 11:33:58 +1300

Recorded at Great Barrier Island during Sojourn 08, we talk about how to get more of God’s nature and character into your work. Please grab the pdf to watch as you listen to the podcast, it will make a lot more sense.

Resources:
Sojourn - Nature Character.pdf

outreach

Tue, 11 Dec 2007 05:42:43 +1300

This is kinda an in-house discussion about taking teams on short term outreaches. Sort of a YWAM issue but could be useful for anyone taking teams out to other countries.

The full discussion is around 3 hours but I have only put the first hour plus into this podcast.

unconditional love

Sat, 8 Sep 2007 13:26:05 +1200

Is it possible to love people unconditionally? Can you choose somebody to love? How can we maintain amazing friendships, one of which leads to marriage, with this kind of love and avoid the trap of the date-fail, date-fail, marry-fail syndrome?

Recorded in Oxford, NZ at the snowboarders DTS 2007

Babylon - Sojourn 5

Sun, 29 Jul 2007 12:23:12 +1200

Further to the Sojourn process, we discuss five ways of making an impact in the places God has called us into. This includes some tips from Dave Andrews crew working in the West End of Brisbane.

Resources:
babylon.pdf

Community - Sojourn 4 with Mark Berry

Fri, 20 Jul 2007 21:41:40 +1200

Mark Berry is developing a very interesting ‘new monastic’ style community in England and kindly shared his experiences and perspectives with us at Sojourn Dublin. You can find out more about what Mark is doing by checking out his blog.

Resources:
Community.pdf

Public Faith - Sojourn 3 with Mark Sampson

Sun, 15 Jul 2007 22:06:09 +1200

Further to Mark’s discussion on church history, he brings us up to date and face to face with our personal Jesus...

History - Sojourn 2 with Mark Sampson

Thu, 12 Jul 2007 13:18:18 +1200

Mark covers the history of the church over a few hundred years to give a perspective of how we went from us to me...

Fellowship - Sojourn 1

Tue, 3 Jul 2007 21:17:29 +1200

Recorded in Dublin at Sojourn, this is a series of discussions on fellowship and culture. Ferg and Saj Brown invited a bunch of us to get together with their friends and workshop how to network God’s people in a city towards cultural growth and transformation. This is the first of six sessions on the subjects from myself, Mark Sampson, Trent Sheppard and Mark Berry.

Resources:
Crisis.pdf

Emerging What?

Fri, 25 May 2007 20:31:27 +1200

Recorded in Brisbane, we talk about why emerging culture is taking so long to show up? We also look at the walls this generation faces in extending the Kingdom of God or even just surviving...

Recourses:
emerging.pdf