musings on leadership in ministry
My previous post on the petition launched ahead of the Church of Scotland’s General Assembly in support of the overture (motion) from the Presbytery of Lochcarron & Skye was my most viewed post ever. I didn’t set out to say anything controversial and hoped to appeal to people to be calm, reasonable and gracious. The Read More …
The growing online community of people interested in all things (or perhaps just some things) emerging/emergent Church over at Emerging Scotland are busy beavering away being creative, innovative and generally moving their communities of faith forward. The network is growing and people are sharing their stories and resources online, but that’s not the same as Read More …
Has the sermon had its day? Is there still a place for preaching? Jonny Baker explores preaching in a thought provoking piece he wrote about a year ago… Preaching: throwing a had-grenade in fruit bowl I have to say that I don’t think preaching is done yet, but then you might expect someone who stands Read More …
This is the sermon I preached this morning at Barrhead United Reformed Church on Mark 9: 2-9, The transfiguration of Jesus.
Tomorrow at Together@MCT we’ll walk a labyrinth to help prepare us for Lent. Come and join us if you’re in Edinburgh for 5.30pm-7pm at Saughtonhall United Reformed Church.
So, I’ve blogged a bit about what might or might not be happening in terms of emerging church in Scotland. Some journeyers met and chatted and one of the things that came up was some kind of website to help us talk and share and encourage each other and to gather people together. So…. Come Read More …
Seth Godin talks more about Tribes and how they work. This screams against all the ways that we talk about church. It’s for everyone. Of course your welcome. We’re for everyone. The thing is YOUR Church isn’t for everyone. Is it? We have denominations. We have types. We have styles. He have different structures and Read More …