Communing

I was leading worship at Hamilton URC this morning.  Nothing unusual in that except that I was early.  I usually follow the ‘the closer it is the later I’ll be’ rule but today I was early.  Good job because it turned out it was communion today… and I didn’t know!  At least I had time Read More …

Starting Over?

If you had the chance to start a church with a blank canvas, how would you go about it? What would your priorities be? What would you do first? How would you involve others? What would you want it to look like? And feel like?

U2 360 on YouTube

Photo: Jonathan Blundell at www.casadeblundell.com/jonathan/ Last night U2 streamed the whole of their 360o concert from the Rose Bowl on YouTube, for free.  The stream is repeating at the moment and will then be available on demand for a couple of weeks. If you have the time (and you should make the time) have a Read More …

A day with a VOLE…

Today I’m learning about VOLE.  Apparently that’s something to do with Virtual and Online Learning Environments… I’ll let you know what that means as the day progresses. This morning we have been looking at MOODLE.  We’re playing with forums, profiles, feedback, messages and stuff.  Good fun. The afternoon was spent doing more of the same.  Read More …

UP

The kids and I went to see UP today.  It’s a beautiful movie, probably the best thing Pixar have ever made.  I know that’s a bold statement given the genius of Toy Story, but UP is a touching story of relationships, of dreams and of love of different kinds. Treat yourself.  Go see it.  You Read More …

Night Has Fallen

Have you given up on evening services but still long for that special evening thing? – but not necessarily on a Sunday? Want to reach out to people for whom traditional morning services don’t seem to appeal? Like to tackle spirituality in different ways? At ‘Night Has Fallen’ Stewart Cutler and Jack Dyce will help Read More …