Flying a Kite Presbytery Discussion Continued
Here i am once again flying a kite as we think a bit more about the reform of Presbyteries. During the past few years it seems to me that there is a mood in the church to be more relational than legal. This leads us to think about structures and functions that are based on trust and relationships rather than legal authority.
True worship is surely an act of the heart in response to love and forgiveness not an act of duty or even an act of obedience. In so many...
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Here is sanctuary
Gulls are singing praise to God
Stone and wood
Touch earth and sky with grace
The river laps the sand with ease
Ancient sounds of monks are heard in the breeze
Singing songs and chants of praise
Holy Holy is the Lord
Colm's island speaks of God
Hermit prayers can still be heard
Saints and sinners voices cry
Amidst the ruins of our time
Forgive our sins, redeem our lives
We cry for sanctuary
Prayer never ceases it cannot die
It...
It was encouraging to everyone involved with the streaming out of the worship service today to have the appoval of one of Apple's Senior Directors. In an email to me last week he wrote about our plan to stream out the weekly service to iphones ipads and ipods Mark Rogers writes "A nice project, yet again you are an early adopter of the technology, a great piece of innovation, hope all goes well."
The great thing is that it did go well. It looks like we had around...
My colleague Neil MacLennan who heads up Sanctus Media the production company that has grown out of the ministry here in St Andrew's Bo'ness has worked his magic yet again and has figured out a way to allow our weekly streamed service to now be streamed on an iphone or an ipad. How cool is that? We recon we must be one of the first churches in the UK to be doing this perhaps in the world who knows?
Anyway we think it is another groundbreaking move that will allow...
Written as a contribution to the Lausanne Conversation on Preaching Part 3
Does preaching still have a role to play in the emerging church? In fact does preaching still have a role to play in all of our churches.? While our communication revolution invites us to continue to reflect upon the way we participate and respond to God's Word . I want to suggest that preaching has a unique place in the communication of the gospel . Words and the power of rhetoric...