musings on leadership in ministry
I’m training to be a minister. I have all kinds of issues with that statement, but for now it can just be a few words that give context to what follows. Part of my training is to spend time with the Scottish Episcopal Institute studying a diploma in theology for ministry. I had very little Read More …
My brother-in-law Scott and I have decided to run the Great Scottish Run Half Marathon on 4th October in Glasgow in memory of my mum, Annis. We’re raising funds for Macmillan Cancer Care, a charity very close to my mum’s heart. She was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1999 and secondary cancer in 2013. Read More …
There are times when it’s ok to let something pass quietly. There are other times when something has to be said. I was charged with leading worship at the URC Youth Assembly last weekend and as we neared the end of our time together it grew more and more apparent that we should acknowledge the moving on Read More …
I wrote this provocation paper a couple of days after the referendum for a conference called ‘Where Church and Kingdom Collide’. I then presented a second version at the conference. I’d love to hear your thoughts, not so much on the referendum, but on the lessons it might have for the church. The Ripples of Read More …
There are times when you stumble across something really quite special. In the middle of a break on the Isle of Skye, Avril and I rounded a corner on a single track road in and instantly recognised a wooden house which was featured on the TV show Grand Designs. I’m going to try to explain Read More …
I’m delighted to see the new Pilots Worship Pack: Lost and Found, which Soo and I wrote, is about to be sent out into the wild. It’s a pack with 4 sessions which help young people to explore the idea of Lost and Found along with some resources for a worship service led by Read More …
When people ask you what good the church does… point them to WEvolution, a charity helping to encourage self-reliant groups: WEvolution works alongside people, particularly women, who are on low incomes or are unemployed and are determined to improve their lives and those of their families. We bring them together in Self-Reliant Groups (SRGs). These Read More …