Ok. This started as one thing and ended up being something else.

Greenbelt is one of those places that’s totally different to other Christian camping events. Most other Christian camps I’ve been on have been about resourcing “the faithful” to go out and march forth and do stuff. I’ve noticed alot of the imagery surrounding that sort of idea of mission tends to be military in origin.

I used to be a missionary; a proper travelling missionary zipping round Europe and Eurasia working with students. My job was supposed to be winning souls to Christ but this didn’t really sit too well with me. As a post modern post evangelical poster boy I spent most of my time debating ideas, concepts and authenticity rather than preaching a specific dogma or orthodoxy. In short I didn’t feel much of a missionary. As part of a theatre company embodying questions about life we’d deconstruct long held ideas through physical theatre. It was challenging, stirring stuff; as one stoned student in Denmark put it “You really know how to kill someone’s buzzâ€?.

The guys I worked with wanted to know what my missiology was (and to tell the truth I had to look that word up) at the time I mumbled about sharing faith or something. Now I can answer that question a little better. It’s about going beyond mere belief in commands and into a life that’s in rhythm with God. And if everyone does that something like the kingdom of heaven (that place of mustard seed faith, wise virgin preparation, lost sheep searching and a welcome for kids that come home) will happen here on earth. Bonza!

This entry was posted on Friday, September 16th, 2005 at 6:07 pmand is filed under General.