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James Henley
http://jameshenley.co.uk
Thoughts, writings and reflections of James Henley, Student Pastor at the Lab, Newport - a missional community of young people in Newport, South Wales.
Recent Posts
Journeys in Cyberspace – 28/10/09
Links to stuff that’s taken my interest online over the last week or so. Scot Mc Knight’s article on The Gospel for iGens in Leadership Journal is really relevant and important for those engaging in mission with young people/young adult...
Q: Ideas that create a better world
At college this week, I chatted to a few people about Q Ideas, which is a website/programme which aims to educate and promote creative thinking amongst the church and church leaders. The website features videos, essays and podcasts with all kinds of ...
Surprised by Hope: Visual Synopsis
Have recently been re-reading through Tom Wright’s Surprised by Hope, which is an incredible, really relevant, really useful book unpacking the Christian hope for the future, the resurrection, and new creation. For me, its often really useful t...
The secret life of Britain’s teenage boys
Last Saturday’s Guardian had a great article where the reporter tailed a couple of different groups of teenage boys – revealing a really interesting viewpoint into what teenage boys think about and how they spend their time. It’s re...
“Come, change the world with us”
In his video for The Nines, Rick Warren talks about the need for a process of discipleship in a lot of the churches he is aware of. The question a lot of church leaders are asking is ‘how do we move people along from a needy attitude towards f...
Missional Viewpoints 2: Mission as Salvation
Caught up in the Christian understanding of mission and particularly evangelism, is this concept of salvation and what it means. In recent times, the Church’s understanding of salvation has been fairly straightforward and in some ways quite a ...

