musings on ministry
Who else needs your space? My churches hosting co-working revelation got me thinking… Church halls have often been a hive of activity with anything from Boys’ Brigade to dance classes and slimming clubs. That’s all good. But who are you missing? How can you help your community to engage with each other and make things better? Read More …
There are times when you stumble across something really quite special. In the middle of a break on the Isle of Skye, Avril and I rounded a corner on a single track road in and instantly recognised a wooden house which was featured on the TV show Grand Designs. I’m going to try to explain Read More …
Iain mentioned in a facebook response to my last post that he hadn’t yet heard me talk about partnership… I was struck by the comment because for me partnership is implicit in community engagement. When I talk about how the church needs to engage with communities of course I mean with people but I also Read More …
Yesterday I wrote about running alone and how parkrun might give people like the chance to ‘run alone together’ (as Leo said in his comment). John Orr took the thought and expanded it to church. I like when that happens. His question was ‘How can we create opportunities for people to join in without having Read More …
I’ve decided that I quite like running. There. I said it. Unlike the last time I ran a half marathon, this time I’ve kept running. One of the reasons is that I like to get outside and I like to get away from my desk for a while. I’m lucky. We live just a few Read More …
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).