musings on leadership in ministry
Just before Christmas I was beginning to really worry about my masters research. I had an idea for a project but no clue how to gather the data. I still think it’s a good idea so I’ll keep it for another time… Thankfully, I was asked to do something else, a project review. This fitted Read More …
Some very gifted people I know have been working on a lectionary based all age worship resource with a Scottish flavour. It’s called Spill The Beans and you can download the pilot materials which cover the period from Easter to Pentecost and give them a try. Download Spill The Beans and remember to let them Read More …
Last week during our team meeting we were presented with an interesting challenge as part of our worship… to serve each other. The challenge seemed a simple one. How hard is it to make someone a coffee or to pass the veg? It turns out serving someone isn’t the difficult part. Being served is much Read More …
This weekend was the United Reformed Church’s Synod of Scotland meeting. For the last few of years Youth Forum for 12-16 year-olds has met alongside Synod. This year, following FURY Assembly’s plea to highlight the plight of the Invisible Children of Uganda, Youth Forum spent the weekend considering how we could tell the story of Read More …
This week on the Something Beautiful Podcast I speak with my good friend Gerry Hanan. Gerry grew up in Ireland where his dad owned a toy shop and he went to the same school as U2. That wasn’t enough adventure for him though so he now lives with his wife and kids in Austin, Texas, Read More …
Are there certain features or practices that make church ‘church’? Recently I’ve heard people say things like ‘That’s church for them’ and ‘They don’t do the sacraments so they’re not a proper church’. So, what makes a church a church? And I don’t mean the building…
When you drive up the M6 the signs eventually start to say NORTH. I’ve always wondered where that place is because the end of the M6 is Scotland but if you keep going long enough you get to what might actually be the place signposted as NORTH… Thurso. We have just returned from visiting NORTH Read More …
