musings on leadership in ministry
In his blog today Seth Godin talks about what happens in between frames in comics. We use our imagination to fill in the action we don’t see on paper. We don’t need to know everything. We can work it out for ourselves. The same thing happens when we read a book. We visualise. We create Read More …
blah|blether on church, mission, worship + culture with Jonny Baker (CMS) Friday 27th November – 5pm The Crypt, Wellington Church, University Avenue, Glasgow Jonny Baker is one of the best known Christian bloggers in the English speaking world. He brings a wealth of experience in Youth Work, Worship Leading/Curating, and Mission Support. A prolific networker, Read More …
If you had the chance to start a church with a blank canvas, how would you go about it? What would your priorities be? What would you do first? How would you involve others? What would you want it to look like? And feel like?
Have you given up on evening services but still long for that special evening thing? – but not necessarily on a Sunday? Want to reach out to people for whom traditional morning services don’t seem to appeal? Like to tackle spirituality in different ways? At ‘Night Has Fallen’ Stewart Cutler and Jack Dyce will help Read More …
When is communion not communion? While we were in Cuba we had a time of worship on Sunday night. I blogged a little about it in my Cuba diary but I wanted to expand a though a little. The worship focused on the strange nature of the revolution Jesus led. No guns, no political parties, Read More …
I was in Glasgow today catching up with Thomas and on the way back I passed Glasgow’s Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA). There was a news article the other night about their sh[OUT] exhibition, this year’s social justice exhibition. This year the topic is lesbian, gay, bisexual, intersex and transgender life with a particular emphasis Read More …
I spent a couple of days in one of my favourite places in the world, St Andrews, this week with a small group of youth workers discovering a bit about myself. That’s not the kind of thing I’m usually that keen on but I’m really glad that rather than spending the two days of ‘Integrate’ Read More …