musings on leadership in ministry
I was invited to lead a workshop at Holy City in Glasgow last night. I mentioned before that I was delighted to be asked but now terrified… Well, it wasn’t that scary! In fact, I liked it a lot. I’ve known about Holy City for ages and it’s been on my ‘I’d quite like to Read More …
Dear PROJECTiles, [release 1 distrib 280509] Details are slowly leaking out for thePROJECT – In The Flesh which will happen somewhere in Edinburgh on June 20th. You’ve been most patient, and that’s both much appreciated and deserves rewarding. So here’s the first of several updates on P:2 for yer info and delektashin. Confirmed to date….A Read More …
I’ve been invited to lead one of the workshops at Holy City in Glasgow this Sunday evening. The stop this month in the journey to discover the demands, delights and dilemmas of discipleship is ‘Speaker’s Corner’. The blurb for my bit says… ‘Telling signs?’ ‘Emerging Church’ is one (of many) tags given to odd, quirky, Read More …
On Monday night, after the drama, confusion and intrigue of the Overture discussion that never happened something important happened… something which is at the heart of the future of the church. It was late in the evening when Bishop Graham Cray spoke to a disappointingly small group of people as part of the Emerging Church Read More …
Last week’s sermon focused on John 15: 9-17 and used some material from the excellent OneKirk worship material and from the equally excellent Lawrence Moore’s blog, Disclosing New Worlds. As always, youth thoughts and comments are wel,comed.
Tomorrow afternoon I’ve been invited to be part of a panel at International Christian College to discuss what the Emerging Church is, what can be learned from it (by the evangelical church I guess) and what the downsides of emerging church are. Along with me there will be people on the panel who know actual Read More …
This is Sunday’s sermon, based on Luke 24: 13-35, looks at the encounter between two of Jesus’ followers and a stranger they meet on the way to Emmaus. The story about the monastery comes from alt.spirit at metro.m3: Alternative Urban Spirituality which is well worth getting your hands on! Let me know what you think! Read More …