musings on leadership in ministry
Following my thoughts on preaching the other day Sue sent me information about this event: Preaching the Gospel of Matthew 18th November 2010 10 am – 4pm Davidson’s Mains Parish Church Edinburgh Preaching from a Gospel challenges us to read with discernment, intelligence and sensitivity, listening to what God wishes to say to us uniquely Read More …
Most Sundays I turn up at a church somewhere and lead worship. Most of the time the people there know I’m coming. Leading worship is something I enjoy but it’s also something I feel the responsibility of. Being the person responsible for bringing together corporate worship, often for a group of people you don’t know Read More …
I’ve just watched David Miliband’s speech launching his bid to be Labour leader. He seems like a good guy. He said all the right things. Hope, justice, equality… But I wasn’t inspired. Sometimes inspiration is as much how you say it as what you say. I’m sitting thinking about a sermon for Sunday. It’s Pentecost, Read More …
Some very gifted people I know have been working on a lectionary based all age worship resource with a Scottish flavour. It’s called Spill The Beans and you can download the pilot materials which cover the period from Easter to Pentecost and give them a try. Download Spill The Beans and remember to let them Read More …
The radio was on the other night as we ate dinner. It was classical music. Nothing startling or demanding. Sonic wallpaper if you like. The stuff that you don’t notice… … until it stops. Dead air is usually radio’s worst nightmare. In this case though we noticed the silence much more than we had noticed Read More …
Did you grow up in a Christian home? How do you know? Those were two of the questions which were posed by Lucy Moore during Messy Church training on Saturday. The assembled throng laughed nervously and made jokes about growing up in a bungalow and how they had never asked their house if it had Read More …
In his great post ‘After Haiti: What to say, sing or show in church‘ Andrew Jones (aka Tall Skinny Kiwi) gives a great summary of some words, images and music that could have been used following the devastating earthquake in Haiti. He points to some powerful and moving stuff but it led me to a Read More …