Postkiwi Duncan Macleod

Michael Frost, author of Exiles, and co-author of The Shaping of Things to Come, was the opening keynote speaker at the Forge Grassroots Festival. Describing himself as the grumpy guy at the start, he set about challenging the festivalgoers to aspire to action rather than mere insight.

Mike talked about the discovery that Yellow Fever was spread by mosquitos, a cause overlooked by the medical field for many years. Cuban doctor Carlos Finlay made the connection 100 years ago but was ignored. The same thing happens today when we overlook the impact of ‘dullness of understanding’ on the church. When people provide intellectual assent to missional concepts but do nothing with them, it’s like that mosquito. Epidemic uselessness.