musings on leadership in ministry
This isn’t working! There, I’ve said it. I feel better already. I’ve been meaning to say it for a long time – in fact I can’t remember a time in the last 30 years when I haven’t thought it. Oh – it’s the Church I’m talking about, by the way. ‘The Emporer’s New Church’ by Read More …
Iain mentioned in a facebook response to my last post that he hadn’t yet heard me talk about partnership… I was struck by the comment because for me partnership is implicit in community engagement. When I talk about how the church needs to engage with communities of course I mean with people but I also Read More …
What if over the past 50 years an organisation had lost the majority of its members? What should it do? What should it change? The decline in membership of the church in the UK has been well documented and plenty of words have been used on diagnosing the problem but I wonder how much time Read More …
On Wednesday I led a session for a group of ministers from the United Reformed Church in Scotland. We were exploring what the church could learn from younger people and from youth work methods. Young people fail. A lot. It’s part of learning. They try something, get it wrong, then learn from that and try Read More …
Our journey to Bethlehem was almost a short one. Our driver received a call… The checkpoints are closed. Security at Bethlehem has been increased again recently although no one could tell us why. Perhaps it’s related to the peace talks but whatever the reason getting in and out is harder at the moment. After a Read More …
Today we headed south to the Dead Sea, the lowest place on Earth. But before the compulsory float in the sea we headed for the to of a mountain, Masada. The fortress is an amazing place with an amazing history and an even more amazing temperature. It was 45C!!! It was one of my favourite Read More …
Following our visit to Nazareth we headed to Tiberius next to the Sea of Galilee. Our hotel, the Arbel, was a tip. Check the picture of the pool below… The night was saved by a wander down the hill to a great little pub to celebrate Sam’s birthday. In the morning we left our horrible Read More …