musings on leadership in ministry
Sometimes it takes me ages to get something to the point where I know what it is and where it’s going. My preparation for NYA2008 has been a bit like that. The Church of Scotland’s Youth Assembly is in 3 weeks. It already seems to have consumed much more time than it really should have. Read More …
This morning I preached on Peter’s water walking. Most people remember that Jesus came walking on the water in the middle of a storm and Peter got out of the boat and walked on the water for a while before realising what he was doing and starting to sink. My message was simple. If you Read More …
A long time ago I started to write a book. By started I mean that I wrote down a couple of chapter titles and a few thoughts. The title of one of the chapters was “Paralysed By Choice – the paradox of post-modern youth”. Now I wish I’d written it. But because I didn’t I Read More …
Sport is an amazing concept. When you deconstruct any sport it is ridiculous. Why would anyone want to kick a ball around? Or run 26 miles? But sport seems to bring our all of human nature and make us strive to be the best we can be. I love the Olympics. The variety of sports Read More …
A two part station, one with a bowl of water and a towel and the other with a communion cup full of water, used at Together @ MCT in June. Clean Water It gives us life We are made of it We need it To drink To clean us We wash to clean our skin, Read More …
DK at Media Snackers has been on a bit of a campaign to get Youth Workers in the statutory sector to blog. It would seem that there are very few who do (he’s found one!), which perhaps is a consequence of Local Authorities attitudes to their staff having any kind of online profile (it’s BAD). Read More …
Today is the 63rd anniversary of the atomic bombing of Horoshima. A few years ago I was lucky enough to visit the UN Headquarters in New York where they had an exhibition of items from Hiroshima which had been exposed to the blast. There was a granite statue, completely smooth on the side which faced Read More …
