leadership in ministry
The Synod of Scotland of the United Reformed Church remembers with gratitude all those, slave and free, who worked to bring about the ending of slavery, for which the first step was the abolition of the British slave trade in 1807. We acknowledge that many Christians were slow to speak out against the evils of Read More …
It seems that social networking is not the only application for web 2.0! Ewan McIntosh has been doing some interesting work around using blogs, podcasting and other web 2.0 stuff in teaching. Ewan’s thing is modern languages teaching but I don’t see that any of his ideas are in any way limited to French, or Read More …
The new OneKirk Journal is now online and well worth a read. This is the second volume and is this time it’s themed around Community.
This is one of my favourite stories: There was once an old monastery which had lost its inspiration. The same routines were performed as they had always been, but there were no new novices and little enthusiasm for the rites of prayer. The Abbot saw all this and he grieved. At a loss as to Read More …
The Unlikely Evangelist has posted this list of values that a recent conference about the future of the URC came up with: The Core Values identified are: A Radical Welcome – welcome, fellowship, no one turned away from our churches. A Place to Think – questions, doubts, fears and a safe place to explore A Read More …
People on or perhaps of the margins of Church hold a special interest for me. Perhaps because I struggle to feel part of the traditional church and have drawn much of my inspiration for my own journey of faith from beyond the margins. That said I’ve never completely fallen off the end… yet, probably because Read More …
Blame is an easy thing to apportion. It seems that in life someone is to blame for everything. The war in Iraq is GW and Tony’s fault, even though Congress and Parliament voted to go to war. Road congestion is the government’s fault even though it is us who drive our kids less than a Read More …