Go Bananas For Fairtrade

Ctrl.Alt.Shift is demanding that the supermarket ban the sale of non-Fairtrade bananas for good. At 1pm 03.03.09, Protestors will stage a simultaneous flashmob protest in the town centres of: London, Nottingham, Brighton, Leeds, Bristol, Liverpool, Manchester, Exeter, Belfast and Glasgow. Join Glasgow Ctrl.Alt.Shift Facebook group or email flash [at] ctrlaltshift [dot] co [dot] uk for Read More …

Getting Ready

Tomorrow at Together@MCT we’ll walk a labyrinth to help prepare us for Lent. Come and join us if you’re in Edinburgh for 5.30pm-7pm at Saughtonhall United Reformed Church.

Emerging Church Type People Gathering

There is a gathering of emerging church peeps this Saturday at 2pm in the Starbucks in Borders at The Fort. Chris Goan is making it happen. Unfortunately, due to being in Kidderminster at FURY Assembly I won’t make it… but don’t let that put you off! There is a Facebook invite if you are on Read More …

Brain McLaren in Glasgow Part 2

‘Emerging’ Church The first thing to say is that McLaren doesn’t like the term Emerging for all kinds of reasons.  But with no other word to replace it I’ll use it as a catch all definition of new developments on the fringe of church.  He spent some time unpacking where we are and where we Read More …

Brian McLaren in Glasgow

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 …