tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-243194532012-02-06T16:21:40.495ZThe search for the Northwest Passage is a parable of the church and an inspiration for my journey. This blog is about a church trying to discover the way to the church of the late 21 century. We don't know if that church, at least in Western Europe, or even the way to it exists, but we do have a sense that getting there will take some radical thinking and courageous doing. This is the log of that journey and I hope that some of you reading this may be our norwegian sealers and our inuit!Ian Aitkenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11833617031879624528noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24319453.post-1158870258050675452006-09-21T21:14:00.000+01:002008-01-18T14:47:40.383ZSometimes my ideas are good ones, sometimes they're rubbish, but I should know by now that the idea of me keeping anything like a blog was never going to happen. However, some people have asked me if I've written anything about the church which we are trying to nurture in Stockethill and my ego is big enough to think that that is a good idea. I also want to engage with others who are thinking about similar things to me and this seems to be a good way to do it.<br /><br />So from this blog you can follow links to a website on which I have and will publish various thoughts, documents and information about our church. I hope that you find some of it stimulating and that you might even return here to comment or email me at <a href="mailto:ncdstockethill@uk.uumail.com">ncdstockethill@uk.uumail.com</a>.<br /><br />The links to date are:<br /><br /><strong>A parable of the church</strong>: which tries to explain why I'm doing what I'm doing<br /><strong>The story of Stockethill</strong>: as it was written about 2 years ago<br /><strong>Organisation</strong>: a paper I wrote to help us think through the leadership and organisation structure of the church<br /><strong>Where we've come from, are and might be going</strong> - A short theological reflection on the state of the church at the start of 2008<br /><strong>How we 'listen to God' for vision</strong> - An overview of why and how we have tried to listen to God's leading us.<br /><br />I hope to publish more as time goes by, but then I hope to do a lot of things.<br /><br />Bless you<br /><br />Ian Aitken<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24319453-115887025805067545?l=northwest-passage.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ian Aitkenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11833617031879624528noreply@blogger.com5