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Peterson, E. H. (2010). Practise Resurrection: A Conversation on Growing Up in Christ. London: Hodder & Stoughton.

The Creation of Church
Growing up in Christ is a team sport. Individualism stunts growth, and inhibits maturity (p112). While we hold to individualistic ideals, we are not able to embrace church. “Individualism severely handicaps us in growing up to the measure of the full stature of Christ. If unchecked, it can be fatal, condemning us to lifelong immaturity” (p113). Instead of focussing on ourselves, we should focus on Christ; it is He that we are growing up into. “We are too full of ourselves. It is Christ – not me, not you, not us – who ‘fills all in all’” (p113). Read More....

Peterson, E. H. (2010). Practise Resurrection: A Conversation on Growing Up in Christ. London: Hodder & Stoughton.
“Continuing Peterson's evaluation of contemporary Christian spirituality, Practise Resurrection is a study of the book of Ephesians. It is often thought to be Paul's most difficult letter, but has been for over thirty years Peterson's text for his identity as a pastor. Peterson points out that although Christians emphasise the importance of new birth, growth is equally important. This book is a conversation on spiritual formation and what it means to become a mature Christian. Read More....

Hirsch, A & D. (2010).Untamed. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books.
“In this provocative and compelling book, internationally known missiologists Alan and Debra Hirsch cast a dynamic vision of mission-shaped discipleship. Untamed exposes the idolatrous clutter that fills our lives and seeks to recapture what it means to be authentic followers of Jesus. Each chapter ends with suggested practices to help you start living out the book’s principles, as well as questions for group discussion” Read More....

Friesen, D. J. (2009). Thy Kingdom Connected: What the Church Can Learn from Facebook, the Internet, and Other Networks. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books.

Christ-Commons
Friesen describes the relationship between church institutions and organic social clustering as being “to the church what the body and the soul are to the person: inseparably one” (p105-6). The role of the institution is to be a connective space, a commons “like a village square, a plaza, a forum, the Internet, or any open meeting place... Commons serve a variety of functions, chief of which is to provide a place for people to connect” (p106-7). Frisen describes institutions that are setup for the cause of Christ as “Christ-Commons” a “visible structure, institution, denomination, building, worship service, or small group that is formally created with the hope that the structure will provide an environment or space where people are more likely to experience life in connection with God and one another” (p107). Read More....

Friesen, D. J. (2009). Thy Kingdom Connected: What the Church Can Learn from Facebook, the Internet, and Other Networks. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books.
“Thy Kingdom Connected presents a relationally connective paradigm of God’s networked kingdom that will better enable you and me to see God, humanity, and all of creation as being interconnected. And when this relational paradigm, this hermeneutic, is applied to the study and praxis of ecclesiology, the people of God will be better prepared to live into the image of God, thus incarnating the mission of God” (p20). Read More....