musings on leadership in ministry
Holy CITY 09-10 Revised Standard Visions: Imagining another world 25 Oct/ 29 Nov/ 20 Dec/ 31 Jan/ 28 Feb/ 28 Mar/ 25 Apr/ 30 May @ 7pm, Renfield St Stephen’s, 260 Bath St., Glasgow. www.holycity-glasgow.co.uk Climate change, the credit crunch, the still-unfulfilled demands of justice & peace… our generation faces a multitude of challenges… The Read More …
I’m not American so you might wonder what possible interest I have in their health care system? Well, the debate that is raging just now seems to have spilled to this side of the pond with an explosion of love for the NHS which is a nice change. Sometimes you only realise what you have Read More …
I’m working on a sermon for Sunday. A couple of things have been swirling around my brain for a while. The first is Shane Claiborne’s ‘Jesus for President’ stuff where he talks about the revolutionary kingdom. The subversion of the Gospel of the Caesars and Mark’s mocking of Caesar in the way he depicts the Read More …
I doubt there is anyone who travels to the Holy Land without experiencing ‘the wall’. I’m sure there are lots of tourists who travel up and down the motorways and wonder why the roadside barriers are 10 feet tall but you can’t ignore it. I’m no expert. These are just my thoughts and reflections. If Read More …
I’d like to hear Gordon Brown speak like this more often. The biggest criticism of him is that he doesn’t communicate well and that he has no vision. If this is anything to go by then he has plenty vision and his communication skills aren’t bad either. But then foreign policy doesn’t seem to win Read More …
I was in Glasgow today catching up with Thomas and on the way back I passed Glasgow’s Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA). There was a news article the other night about their sh[OUT] exhibition, this year’s social justice exhibition. This year the topic is lesbian, gay, bisexual, intersex and transgender life with a particular emphasis Read More …