what is church?

What makes a church?  Is it a building?  No.  Is it people?  Kind of. The sol cafe in Edmonton, Canada, have a manifesto that is worth a look.  They start with this: This is an attempt to capture a bit of what the sol café is all about. It will not capture everything. It won’t even Read More …

Procrastination and Peter

I’m preaching on Sunday and I’m on a deadline because we are heading back to Keswick on Saturday so I need to be all done by tomorrow.  The thing is I’m having a bout of procrastination.  So what’s new I hear you cry! The thing is I’m starting to wonder if that’s what is going Read More …

Mary of Bethany & Judas

I’ve been doing a lot of preaching recently, with lots more to come.  I thought I would post a few of my sermons here for feedback and thoughts.  I’d be grateful if you felt able to read them and make some comments (constructive of course!). This sermon was delivered on 3 April 2007, Tuesday of Read More …

what do you like best about your church?

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 …