leadership in ministry
I spent the afternoon with the nice people at Lanark St Nicholas yesterday thinking about communication. Here’s what we talked about, sort of: What do you want to say? Have you noticed that in Churches, or in any group really, people have different priorities and different ideas about why church is important to them, why Read More …
So far the General Election campaign has been about choosing the least bad of who cares. An argument about increasing VAT or National Insurance isn’t motivating me. A thought struck me today about David Cameron’s ‘change’ mantra… Why? Why choose ‘change’ as the theme of the Conservative election campaign? For a start, he’s not a Read More …
If you follow the blog then you’ll know that I’m at the end stages of my Masters in Research. That means I’m in the all consuming land of dissertation. At the moment my days consist of listening to interviews, trying to remember why on earth I wrote cryptic notes during said interviews and trying to Read More …
For the last two nights I’ve watched the Digital Economy Bill‘s passage through the House of Commons. The Bill, one of the most controversial for years, was placed in ‘Wash Up’ following the calling of the General Election. Wash Up truncates the legislative process. Instead of 2 readings and a committee stage which can last Read More …
This morning the Queen gave permission for Parliament to be dissolved and a General Election to be called for May 6. The way in which Brown and Cameron launched their campaigns has been quite different and I think this campaign will be interesting in a whole range of ways: the leadership debates For the first Read More …
“Don’t be alarmed,” he said. “You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid him.”
redemption stories is a collection of stories. There are words, pictures and verse, but all of them tell a story — a redemption story. We received input from Adele Sakler, Ben & Joy Thomas, Laura Bridge, Jason Duke, Adam Howie, Christine McIntosh, Trent Yaconelli, Emma Boyd, Angus S. Mathie, Paula Spur, Avril Cutler, Emma Boyd Read More …
