leadership in ministry
Who knew that reading was so… enlightening! I’m in the final (hopefully) throws of the dissertation and I’m battering away at a couple of sections before editing my findings. The parts getting attention just now are about ‘the Church and social capital’ and ‘youth work strategy’. The social capital discussion has been really interesting. I Read More …
I’m writing a bit about the institutional church for my dissertation. Everything I’ve read says that the institutional church is: a) declining and b) increasingly irrelevant So, I have two questions. Am I just reading one side of the argument, and if so can you point me in the other direction? If I’m not, and Read More …
It’s summertime. A time when people go on holiday. A time when people stop working for a week or two to rest and relax. The compilers of the lectionary have decided in their wisdom that Luke 10:38-42 should be our Gospel focus for this week, the story of Martha and Mary. The two sisters of Read More …
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 …
On Sunday I was wondering about that little conversation Jesus has with Peter where he ask him three times “Do you love me?”. Each time Peter says “yes, of course I do!” and after each reply Jesus says something odd. Feed my lambs. Look after my sheep. Feed my sheep. Odd. I wondered aloud about 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 …