musings on ministry
I was delighted to be invited to speak at the Spiritual Care Forum today. Here’s what I said…. Good morning. Thank you so much for the invitation to speak here today. I’m going to talk a bit about why spiritual care is important to me and what it looks like in my community. My first Read More …
I’m studying for a Masters in Contemporary Christian Leadership and in our class last night we spoke about ‘change management’. It’s one of the biggest reasons I wanted to do the course as it seems like the whole world is in a massive period of rapid change. The church is too and I want to Read More …
I haven’t published a sermon for a long time. They’re available on the St Ninian’s website but it felt like following the events of the last weeks and months this was something that needed said. You can listen and the text is below. [podbean resource=”episode=ss7dk-93db5f” type=”audio-rectangle” height=”100″ skin=”1″ btn-skin=”107″ share=”1″ fonts=”Helvetica” auto=”0″ download=”0″ rtl=”0″] A Read More …
I love when someone asks,”Can we do ….?”. Mostly the answer is easy… YES!!! (And why are you asking me? It’s YOUR church!) A Burns Supper… a family meal with poems, dancing, song and speeches. And this is what it looked like. 150 people of all ages enjoying haggis, neeps and tatties, the talents Read More …
Who else needs your space? My churches hosting co-working revelation got me thinking… Church halls have often been a hive of activity with anything from Boys’ Brigade to dance classes and slimming clubs. That’s all good. But who are you missing? How can you help your community to engage with each other and make things better? Read More …
I came across an article about church as a space for co-working yesterday. It was one of those moments when you think that something is so obvious you can’t believe everyone isn’t already doing it! We know that working patterns have changed. Loads of people work from home now. That’s great. You don’t have to 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 …