musings on leadership in ministry
I was giving a presentation last night about NEXUS to Glasgow Presbytery (Church of Scotland). It was great to see some people I haven’t seen for ages. The Moderator led a short act of worship to begin the meeting and used the story of Jesus walking on the water (Matthew 14: 22-36) as his text. Read More …
I came across a post on the One Kirk forum in which the poster mentions that the reason one of their relatives doesn’t come to church often is a fear that someone will ask the to become more involved. This isn’t anything new. There seems to be a sense that people only join things that don’t require Read More …
I know lent is a whole month away but in a stunning act of forward thinking I was looking through my files and came across these images by Si Smith illustrating Jesus’ 40 days in the wilderness. They are fantastic and also make a pretty cool movie if you stick them in movie maker or Read More …
I can’t believe I haven’t posted about FURY before. FURY (Fellowship of United Reformed Youth) is the umbrella organisation for everything that happens with young people in the United Reformed Church in the UK. Last weekend was the FURY Assembly. For more info visit the new website and have a look for yourself. The Assembly is Read More …
I think today’s service went ok. I like when the worship seems to all be connected and balanced and it felt like that. I’d like another go at the sermon though. It was ok but missing some punch. I tend to try to write stuff that connects with people’s emotions and feel that perhaps today’s was Read More …
I’m preaching again on Sunday. I have a choice… Jesus turning water into wine and/or Paul’s passage about spiritual gifts. I’m going with the gifts but hope to link back to Jesus’ first miracle. The thing is, and this has happened before, what seems to be a gift of a passage is actually pretty hard Read More …
I’m a Christian. I’m heterosexual. I think Civil Partnerships are a good idea. I thought I should say that out loud so people don’t start to think that all Christians believe that homosexuality is wrong and sinful. I don’t and I’m fed up being misrepresented and lumped in with the ‘Christians’ who want to have the right to judge Read More …