News, jokes and rights issues

Had a pretty full Sunday, and then was down in London on Monday and again on Tuesday, so haven’t had too much time for blogging (or should I say, as people who know me to be annoying will recognise, I haven’t MADE the time). Anyway, a couple of quotes I heard over the last couple [...]

Better blogging IMHO

Thursday’s post was a long one, and Friday I was at my brother’s 40th birthday party near Lockerbie. (I’ll maybe post about that later). So today I thought I’d post something a bit lighter!
My tips for blogging:
- Post regularly and keep a pattern going. Your readers want to hear from you and if you stop [...]

Being a banker in a liquidity crisis

Church and credit
So it’s pretty easy for a pastor to talk to a teacher, a nurse, a doctor, a social worker, a student or a child. But what does a pastor say to a banker? (No, it’s not the start of a “What did the pastor say to the banker…” joke - neither is this [...]

Reviews & links

A little bit of reading from elsewhere:
- A Silicon Valley look at intentional incarnation
- I like the look of Travis Johnson’s new church office space - my kind of work environment. Travis has also been at the Mars Hill (Seattle) conference on multi-site which is a model that has pros and cons, supporters and opponents. [...]

Celebrating church

I’m not very good at being vocal about what is good in our church, or at least not often enough. So in preparation for coming off the leadership team from midnight this Sunday (we step down as student ministry team leaders as part of a full change of the leadership team), here’s a summary of [...]

Life

I’m finding it tough to regularly blog. Here’s what’s been going on:
- Saturday met up with the guys we’re trying to go to India with in the summer, looks like it might happen. Although funding may now be a problem. Missed Hearts beating St Mirren 3-2. My mum sent us a piano, which belonged to [...]

A new brain in town

Jeff Shinabarger is one of the brains behind Q. He has a new blog here - he’s also the main author of the fermi project blog which I have found very interesting as you’ll know. I’d recommend adding Jeff’s blog to your list. (I also apologise to him right now for spelling his surname wrong for [...]

The wonder of His work

Simply a Psalm for today. Read it and think about it. I’d be interested to hear what you take from it. (Sourced via biblegateway.com, NIV translation)
Psalm 65
Praise awaits you, O God, in Zion; to you our vows will be fulfilled. O you who hear prayer, to you all men will come. When we were overwhelmed by sins, you forgave [...]

Beauty in business?

Many people in the church feel that we have adopted new jargon such as “missional” and “emerging” and “culture transforming”. However, if you think that’s widespread, you should look at the business world where the phrase “social business” or “social entrepreneur” is rapidly becoming more common than milk. So I was really encouraged today to [...]

Great ideas lead to…….

I’m tired. Really tired. I feel my positivity and enthusiasm draining out of me. And did I say I was tired?
I’ve been wondering about why some people are “do-ers” and some are talkers? I really think that ideas are in everyone, that everyone is creative because we are created in the image of God. However, [...]