leadership in ministry
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 …
Holy CITY 09-10 Revised Standard Visions: Imagining another world 25 Oct/ 29 Nov/ 20 Dec/ 31 Jan/ 28 Feb/ 28 Mar/ 25 Apr/ 30 May @ 7pm, Renfield St Stephen’s, 260 Bath St., Glasgow. www.holycity-glasgow.co.uk Climate change, the credit crunch, the still-unfulfilled demands of justice & peace… our generation faces a multitude of challenges… The Read More …
I’m reading The Shack at the moment, mostly because a number of people have asked me if I’ve read it so I gave in to peer pressure! There is an interesting thought about good and evil that doesn’t give away anything of the plot so you can read on in safety. The discussion centers around a Read More …
One of my favourite books is called Dangerous Wonder by Mike Yaconelli. The tag line of the book is ‘the adventure of childlike faith’. In it Mike argues that following Jesus should be an adventure. That Jesus is dangerous and wonderful and that Christians should be known for the fire in their souls, the wild-eyed Read More …
It’s been a while since I’ve posted a sermon for lots of reasons, mostly not being around much over the summer but today I preached at Lanark Greyfriars on the theme of ‘Courage for Community’ from today’s lectionary reading from Esther. As usual, your thoughts, comments and suggestions (constructive please).
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’m working on a sermon for Sunday. A couple of things have been swirling around my brain for a while. The first is Shane Claiborne’s ‘Jesus for President’ stuff where he talks about the revolutionary kingdom. The subversion of the Gospel of the Caesars and Mark’s mocking of Caesar in the way he depicts the Read More …