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'Small Fire' columns for Ship of Fools

[Aug 2002] Network church and portfolio church New patterns of church in a mobile world. [July 2002] Right thing, wrong place The Labyrinth fails to draw the crowds at Glastonbury Festival. Why? [June 2002] London Eye Prayer You can see for 20 miles all around on the London Eye, so where better to pray over the city? [May 2002] Alternative worship is not about youth Alternative worship is not about youth. [Apr 2002] Inside the stained glass window Visions, York, Easter Saturday 2002. [Mar 2002] Come as you are? Why sex is not a big issue in alternative worship. [Feb 2002] How far is too far? Are Vaux just taking the piss? [Jan 2002] Church without commitment If church were just a good night out, would you pay to get in? [Dec 2001] A weekly work of the people Is a monthly act of worship enough, or do we need to do something weekly for the sake of community? [Nov 2001] Church just isn't there when you need it "Most alt worship communities are not growing significantly"... is it true? [Oct 2001] Coffee and campfires Introducing Cathy Kirkpatrick, who believes that our job is to model ways of living the kingdom of God without the church. [Sept 2001] Bring back the pews (not) The Greenbelt festival: which groups were there, what did they do, and can we now ditch the stylistic trappings? [Aug 2001] The church as sensual otherworld Church buildings used to be heavenly spaces, but the stained glass has been outshone by television... [Jul 2001] All-age alternative worship in Bristol When Bristol's Third Sunday Service moved churches, the age-range expanded to encompass 9-87 year-olds... [Jun 2001] Good vibrations Welcome to Global Lounge, "an afternoon of sofas, music, performance, community and edutainment," in London's Brick Lane. [May 2001] If worship is a city If worship is a city... is it Singapore or Glasgow? Rio de Janeiro or Kansas? London or Lagos? [Apr 2001] Anarchy in the USA A report on the Epicenter/Tribal Generation event in Austin, Texas, complete with the Senses Lab and Luscious Room. [Mar 2001] Straying from the path Someone wants to adapt your idea but ends up subverting it. A labyrinth event in Nottingham raises uncomfortable issues. [Feb 2001] The image of God Christians aren't concerned with outward appearances, but western culture is. So where's the connection? [Jan 2001] The word of life and the power of love celebrating the power of love at Christmas with Host, Hackney, London. [Dec 2000] I will make you fish What does it mean to embody Christ in your place and time? [Nov 2000] A little child will lead them Turning life and worship upside down at Vaux in south London. [Oct 2000] Photocopy your face for Jesus How a cold photocopier became a place of encounter with God. [Sept 2000] Worship (alternative version) What is alternative worship? Alternative rock? Rave in the nave? Priestesses with piercings?