leadership in ministry
I’ve come to a point in my life where I just can’t fit anything else on my desk. (See this post for my present system) Action is required! I’ve spent some of the day clearing up, some of it writing for Sunday and the rest looking at Life Hacker’s feature ‘Show us you bags’. I Read More …
For ages I’ve been trying to get John Orr to blog. I’ve known John for years and he has been on a very interesting journey from giving up gainful employment to become a student of Divinity and potential minister. That’s interesting enough in itself but I would love to hear more about John’s theological journey. Read More …
Q: How do you know a fish is a Christian? A: It has a car stuck to it! I’ve spent all week in a very large room full of people trying to sell things to Christians or offer themselves and/or their organisation to support Christians. I started this post with the fish joke because one Read More …
Last night, just before midnight, I flopped into bed having survived NEXUS. It’s been a long week and very tiring. It’s been great to watch an event go through a cycle from empty hall through build up and then back to an empty hall again. I’ve met some great people and had some fun. I’ve Read More …
In just a couple of weeks time the very first NEXUS Scotland event will take place at the Scottish Exhibition & Conference Centre in Glasgow. The event runs for 3 days from 23-25 August and will be the biggest resources event for Churches ever held in Scotland. Professional resource agencies will exhibit alongside local churches, Read More …
I was surfing around and came across a blog called morphine life. The blog’s authour is a musician called Trent Yaconelli. I met his father, Mike, a couple of times and Mike is one of the people who has inspired my journey of faith. This post on Trent’s blog is up there with anything his father Read More …
I’m leading worship on Sunday. Nothing new in that. I’m at Lanark Greyfriars. That is new. I’ve never been there before. I’m struggling a bit. The text for Sunday is the Parable of the Good Samaritan, perhaps the best known of all the parables. And there in lies the problem. What can you say about Read More …