musings on leadership in ministry
Well… It’s tempting to say that today was just as dull if not more so, than yesterday! In parts it was, very, but there were also moments of what could almost pass as interesting, even exciting. Bible Study this morning was on Psalm 139 and was presented with an honesty and vulnerability that was rare and Read More …
Well, here I am at the general assembly of the United Reformed Church. The opening session was long and formal with guests from other denominations, a too long sermon and I have to say nothing much else to engage with. The highlight so far was the warm welcome given to the representative of the Muslim Read More …
Well, tomorrow the United Reformed Church Synod of Scotland will gather at Perth racecourse for a ‘fun’ day. The weather forecast is terrible, that’s why the ‘fun’ is in inverted commas. We had hoped for the one day of sunshine this summer but it seems destined not to be. Never mind. I’m sure we will Read More …
I was back at Drumchapel Essenside this morning to lead worship. They are such a great bunch of people. So down to earth and welcoming. The texts for today were quite challenging; the story of Elijah asking God to raise the widow’s son back to life from 1 Kings 17 and Luke’s account of Jesus Read More …
I’ve been thinking a bit about how much I re-enforce church as it is and how much I bring a new culture. In lots of ways I’m sure I do quite a bit of re-enforcing. When I go somewhere new to lead worship I tend to ask them what they usually do and probably don’t Read More …
I’m off to a 24 hour meeting of our Synod’s Policy, Planning and Strategy committee. There seems to be some time in the agenda for some discussion on a theme that has been somewhat recurrent in our team… ‘who are we?’ Not ‘who are we as individuals?’ but ‘Who are we as the United Reformed Read More …
Last night Avril and I were guests at 25th Edinburgh Girl’s Brigade Company’s annual display. We were treated to singing, screaming, drumming and some comedy drama. The girls were amazing! To end the evening their chaplain Sue had created a video set to M People’s song ‘Search for the Hero’. The images were a great Read More …