musings on ministry
Why? How? What? Why do we do the things we do in the way we do them? I wonder what the most important part of the question is? Is it the things that we do? Is it the way that we do them? Or is it the why? For me the ‘why’ is the most Read More …
Several years ago I began a chapter in a book about the state of the Church of Scotland with these words, “This isn’t working!”. I was talking then in particular about how as adults we don’t take learning very seriously in the church, but I think the statement applies more widely to the general malaise Read More …
I love when someone asks,”Can we do ….?”. Mostly the answer is easy… YES!!! (And why are you asking me? It’s YOUR church!) A Burns Supper… a family meal with poems, dancing, song and speeches. And this is what it looked like. 150 people of all ages enjoying haggis, neeps and tatties, the talents Read More …
We follow those who lead, not for them, but for ourselves. (Simon Sinek) In his TED talk Simon Sinek tells why the ‘why’ is important. Much more important than the ‘what’ or the ‘how’. I work for a Church. I think my job is about the ‘why’ but very often it has little to do Read More …
It is possible to recover. It’s amazing how far people will go to disprove this, how powerful our negative voice can be and how programmed for fear we are. This negative perspective can overwhelm our collective planning and conversation. We do two simple things that ensure we almost always have conversations about negative things. The Read More …
I was invited by the good people of Angus Presbytery to come and talk about the stuff I’ve written about Missing Generations last weekend and they kindly filmed all the seminars. So, here’s my seminar…
Sorry for the gap. I’m not off blogging for Lent. It was just that life and as a consequence a lack of time and internet access got in the way. We’ve moved house and the interweb access was only just turned on so I’m back… I’ll write more soon but I wanted to draw your Read More …