musings on leadership in ministry
This week’s sermon almost didn’t happen. I was really busy and thinking about simply rehashing last week’s offering. But as I started to rework it I deleted it and started again. And I’m glad I did. As usual your comments, reactions and thoughts are most welcome. This sermon was preached on 14 December, the 3rd Read More …
A sneaky peek at Sunday’s sermon… Because of the way we arrange the Christmas story we sometimes forget that John and Jesus are the same age. Remember John is Jesus’ cousin. His mother is Elizabeth who was pregnant around the same time as Mary. When John talks about scanning the crowds he’s looking for a Read More …
‘Emerging’ Church The first thing to say is that McLaren doesn’t like the term Emerging for all kinds of reasons. But with no other word to replace it I’ll use it as a catch all definition of new developments on the fringe of church. He spent some time unpacking where we are and where we Read More …
Last night I went to hear author and pastor Brian McLaren speak at Vertigo in Strathclyde Uni’s Student Union. These are my notes and some attempt to make some sense of them. Jesus didn’t come to start a religion. He came to start something else which he called the ‘Kingdom of God’. But would Jesus Read More …
We have a tree outside our window. It’s a very artistic tree which places itself nicely in all kinds of shots. There are more examples of trees getting in the way over on my Flickr site.
This week’s sermon, Waiting. As usual your thoughts would be greatly appreciated! The sermon includes some words at the end which are not mine, but Jonny Baker’s from his book Alternative Worship.
