It is important to note how much poorer we are because of the voices we have lost. I’m glad you refused to go.

Phyllis Tickle prophetically reminded the church that about every 500 years the opportunity comes for the church to redefine itself. She called it “the great emergence” and suggested that now is the time. So it’s the era for reimagining and proactive curiosity. A time of real possibility… I think it’s right to implore for that.

I think it is essential. Addressing the misdiagnosis will reveal the misdefined. If we let go of the idea of church as we have commonly come to understand it and practice it, we might just find rich exciting opportunity to grow the church that has been thought of as lost.

When a health or support service tries to integrate lived experience into its service delivery model it is significantly less successful than those services that have started from a clean canvas to co-produce and deliver something new.

Proactive curiosity is in my view an imperative if we wish to be a part of bringing a little of heaven to earth. If I let my emotions get the better of me I would go so far as to implore it.

Thanks Ruth. Holding space for uncomfortable voices isn’t easy, and requires maturity, but it is an important part of proactive curiosity.

Very good that you are still around Rob! Our desperation for a “solution” often sees us land up more compromised than before.

Thanks Paul. Very good to hear from you. There is something about watching from the margins that permanently changes the way we see things.