Top-5 postings of 2005
It's becoming a tradition: the five postings on this weblog that provoked most comments in 2005. All of them are related to this year's buzz word - reformation.
1. Changing life on the planet
"Apostles are there to change life on the planet," said Anderson Williams from Trinidad, speaking on an 'apostolic symposium' in Switzerland. But he had difficulty giving clear examples of how apostles build in practice. It sparked an interesting discussion on the so-called 'New Apostolic Reformation'.
2. A learning community
The Connect Europe network is committed to intentionally evaluate and learn all the time. Big question: is there leadership in the 'organic' church? And how does it function?
Jeff, an organic church planter from Cologne, paid me a visit. "When you want to be effective, start discipling non-Christians," he said. "If possible choose disenfranchised people." In February he will organise a 
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"The real damage is done by those millions who want to 'survive.' The honest men who just want to be left in peace. Those who don’t want their little lives disturbed by anything bigger than themselves. Those with no sides and no causes. Those who won’t take measure of their own strength, for fear of antagonizing their own weakness. Those who don’t like to make waves - or enemies. Those for whom freedom, honor, truth, and principles are only literature. Those who live small, mate small, die small. It’s the reductionist approach to life: if you keep it small, you’ll keep it under control. If you don’t make any noise, the bogeyman won’t find you. But it’s all an illusion, because they die too, those people who roll up their spirits into tiny little balls so as to be safe. Safe?! From what? Life is always on the edge of death; narrow streets lead to the same place as wide avenues, and a little candle burns itself out just like a flaming torch does. I choose my own way to burn."
Maarten Pijnacker Hordijk of the Dutch 
