leadership in ministry
I’d like to hear Gordon Brown speak like this more often. The biggest criticism of him is that he doesn’t communicate well and that he has no vision. If this is anything to go by then he has plenty vision and his communication skills aren’t bad either. But then foreign policy doesn’t seem to win Read More …
The new episode of the Something Beautiful Podcast features an interview with Lawrence Moore, director of the URC’s Windermere Centre and author of Disclosing New Worlds, a fabulous lectionary blog. It’s his story of his journey from Zimbabwe where he served as a police officer in special branch through the civil war to a realisation Read More …
I’m watching Question Time, the weekly political panel show, on the BBC. I probably shouldn’t blog while watching. I’ll probably write something I’ll regret. But here goes anyway… There seems to be a theme. It’s all Gordon’s Fault. The world economic situation was him. The situation with MPs defrauding their expenses system is his fault. Read More …
You can now watch Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s inspirational address to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland from this morning.
As I sat at my desk yesterday afternoon another spectacle unfolded before my very eyes. The General Assembly of the Church of Scotland webstream was on my desk top and the Council of Mission And Discipleship were presenting their excellent report on Singleness, asking that it be disseminated for study. What followed was simply remarkable. Read More …
Last week’s sermon focused on John 15: 9-17 and used some material from the excellent OneKirk worship material and from the equally excellent Lawrence Moore’s blog, Disclosing New Worlds. As always, youth thoughts and comments are wel,comed.
I’ve raved about Godin’s book Tribes before and spoken about it in a double header on the Something Beautiful Podcast (part 1 and part 2). Here’s his TED talk about what tribes are and why they matter…