musings on leadership in ministry
I was preaching at a church in Edinburgh today as a guest. I loved the service because it had some of just about everything in it! A tiny baby called Lucy was baptised and a woman was welcomed into membership. It just felt like a very special day for lots of people. We were made so welcome. I Read More …
It’s Advent. And so we wait. But what is it we wait for? I am often struck by the incredible unreality of Christmas. We wait for the birth of a child to an unmarried teenage mother. Why are we not scandalised by that? God didn’t choose a university graduate in a secure marriage, he chose Read More …
It’s almost Advent and my ‘preaching this Sunday’ streak continues. This will be 3 in a row with number 4 in the diary! This Sunday coming is the 1st Sunday in advent. I’ve never led worship during Advent before and I’m really looking forward to it. I also volunteered to help my dad with his Read More …
This week is the Sunday which celebrates the Reign of Christ the King. It is the last Sunday of the Christian Year, the last before Advent begins. I’m preaching at my friend’s church and I’m really looking forward to it. The Feast of Christ the King is a pretty new invention, dating from 1925, and Read More …
Here’s a bit of fun for a dark winter’s night. Find out your real theological position here! (thanks to Hopeful Amphibian for the link) I have to say I’m quite pleased with mine!!! You scored as Emergent/Postmodern You are Emergent/Postmodern in your theology. You feel alienated from older forms of church, you don’t think they Read More …
I’ve been out on the road with my colleagues (and Hospital Corners for one night only) challenging church people to think about the question ‘For what shall we be known?’ It has been fascinating to hear what people around Scotland aspire to and also the things that they think hold them back from being the church that Read More …
I was working with a small group of people gathered from a number of churches recently and the subject to members and money came up. We were talking about how churches could enable new congregations to form and flourish within their church but that these fledgling groups would perhaps need their support to get established. For Read More …
