musings on leadership in ministry
With regard to ecology and our decimation of the planet, what role do we play as those charged with stewardship of the planet? More specifically, what link does that have with worship when, for example, harvest has become a place to thank God for tesco and collect tins of food rather than a chance to Read More …
Iain mentioned in a facebook response to my last post that he hadn’t yet heard me talk about partnership… I was struck by the comment because for me partnership is implicit in community engagement. When I talk about how the church needs to engage with communities of course I mean with people but I also Read More …
What if over the past 50 years an organisation had lost the majority of its members? What should it do? What should it change? The decline in membership of the church in the UK has been well documented and plenty of words have been used on diagnosing the problem but I wonder how much time Read More …
Earlier in the week I attended an event called ‘Faith in Recovery’. The morning was a step towards better spiritual care for people with mental ill health by health services working in partnership with faith communities. Last week 11 faith communities in Lanarkshire signed the See Me pledge to work towards ending the stigma around Read More …
How about this for a mission strategy that will double the size of every church overnight… Everyone bring a friend next week. And before you snigger… when was the last time you asked anyone to go with you to church?
‘I will never be cut’: Nancy and Gertrude are Kenyan girls about to face a brutal passage to womanhood. Directed by Sara Nason, this documentary tells the story of two young members of the Pokot community in Kenya, who stood up to family and community to resist the traditional practice of female genital mutilation or Read More …
Holy City ‘Choice Cuts’… faith and futures in a world in crisis The 2011-12 programme focuses on the stark choices facing us today in Scotland and the world beyond. How we see the past, present and future; how we employ our imagination, nurturing, compassion and creativity; what we value in education, economics, health, hope (and Read More …