missional – Phil Wyman: Dim Saesneg

New Book! Love Big or Go Home: the inherent nomadic nature of the gospel

March 19, 2022

What happens when you spend three years living nomadically, working in festivals across the US, UK and Czechia, and hanging out with Rubber Tramps, hippies, Dirty Kids, and assorted not-even-trying-to-be-ne’r-do-wells? A book of Road Tramp Theology. That’s what happens. The gospel is a tramp. It has wanderlust, and lives on the road. It stops for … More New Book! Love Big or Go Home: the inherent nomadic nature of the gospel

Make where you go a better place

June 4, 2019

This is week number three in the UK mission. I have been volunteering in three separate festivals over the the three weeks. My hours have been crazy. The time I spend talking with people, developing friendships, and discussing spirituality has been going at a relentless pace. I spent time with the homeless in Wrecsam, North … More Make where you go a better place

UK Outreach Schedule 2019

May 4, 2019

At the bottom of this post are some of the dates for the first half of this summer’s UK Outreach. This represents a small number of the possibilities and opportunities that exist in the UK festival season. It is my contention that the festivals of the world are the places people are going for meaning … More UK Outreach Schedule 2019

Wild Theology Podcasts are now on Youtube

April 27, 2019

I have described my theological views under the title of Wild Theology. In fact, the website for my books, BurningReligion.com, also has the URL WildTheology.org pointing at it. Yes, you can assume that my Wild Theology is embedded into my writings – philosophically and technologically. I have described this Wild Theology in extremely simple terms: … More Wild Theology Podcasts are now on Youtube

The Rhythms of Easter All Year

April 21, 2019

There’s a small village deep in the middle of France. Last I saw the place, the population sign read 121. The sign was old and out of date. The village had burgeoned to a whopping 171 as of the 2015 census. Nobody would know about Taizé if it weren’t for a group of monks on … More The Rhythms of Easter All Year

Interview with Church Mission Society in the UK

October 30, 2018

Back in the summer, I spent a day with the Church Mission Society in Oxford, England. I taught on the subject of working in festival settings. Afterwards, I did a short interview with Naomi Steinberg about Halloween, Burning Man, learning to befriend Witches, and general festival outreach. You can find the interview at the top … More Interview with Church Mission Society in the UK

New Book! The Reformation of Halloween

September 23, 2018

That’s right. I’ve got a new book coming out in a few short days. On October 1st, The Reformation of Halloween: rethinking Christianity’s response to Halloween is coming out. This is a topic I am passionate about, and it’s fair enough to say that I probably have more experience with missional activity on Halloween than … More New Book! The Reformation of Halloween

Wales, Cornwall, England, Devon and the Czech Republic Part 4

July 27, 2018

There are places, times, events, and even people where are hearts find comfort and feel at rest. These locations, times, events, and people represent hints of heaven. The Apostle Paul spoke of being “strangers and pilgrims” on this earth, and when we experience moments and places that feel more like home than home itself, we … More Wales, Cornwall, England, Devon and the Czech Republic Part 4

Wales, Cornwall, England, Devon, and Czech Republic Trip Part 3

July 25, 2018

Update: June 17 through July 2 Last I wrote, I was traveling with Jake Humphrey, and we were at the 3 Wishes Fairy Festival in Cornwall, and were on our way to catch up with Papy and Michael at the Stonehenge Campground. Jake and I had been on a bus from Bristol to Plymouth a … More Wales, Cornwall, England, Devon, and Czech Republic Trip Part 3

Wales, Cornwall, England, Devon, and Czech Republic Trip Part 2