musings on leadership in ministry
I came across a post on the One Kirk forum in which the poster mentions that the reason one of their relatives doesn’t come to church often is a fear that someone will ask the to become more involved. This isn’t anything new. There seems to be a sense that people only join things that don’t require Read More …
I know lent is a whole month away but in a stunning act of forward thinking I was looking through my files and came across these images by Si Smith illustrating Jesus’ 40 days in the wilderness. They are fantastic and also make a pretty cool movie if you stick them in movie maker or Read More …
‘Scream Without Raising Your Voice’ comes from one of my favourite U2 songs, Running To Stand Still from the Joshua Tree album. I’ve always seen it as part of a set… It comes after Bullet The Blue Sky on the CD and mostly the two appear in the same order in U2’s live shows. Bullet Read More …
I can’t believe I haven’t posted about FURY before. FURY (Fellowship of United Reformed Youth) is the umbrella organisation for everything that happens with young people in the United Reformed Church in the UK. Last weekend was the FURY Assembly. For more info visit the new website and have a look for yourself. The Assembly is Read More …
We watched the Jonny Cash bio Walk The Line the other night. What a brilliant film. I don’t know much about Cash but the movie was very engaging. Bono wrote a song for Cash called The Wanderer and it’s on the Zooropa album, performed by Cash himself. You should search it out. It is a Read More …
I think today’s service went ok. I like when the worship seems to all be connected and balanced and it felt like that. I’d like another go at the sermon though. It was ok but missing some punch. I tend to try to write stuff that connects with people’s emotions and feel that perhaps today’s was Read More …
I got some really cool stuff for Christmas. FIFA 07 for our PS2 has been by far the most used but I wanted to share a couple of others. The first is a book called ‘Speeches That Changed The World’. As you can see Mandela gets a mention but so does Hitler. It’s a fascinating Read More …
