Virtualisation and Society

Photo: Rob GT The Church of Scotland’s Church and Society Committee are hosting a day looking at ‘Virtualisation & Society in Edinburgh on Thursday 21 January from 10am – 4pm.  The day is FREE.  To book your place email vcano [at] cofscotland [dot] org [dot] uk. topics: How has virtualisation impacted on notions of identity? Read More …

What Matters Now: A free ebook

Seth Godin is giving stuff away again.  He’s gathered together 70 thinkers who share What Matters Now.  You can download this inspirational collection of thoughts here for free.

Emerging Church – Youth Work For Grown Ups – part 3

Substance In his comment on part 1 of this little series of posts John grasps on of the key criticisms of both Emerging Church and of Youth Work… lack of substance. I often hear that both are prone to style over content.  Both suffer from a tendancy towards the flash and attractive.  I’ve seen it Read More …

Emerging Church – Youth Work for Grown Ups? part 1

I’m Bored!!! Every Teenager… ever… Malcontent and restlessness used to be the domain of adolescence and political radicals.  But it seems that discontent has seeped into the very heart of the establishment and into the very soul of the ultimate expression of conformity, the church. All over the place people are ’emerging’.  New kinds of Read More …

Remembering Hope

The last three surviving service men of First World War died this year.  There is no-one left who can tell us first hand what it was like.  Some have suggested that we should stop remembering and move on.  I don’t agree.  I think we should try even harder to remember and to understand because we Read More …