musings on leadership in ministry
Danah Boyd has written a thought provoking piece about social scripts and the place of ritual following her experience at her friend and mentor’s recent memorial service. It’s a great exploration of how ritual is so important to us and it resonated deeply. We followed a home liturgy over Easter this year and it was really Read More …
Mike Yaconelli wrote in his book ‘Dangerous Wonder’: The most critical issue facing Christians is not abortion, pornography, the disintegration of the family, moral absolutes, MTV, drugs, racism, sexuality or school prayer. The critcal issue today is dullness. We have lost our astonishment. The Good News is no longer good news, it is ok news. Christianity Read More …
Synod is coming to an end. Soon we will share in Communion then head our separate ways back home. Synod always seems like a long weekend with lots to talk about and hard decisions to make but I like the sense of shared responsibility that seems to pervade these decisions. There is a sense of Read More …
I met with an old friend (as in someone I’ve been friends with for ages not that he is old) I haven’t seen in years today. Clive was a student of mine, then a colleague for a while, then someone who’s band I booked and told people about and then we lost touch. Facebook to Read More …
For ages I’ve been trying to get John Orr to blog. I’ve known John for years and he has been on a very interesting journey from giving up gainful employment to become a student of Divinity and potential minister. That’s interesting enough in itself but I would love to hear more about John’s theological journey. Read More …
Q: How do you know a fish is a Christian? A: It has a car stuck to it! I’ve spent all week in a very large room full of people trying to sell things to Christians or offer themselves and/or their organisation to support Christians. I started this post with the fish joke because one Read More …
Last night, just before midnight, I flopped into bed having survived NEXUS. It’s been a long week and very tiring. It’s been great to watch an event go through a cycle from empty hall through build up and then back to an empty hall again. I’ve met some great people and had some fun. I’ve Read More …