Church planting: time for new terminology?

Church planting: time for new terminology?

'Fresh expressions’ of church in NC

'Fresh expressions’ of church in NC

Read about a great day exploring A Changing Church in a Changing World in article at the link above.

Below is a poem that expresses my view of realizing a Fresh Expression:

NOW AND THEN

At the border
Just shy of the edge
Of here and there

we have come to a cross

and one of us must sit

and one of us must stand

contemplating the necessary posture

accepting that we must take the position we can and no other

not now

for now we can play but one part

in the drama

At the precipice
Between living now
And dying then

from one to the next is but a passing

through to a wonderful new world

The flap of light shimmers as it closes over her
Shelling her in like a pearl
Inside the oyster

she can see partially dimly barely

through to the source of the illumination

outside the protected hide

a kind of borderland

cloaked inside this tomb

but able to see out

to yearn for the other side

while dangerously safe and protected within

outside is everything

but here, close in

right next to her heart

is most of the work

the abundance

fecundity fertility fruit bearing possibility

but she must venture out to partner

and risk everything

everything held dear

crossing the border

stepping across the cliff

the ceiling must erupt

momentarily

and then the opportunity

to revert to home