Christian Aid Week – get ready!

Christian Aid week is 15-21 May 2011.  You can get some great resources to help plan your fundraising efforts over at the Christian Aid website.  Of course you could always sponsor my half marathon run but please help out however you choose to do it. Just in case you don’t know about Christian Aid…

Training: Week 1

My half marathon training is well and truly underway.  My long run will be on a Monday each week so I thought after my long run I’d blog about my week’s training and talk about other stuff for the rest of the week. I’ve already talked about the assessment run which was really difficult to Read More …

failure is always an option

On Wednesday I led a session for a group of ministers from the United Reformed Church in Scotland.  We were exploring what the church could learn from younger people and from youth work methods. Young people fail.  A lot.  It’s part of learning. They try something, get it wrong, then learn from that and try Read More …

in earnest

My half marathon training began in earnest today.  I’m using the Adidas miCoach app on my iPhone and today was run 1 of 103 before the Half Marathon in September. I’m going to post about my runs once a week because I know some of you couldn’t care less.  I do know that you care Read More …

training begins

So, my training has sort of officially started and I’ve had my first 2 donations.  Thanks for those!!! My programme actually starts next week but today was my first run since I signed up to run the half marathon for Christian Aid. I’m trying out the Adidas miCoach app on my iPhone.  I’ve been using Read More …

Running a Half Marathon

I’ve decided to run the Great Scottish Run on 4th September 2011 in aid of Christian Aid. You can donate through Just Giving by clicking the link on the right. The run is a half marathon (13miles and a bit) and I’ve got 21 weeks to get myself fit. I’ll be keeping you updated on Read More …

Brian McLaren on Something Beautiful

There are times when you stop and wonder ‘How on Earth did that happen?’. Well, this week on the Something Beautiful Podcast we welcome Brian McLaren. McLaren has been named one of time magazines most influential evangelicals and he’s been called the “godfather of the emergent church.” he’s an author, speaker, activist, and theologian (but Read More …