musings on leadership in ministry
Roddy Hamilton has moved church to Bearsden: New Kilpatrick recently so his invaluable Chocolate Teapots and bits and pieces of inspired words for worship, Mucky Paws, are now housed at Listening to the Stones. Always worth a visit.
OneKirk conference What are the issues facing the church today? What kind of church are we? What kind of church do we seek to build? OneKirk is hosting a conference that offers a space for open and honest discussion about these questions for everyone in the church. What kind of church? Speaker: Rev Peter Read More …
One of the things that happened in yesterday’s General Assembly debate on the report of the Special Commission on Same-Sex Relationships and Ministry was some new labels. ‘traditionalists’ and ‘revisionists’ now seem to be the labels of choice. These are interesting labels for a number of reasons. I wonder how they make sense in a Read More …
Today was an interesting day at the Church of Scotland’s General Assembly. As I’ve outlined below, today was all about the Special Commission on Same-Sex Relationships and Ministry. The debate was long and to be honest we didn’t hear an awful lot that hasn’t already been said in the discussion already. What was most interesting Read More …
Today the Church of Scotland debated the Report of the Special Commission on Same-sex Relationships and the Ministry. They decided: 1. Receive the Report. 2. Adopt as the proper approach to homosexual Christians the recommendations of the Special Commission, namely: (i) The pastoral care of homosexual Christians (1) It is contrary to God’s will that Read More …
I like questions. I think that’s why I like process. Rob Bell’s new book Love Wins: At the Heart of Life’s Big Questions is out soon in the UK and the interwebs have been alive with comment, question and criticism. Yesterday Rob did a question and answer session where he admitted that for him the Read More …
I have a question. It might be Rob Bell’s question too but I don’t know because his book isn’t out until the end of March. Actually I have lots of questions but I’ll try to keep to this one: How does grace work with heaven and hell? Let me explain my problem. God loves us. Read More …