Welcome to our blog. We are a group of people passionate about seeing God's kingdom come in all its fullness here on earth. We want to partner with God in this process and to imagine what every sphere of society could look like if renewed and reconceived to reflect the image of our maker. To this end we affirm the revelation and authority of the Bible and the inspiration of the Holy Spirit as breathed through history and available to us now. Our aim for this blog is to be a space to dream big, to think radically, to challenge orthodoxy, and to do it together.



We've named this collective endeavour Metanoia. It is derived from the Greek words meta, meaning change or beyond, and noos, meaning mind. It conveys a dual aim; to effect a change of mind regarding our world and our society; and to invite the One who is able to do exceedingly, abundantly more than we could ask or think, to take us beyond the limits of our human wisdom, towards His kingdom.



We invite you to join us.



Tuesday, 5 October 2010

Why Metanoia?

As this is my first post on our new blog, I would like to share a few thoughts about why I decided to be part of Metanoia and what I hope to achieve from participating in the discussions on this blog. For a long time now, I have been interested in exploring what God has to say about economics. It is often said that economics is the “dismal science”, a study of the perennial quest to satisfy mankind’s unlimited wants under the constraints of the earth’s scarce resources. However, somewhere inside of me is the hope and belief that “God’s economy” is an achievable place of peace, love and joy.

To discover God’s economy, I am starting with the Bible – Old and New Testaments. Within the next year or so, I am aiming to read the entire Bible, marking with a coloured pencil every reference that, in my view, pertains to the world of economics. So far, I have covered the first five books of the Old Testament plus Job.



My objective is to become more attuned to God’s thinking on the subject and, then, to apply these principles in today’s world. This application can take place at many levels. Most importantly, this will involve changing the way I think and act in my personal life (i.e. repentance) but I also want to use whatever spheres of influence I have to advocate change at the institutional and societal levels.

I plan to use this blog as a way of “thinking out loud” as I undertake this journey, so all comments are very welcome!
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  1. Nathan8 October 2010 at 09:46

    This sounds like a really exciting project and one that I'm sure will be beneficial for us all as we engage with what God's economy might look like. Perhaps this is a little premature, but if you've already come across passages/patterns that you think are key, could you share them on the blog, so that we can collectively consider their implications? I know we won't have the overview that you'll eventually get once you've gone through the whole Bible. But it would be great to get some provisional discussions started.

    Happy colouring,

    Nathan

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