musings on leadership in ministry
I’ve just watched David Miliband’s speech launching his bid to be Labour leader. He seems like a good guy. He said all the right things. Hope, justice, equality… But I wasn’t inspired. Sometimes inspiration is as much how you say it as what you say. I’m sitting thinking about a sermon for Sunday. It’s Pentecost, Read More …
Summer is fast approaching, although you’d never know it from the cold weather today! With volcanic ash and potential strike action on the cards it makes more sense than ever to holiday at home and take in the new Solas Festival on 25-27 June at Wiston Lodge near Biggar. There are some fantastic speakers including Read More …
Making something make sense to other people is hard. It’s hard enough when you know the person you are talking to or writing for. It gets even harder when your are trying to communicate to people you don’t know well. That’s where editing comes in. Editing is good. Doing it yourself is ok. But often Read More …
JUST CONFIRMED – YVONNE LYON, JO MANGO, KITTY THE LION, MONICA QUEEN & THRUM, CALAMATEUR, BRIAN MCGLYNN, RORY BUTLER, SUPLEX THE KID and THE RUSSIAN CHOIR Music-lovers are going to be spoiled for choice at Solas! We’ve got rock, folk, gospel, jazz, blues, Americana, traditional Scots ballads, Gaelic waulking songs, post-rock, indie, Russian liturgical music Read More …
I spent the afternoon with the nice people at Lanark St Nicholas yesterday thinking about communication. Here’s what we talked about, sort of: What do you want to say? Have you noticed that in Churches, or in any group really, people have different priorities and different ideas about why church is important to them, why Read More …
redemption stories is a collection of stories. There are words, pictures and verse, but all of them tell a story — a redemption story. We received input from Adele Sakler, Ben & Joy Thomas, Laura Bridge, Jason Duke, Adam Howie, Christine McIntosh, Trent Yaconelli, Emma Boyd, Angus S. Mathie, Paula Spur, Avril Cutler, Emma Boyd Read More …
Some very gifted people I know have been working on a lectionary based all age worship resource with a Scottish flavour. It’s called Spill The Beans and you can download the pilot materials which cover the period from Easter to Pentecost and give them a try. Download Spill The Beans and remember to let them Read More …