musings on leadership in ministry
Photo: Shereen M I wonder if our impatience comes because we consume rather than create? If we never plant a seed how can we appreciate the time it takes the plant to root and to sprout and to grow and bear fruit? If we never build anything how can we appreciate the time it takes Read More …
Photo by Thomas Mathie The Something Beautiful podcast gets all reflective for Advent. We’ve roped in our better halves to bring you words crafted by a variety of talented people, including Jonny Baker and Roddy Hamilton, and music from So Elated, Adeline and others. We’ve borrowed it all and arranged it in a neatly wrapped Read More …
Last year I preached a sermon on ‘waiting’. It’s one of the most listened to and so I thought, given it’s Advent, I’d make it easier to find. Let me know what you think…
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Substance In his comment on part 1 of this little series of posts John grasps on of the key criticisms of both Emerging Church and of Youth Work… lack of substance. I often hear that both are prone to style over content. Both suffer from a tendancy towards the flash and attractive. I’ve seen it Read More …
In part 1 I suggested that the church is full of ‘bored adults’, a product of the phenomena of having once been ‘teenagers’. Principles and Values Youth Work is based on some principles. Different places have different core principles or core values. In Scotland the core values outlined by Community Education Validation and Endorsement (CeVe) Read More …