musings on leadership in ministry
Roddy over at Abbostford has been creating his usual brand of brilliant liturgy. This one, May We…, was for the first Sunday in Advent but I think could fit with most Sundays this season. Check the archive for the last few years too! You might also want to have a look at Lectionary Liturgies for Read More …
Have you given up on evening services but still long for that special evening thing? – but not necessarily on a Sunday? Want to reach out to people for whom traditional morning services don’t seem to appeal? Like to tackle spirituality in different ways? At ‘Night Has Fallen’ Stewart Cutler and Jack Dyce will help Read More …
Holy CITY 09-10 Revised Standard Visions: Imagining another world 25 Oct/ 29 Nov/ 20 Dec/ 31 Jan/ 28 Feb/ 28 Mar/ 25 Apr/ 30 May @ 7pm, Renfield St Stephen’s, 260 Bath St., Glasgow. www.holycity-glasgow.co.uk Climate change, the credit crunch, the still-unfulfilled demands of justice & peace… our generation faces a multitude of challenges… The Read More …
It’s been a while since I’ve posted a sermon for lots of reasons, mostly not being around much over the summer but today I preached at Lanark Greyfriars on the theme of ‘Courage for Community’ from today’s lectionary reading from Esther. As usual, your thoughts, comments and suggestions (constructive please).
When is communion not communion? While we were in Cuba we had a time of worship on Sunday night. I blogged a little about it in my Cuba diary but I wanted to expand a though a little. The worship focused on the strange nature of the revolution Jesus led. No guns, no political parties, Read More …
I’m working on a sermon for Sunday. A couple of things have been swirling around my brain for a while. The first is Shane Claiborne’s ‘Jesus for President’ stuff where he talks about the revolutionary kingdom. The subversion of the Gospel of the Caesars and Mark’s mocking of Caesar in the way he depicts the Read More …
thePROJECT:2, ‘In The Flesh’, Saturday 20th June, Edinburgh. The first section of thePROJECT:2 runs 12.00 – 7.00pm @ The Lot, 4-6 Grassmarket, and St Columba By the Castle, 14 Johnston Terrace 12.00 – 4.30pm @ The Lot, 4-6 Grassmarket 12.00: Gathering, and creative activities for the young and young-at-heart, to dip in and out of Read More …