Below are all the Small Fires started by Steve Collins, with the 
        most recent conflagrations at the top. Small Fire has its own online discussion 
        board for exploring the issues surrounding alternative worship. You can 
        join the discussion by going here. 
       
        - Network 
          church and portfolio church  Assembling your spiritual life 
          from a variety of church solutions, rather than just the one (August 
          2002)  
        
 - Right 
          thing, wrong place  The Labyrinth fails to draw the crowds 
          at the Glastonbury Festival  why? (July 2002) 
        
 - Giving prayer 
          a spin on the London Eye   You can see for 20 miles all around 
          on the London Eye, so where better to pray over the city? (June 2002) 
           
        
 - Alternative worship is not about youth 
           Alternative worship is made, almost everywhere, for adults and 
          by adults. Can it be for teenagers? (May 2002) 
        
 - Inside the stained glass window  
          Visions, who worship in the church of St Cuthbert's in York, celebrate 
          Easter with fire and bandages. (Apr 2002) 
        
 - Come as you are?  Contrary to 
          the cliches, sex is no big thing in alternative worship. (Mar 2002) 
        
 - How far is too far?  The "season 
          of dirt" at Vaux in south London examines our ideas of the "purity" 
          of God (Feb 2002) 
        
 - Church without commitment  If 
          church were just a good night out, would you pay to get in? (Jan 2002) 
        
 - 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? (Dec 2001) 
        
 - Church just isn't there when you need it 
           "Most alt worship communities are not growing significantly"... 
          is it true? (Nov 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 (Oct 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? (Sept 2001) 
        
 - The church as a sensual otherworld 
           Church buildings used to be heavenly spaces, but the stained 
          glass has been outshone by television... (Aug 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... (Jul 2001) 
        
 - Good vibrations  Welcome to Global 
          Lounge, "an afternoon of sofas, music, performance, community and edutainment," 
          in London's Brick Lane. (Jun 2001) 
        
 - If worship is a city  If worship 
          is a city... is it Singapore or Glasgow? Rio de Janeiro or Kansas? London 
          or Lagos? (May 2001) 
        
 - Anarchy in the USA  A report 
          on the Epicenter/Tribal Generation event in Austin, Texas, complete 
          with the Senses Lab and Luscious Room. (Apr 2001) 
        
 - Straying from the path  Someone 
          wants to adapt your idea but ends up subverting it. A labyrinth event 
          in Nottingham raises uncomfortable issues. (Mar 2001) 
        
 - The image of God  Christians 
          aren't concerned with outward appearances, but western culture is. So 
          where's the connection? (Feb 2001) 
        
 - The word of life and the power of love 
           celebrating the power of love at Christmas with Host, Hackney, 
          London (Jan 2001) 
        
 - I will make you fish  What does 
          it mean to embody Christ in your place and time? (Dec 2000) 
        
 - A little child will lead them  
          Turning life and worship upside down at Vaux in south London. (Nov 2000) 
        
 - Photocopy your face for Jesus  
          How a cold photocopier became a place of encounter with God. (Oct 2000) 
        
 - Worship (alternative version)  
          What is alternative worship? Alternative rock? Rave in the nave? Priestesses 
          with piercings? (Sept 2000) 
      
  
       
        
       
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