musings on leadership in ministry
iChurch is, in my humble opinion, the best idea I’ve seen in ages. If you are a URC congregation who either wants a website but think it is too hard to set up and run or are paying for web hosting, trying to design and update your site and all that then ichurch is the Read More …
Ramble Alert! OK. I’m not sure where this post is going but stick with me and hopefully it will get somewhere… I’m working on some aims and objectives for my job. I tell everyone I train to do it so it’s practice what you preach time. The thing is… I can write down the stuff Read More …
Here’s a plea for all those people who are dots on the clustr map around the world. We’re working on a project for Pentecost to collect lots of languages reading Acts 2:1-6. So, if you speak anything other than English and could record yourself reading this short passage and email it to me as an Read More …
Tonight I’ve been invited to be on the panel for an open community discussion at Shawlands URC in Glasgow (map). The topic is ‘What role can the Church play in the community?’ and I’ve been asked to speak about the church and young people. There are another two speakers and the local MP was to Read More …
cww-2008-flyer-a5-web The National Gathering is on 3-4 May 2008 at the Royal Highland Centre, Ingliston near Edinburgh is in less than 3 weeks from now! The National Gathering will be one of the most encouraging, stimulating and memorable events for the whole church in Scotland in a generation or more. There will be huge celebrations Read More …
… just wait for a few minutes. The view from the window last night The view from the window this morning Nice eh! It snowed today. Lots. I was preaching at Black Mount church for my dad and the drive was terrible. Snow all the way. It looked like this when I was leaving: And Read More …
Church can be an odd place, full of odd people. What sometimes makes it odder is that these odd people think that other people are odd. Despite Jesus’ ‘great commandment’ to love each other as He loved us we shy away from strangers, we are fearful of difference and we gravitate towards people who are Read More …