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Posted on October 8, 2009 - by Stephen Murray

Blogging Embarrassment

So the blog has revived a bit with this trip to New York – I haven’t really written about much else lately. I do feel a little bit of reluctance in some ways to make this blog, as it stands, a priority. Not because I don’t think blogging is valuable and not because I’ve got too much other important work (and I do) but rather because I’m not sure I’d stand 100% behind everything I’ve ever written here in the past 3 years – I’m maybe even a little embarrassed by the odd post.

There are posts I wrote from which I think I’ve now shifted theologically, there are statements that I think I’ve shifted culturally away from and there are tones I took that I now think are inappropriate. So what do you do? Do I leave it up there as a kind of testimony to my journey as gospel minister? Do I strip down the blog so that I’m never incriminated for something I might not actually adhere to? Do I start over? Is this a significant question for future ministry? I’m not sure I know.

Posted on March 19, 2009 - by Stephen Murray

Left of Center

My friend and fellow partner in crime (as we secretly try and subvert the universe), Kyle Johnston has started a blog. Kyle does great gospel ministry in some of the more alternative schools in the Southern Suburbs of Cape Town. Him and his wife Kirsty have been part of our new little gospel community and together with them we’ve been having some great discussions about what it means to be a community on mission. His most recent post, entitled ‘Being Left of Center’ mentions one of those discussions. Go check him out.