musings on leadership in ministry
The radio was on the other night as we ate dinner. It was classical music. Nothing startling or demanding. Sonic wallpaper if you like. The stuff that you don’t notice… … until it stops. Dead air is usually radio’s worst nightmare. In this case though we noticed the silence much more than we had noticed Read More …
Did you grow up in a Christian home? How do you know? Those were two of the questions which were posed by Lucy Moore during Messy Church training on Saturday. The assembled throng laughed nervously and made jokes about growing up in a bungalow and how they had never asked their house if it had Read More …
Whether you are a creator or curator of worship there are always times when the blank screen seems to stay blank longer than you would like. Words don’t come. I find that those weeks are the ones where I haven’t had the time to read enough, to talk enough or to think and pray enough. Read More …
Photo: Shereen M I wonder if our impatience comes because we consume rather than create? If we never plant a seed how can we appreciate the time it takes the plant to root and to sprout and to grow and bear fruit? If we never build anything how can we appreciate the time it takes Read More …
Photo by Thomas Mathie The Something Beautiful podcast gets all reflective for Advent. We’ve roped in our better halves to bring you words crafted by a variety of talented people, including Jonny Baker and Roddy Hamilton, and music from So Elated, Adeline and others. We’ve borrowed it all and arranged it in a neatly wrapped Read More …
Come and join us if you’re in Edinburgh this evening.
Renfield St Stephen’s Church, Bath Street, Glasgow Sunday 29th November 2009, 7.00pm. Part of the ‘Revised Standard Visions’ programme, 2008-09 In the lead up to Copenhagen, HOLY CITY gives over its diet of workshops and worship to issues around climate change and the prophetic responses demanded of humanity. Workshops: ‘Politics & Copenhagen’: ROSS LOVERIDGE, Energy Read More …