leadership in ministry
I spent a couple of days in one of my favourite places in the world, St Andrews, this week with a small group of youth workers discovering a bit about myself. That’s not the kind of thing I’m usually that keen on but I’m really glad that rather than spending the two days of ‘Integrate’ Read More …
The new episode of the Something Beautiful Podcast features an interview with Lawrence Moore, director of the URC’s Windermere Centre and author of Disclosing New Worlds, a fabulous lectionary blog. It’s his story of his journey from Zimbabwe where he served as a police officer in special branch through the civil war to a realisation Read More …
I was invited to lead a workshop at Holy City in Glasgow last night. I mentioned before that I was delighted to be asked but now terrified… Well, it wasn’t that scary! In fact, I liked it a lot. I’ve known about Holy City for ages and it’s been on my ‘I’d quite like to Read More …
Dear PROJECTiles, [release 1 distrib 280509] Details are slowly leaking out for thePROJECT – In The Flesh which will happen somewhere in Edinburgh on June 20th. You’ve been most patient, and that’s both much appreciated and deserves rewarding. So here’s the first of several updates on P:2 for yer info and delektashin. Confirmed to date….A Read More …
I’ve been invited to lead one of the workshops at Holy City in Glasgow this Sunday evening. The stop this month in the journey to discover the demands, delights and dilemmas of discipleship is ‘Speaker’s Corner’. The blurb for my bit says… ‘Telling signs?’ ‘Emerging Church’ is one (of many) tags given to odd, quirky, Read More …
My previous post on the petition launched ahead of the Church of Scotland’s General Assembly in support of the overture (motion) from the Presbytery of Lochcarron & Skye was my most viewed post ever. I didn’t set out to say anything controversial and hoped to appeal to people to be calm, reasonable and gracious. The Read More …
You may have heard on the BBC Scotland news this evening that Queen’s Cross Church of Scotland’s right to call an openly gay man to be their minister, a decision endorsed by a majority vote of the Presbytery of Aberdeen, has been the subject of a complaint and the case will be heard by the Read More …