musings on leadership in ministry
Following up on my only two choices post, I thought it would be worth posting the video Jonathan mentioned in his comment: Two choices… inward or outward. Which are you choosing and how is it working out for your church? (HT Johnny Laird and Jonathan Blundell for the video)
My employer, The United Reformed Church, has given its full support of the ‘Robin Hood Tax’ campaign launched on 10 February by a broad coalition of domestic charities, aid agencies, unions, faith organisations and green groups. I don’t like the name but I do support the idea. The campaign is calling on the leaders of Read More …
Churches only ever change because of two things. Both are simple. 1. People stop sharing their faith with others We stop talking to our friends about God. We never invite anyone to join us here in church and when people don’t come for a while we never ask them why not. This leads to is Read More …
Whether you are a creator or curator of worship there are always times when the blank screen seems to stay blank longer than you would like. Words don’t come. I find that those weeks are the ones where I haven’t had the time to read enough, to talk enough or to think and pray enough. Read More …
The latest episode of the Something Beautiful Podcast is now available for your listening pleasure. This week my co-host Thomas talks with William Stanger: Follower of Christ, husband, father, book lover, music fanatic, movie and coffee addict, part-time blogger, sports enthusiast (mainly watching!), exiled Scotsman on the verge of applying for Canadian citizenship who works Read More …
Sorry I’ve not posted for a while. If I were being graded I might get a ‘could do better’. But then ‘could do better’ is an odd thing to say because we can always do better. What it really means is ‘I think you’re not trying hard enough’ or ‘you haven’t lived up to my Read More …
ThePROJECT presents: Solas A new Scottish festival, launching in Summer 2010, which aims to celebrate, explore and develop connections between art, faith and justice within and beyond Scotland: 25-27th June 2010 at Wiston, Biggar* PUT THE DATES IN YOUR DIARY NOW *subject to necessary site licences A star is born! You may already be aware Read More …
