musings on leadership in ministry
Holy CITY 09-10 Revised Standard Visions: Imagining another world 25 Oct/ 29 Nov/ 20 Dec/ 31 Jan/ 28 Feb/ 28 Mar/ 25 Apr/ 30 May @ 7pm, Renfield St Stephen’s, 260 Bath St., Glasgow. www.holycity-glasgow.co.uk Climate change, the credit crunch, the still-unfulfilled demands of justice & peace… our generation faces a multitude of challenges… The Read More …
Today Barack Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. He was apparently chosen as the recipient just two weeks into his presidency when he had achieved… nothing. When he had brought peace to… nowhere. It seems like this was an award for potential. I like Obama. I think he has courage and vision and a Read More …
I’m reading The Shack at the moment, mostly because a number of people have asked me if I’ve read it so I gave in to peer pressure! There is an interesting thought about good and evil that doesn’t give away anything of the plot so you can read on in safety. The discussion centers around a Read More …
One of my favourite books is called Dangerous Wonder by Mike Yaconelli. The tag line of the book is ‘the adventure of childlike faith’. In it Mike argues that following Jesus should be an adventure. That Jesus is dangerous and wonderful and that Christians should be known for the fire in their souls, the wild-eyed Read More …
I restarted my Masters in Research today with a meeting with the dissertation module supervisor who might also end up being my dissertation supervisor if he’s unlucky. I deferred my dissertation because of my trips to the Holy Land and Cuba this summer and I’m glad that I did. I would have been annoyed to Read More …
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It’s been a while since I’ve posted a sermon for lots of reasons, mostly not being around much over the summer but today I preached at Lanark Greyfriars on the theme of ‘Courage for Community’ from today’s lectionary reading from Esther. As usual, your thoughts, comments and suggestions (constructive please).
