leadership in ministry
The United Church of Christ has a ’16 reasons why you love your church’ spot on its front page. I liked ‘I love my church because the Sunday School teacher gives a prize to the kid who asks the best question’ and ‘I love my church because it’s sort of like the Wizard of Oz, Read More …
Yesterday we made a pilgrimage to the shopping cathedral at Livingston, McArthur Glen. I was interested to see that their advertising campaign is built around the slogan ‘guilt-free shopping’. The outlets are discounted designer shops so I’m guessing the lack of guilt is more to do with not paying £100 for a t-shirt rather than Read More …
Over Holy Week we have been to church lots but we have also been following a home liturgy we found in a book called Eggs & Ashes, a lent and Easter resource book. The liturgies are very simple. Beginning on Palm Sunday with 6 lit candles and extinguishing one each day, we read a passage from the Passion Read More …
I was guest preacher tonight at a Holy Week service in Lanark. I spent some time talking about Mary of Bethany who anointed Jesus with oil and with love and also about Judas who criticised her for it, then betrayed Jesus. I guess there is a Mary and a Judas in us all. Thankfully God’s Read More …
I’ve had such a good day today! I led worship this morning at the friendliest church I think I’ve ever been in. The people at Drumchapel United Reformed Church are great. They made Avril and I feel so welcome and they are so relaxed about worship that it really creates a warm and accepting atmosphere. Read More …
The Home Office estimated in 2003 that 4,000 women were trafficked into the UK for sexual exploitation. It is thought the figure may have grown since. It may interest you to know that there are approximately 16 million more people trapped in slavery today than there where 200 years ago when the UK abolished it’s Read More …
I got my first ever email from Ben today. He’s 7! He was logging into his primary school email from my laptop and he sent me an email… Changed days indeed!