Posted in church, emerging churches, ponderings on June 20, 2008 | 4 Comments »
I’ve no great wish that this woman start coming to church. Which maybe sounds dreadful for someone in my position. But it’s true. I don’t.
That wouldn’t, I think, solve anything. In itself, it wouldn’t really meet the needs of her heart at all. It might even get in the way.
But getting a feel for [...]
Posted in emerging churches, evangelism, musings, quotes on June 19, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I was reading Peter Rollins’ How (not) to Speak of God again this evening, and this comment on evangelism, well bedded in a much larger argument about the nature of faith struck me as being right on the button:
In a world where people believe they are not hungry, we must not offer food but rather [...]
Posted in church, emerging churches, musings, video on June 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Portsmouth Cathedral has been one of the venues for the city’s arts festival, and has hosted a parkour (free running) to music event. It is AMAZING. Think jumping over the font, running up the walls… Go watch the video at the Beeb here. Now.
Wouldn’t it be great if some churches could get into this. I [...]
Posted in emerging churches, life on January 20, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I am, in a gentle strolling kind of way, keeping an eye open for expression of Christianity in Edinburgh that resonate a bit more with who I am than Church seems to.
Sometimes I come across things that seem so close, and yet, totally on the wrong planet.
A Celtic Spirituality Group working with the Celtic Christian [...]
Posted in emerging churches, life, ponderings, quotes on November 15, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Last weekend, in between a variety of unexpected brilliant moments, I was trying to work out how to let some people see into my brain, the bit that’s been chewing over church in emerging culture.
One of the (many) difficult things to explain is how I have no idea what emerging church might look like in [...]
Posted in emerging churches on November 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Jonny’s got a lovely short summary of how leadership works at Grace.
Posted in Scottish, church, emerging churches, musings, ponderings, tagged church of scotland on November 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The question is, did the boat capsize because some irresponsible sailor started to rock it violently, or was it simply overpowered by the wind trying to take it in a different direction?
Following on from last night’s discussions (and you’ll know if you were there), there is a need to decide whether the crises facing the [...]
Posted in Scottish, church, emerging churches, life, politics, ponderings on November 2, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
There are plans afoot to make part of a Scottish military base legally part of England. I tell you, this is a dangerous first step. Sure, the english reasons seem sensible now, but there is always the danger that this might lead to further encroachments – a military base here, a parliament there…
Or perhaps there [...]
Posted in emerging churches, musings, quotes on September 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Over at No Impact Man, a short discussion of how to go about reducing our environmental impact on the world highlights volunteering in a group as a key part of actually effecting change. Makes me think too about how we create change in churches and beyond.
When you’re just trying to save the world in your [...]
Posted in Scottish, emerging churches, evangelism, life, musings on September 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
If there’s one thing my dissertation has convinced me of, it’s the need for churches to try more seriously to communicate the gospel effectively in the emerging culture. Being from Scotland has compounded the frustration this conviction causes, as I sit in the pew watching the people around me fail to take the challenge seriously. [...]
