leadership in ministry
There are lots of conversations about ‘deployment’ and ‘team ministry’ around the churches in Scotland at the moment. The discussion is mostly driven by questions of money and the size of congregations and if pretty focused on where ministers are sent and how many there are and how congregations can be scoped and grouped so Read More …
Seth Godin is shocked. I was talking to a religious leader, someone who runs a congregation. She made it clear to me that on many days, it’s just a job. A job like any other, you show up, you go through the motions, you get paid. I guess we find this disturbing because spiritual work Read More …
In his great post ‘After Haiti: What to say, sing or show in church‘ Andrew Jones (aka Tall Skinny Kiwi) gives a great summary of some words, images and music that could have been used following the devastating earthquake in Haiti. He points to some powerful and moving stuff but it led me to a Read More …
Following up on my only two choices post, I thought it would be worth posting the video Jonathan mentioned in his comment: Two choices… inward or outward. Which are you choosing and how is it working out for your church? (HT Johnny Laird and Jonathan Blundell for the video)
Churches only ever change because of two things. Both are simple. 1. People stop sharing their faith with others We stop talking to our friends about God. We never invite anyone to join us here in church and when people don’t come for a while we never ask them why not. This leads to is Read More …
Whether you are a creator or curator of worship there are always times when the blank screen seems to stay blank longer than you would like. Words don’t come. I find that those weeks are the ones where I haven’t had the time to read enough, to talk enough or to think and pray enough. Read More …
International Christian College are running what looks like an interesting series of evening discussions/classes in the run up to the General Election: Who Would Jesus Vote For? In the near future, probably May 2010, we are expecting a General Election across the United Kingdom. Over the last 2000 years the relationship between Christianity and political Read More …