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The new blue box in the sidebar on the right has some stuff I’ve written in it, mostly sermons and articles. Feel free to download them but let me know what you think…
learning to read the Bible 6
Matt and Russell consider: 6. Faithful interpretation of scripture invites and presupposes participation in the community brought into being by God’s redemptive action — the church. Scriptural interpretation is properly an ecclesial activity whose goal is to participate in the reality of which the text speaks by bending the knee to worship the God revealed Read More …
meetings about meetings
I spent most of yesterday in meetings talking about meetings. Not the sit round a table kind, but rather the hundreds of people getting together kind. Our Synod is having a Synod Day at Perth Racecourse in June where we hope that lots of people, young and old, will join together for a day of Read More …
learning to read the bible again 5
Part 5 of Russell and Matt’s journey through a nine part thesis is worth a look. 5. The four canonical Gospels narrate the truth about Jesus.The Gospels, read within the matrix of scripture from Genesis to Revelation, convey the truth about the identity of Jesus more faithfully than speculative reconstructions produced by modernist historical methods. Read More …
what is church?
What makes a church? Is it a building? No. Is it people? Kind of. The sol cafe in Edmonton, Canada, have a manifesto that is worth a look. They start with this: This is an attempt to capture a bit of what the sol café is all about. It will not capture everything. It won’t even Read More …
Procrastination and Peter
I’m preaching on Sunday and I’m on a deadline because we are heading back to Keswick on Saturday so I need to be all done by tomorrow. The thing is I’m having a bout of procrastination. So what’s new I hear you cry! The thing is I’m starting to wonder if that’s what is going Read More …
mixtape club
The Church of the Exiles have a brilliant mixtape club! People who go along to their meetings are encouraged to make a CD of their favourite tracks and they swap so people can both discover something about the person who makes the mix and maybe also some new music. Brilliant idea!