leadership in ministry
Last night I went to hear author and pastor Brian McLaren speak at Vertigo in Strathclyde Uni’s Student Union. These are my notes and some attempt to make some sense of them. Jesus didn’t come to start a religion. He came to start something else which he called the ‘Kingdom of God’. But would Jesus Read More …
Stuck for ideas for gifts? Want to buy your loved one an iPod but feeling a little bit guilty? Want to help make the world a better place? could be the answer. There are a growing list of great (RED) products available. You buy the (RED) product and money goes to AIDS work in Africa. Read More …
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I’ve just finished reading Velvet Elvis by Rob Bell. I know it’s taken me a while to get round to this but I’m kind of glad I waited because I think I’m probably in a place now where it makes more sense to me that it might have when it came out a couple of Read More …
Think that’s shocking? Barnardo’s released a report called Break The Cycle today. The research conducted by YouGov shows that: just under half (49%) of people believe that children are increasingly a danger to each other and adults 43% agree something has to be done to protect us from children 45% think that children are feral Read More …
I’m not American. I’m Scottish and I wouldn’t trade that for anything… but I’ve said before, my dream job would be Sam’s in the West Wing – writing speeches for the President. Obama’s speech writer is 26 years old Jon Favreau. That’s right, he’s 26. He obviously has one of the most gifted orators in Read More …
America lived up to the promise of the Declaration of Independence last night. This was the day that America grew up. This was the day that the promise that all men are created equal was realised. Change was the message, but I think in the end that people voted for Hope. They voted for the Read More …