Archive for the ‘ Mission and Ministry ’ Category
The reflection is based on the BCP Gospel reading for the Next Sunday before Lent [Quinquagesima] There is clearly something in these readings about not seeing and seeing. Jesus is making statements about what will happen to him when he enters Jerusalem and the disciples do not understand. Understanding was hid from them and they could [ READ MORE ]
I’m at a gathering for those interested and responsible for evangelism in local churches in the Diocese of Oxford. Bishop Stephen is here as a key speaker and in the middle of some great and revelent exposition of Acts he drops this in: Welcome to those who are from our larger churches. Please tell your friends [ READ MORE ]
Today I am launching my next writing project. I have for a long time thought that the best people to offer insight into life as a curate are the curates themselves. Hearing from those who have tread the path before us is great, their insights and wisdom is often invaluable and unique and we should [ READ MORE ]
I went to see many of the headliners at greenbelt this year. Athlete were great, Martyn Joseph with Stuart Anderson was brilliant and then there was Rob Bell. It is not at all that Rob was not good, he was, as expected, engaging, funny, full of compassion and very clear, but two things disturbed me. [ READ MORE ]
Common Worship reading for this coming Sunday: Mark 7:24-end Here is this woman… who is desperate to see her child released from the pain and anguish she lives in day after day. Some of you will be able to sympathise with her, knowing members of your own family who likewise struggle with some affliction day after [ READ MORE ]
This is a second post that will largely be of interest to those who have been invitied to join-in the research aspect of 5-a-day ministry. Below is a longer exploration of the 5-a-day self-leadership tool. This will eventually form part of a new web resource on self-leadership that is currently under construction. For those being ordained this [ READ MORE ]
Tentmaking is certainly as old as Christianity and probably older. Paul, the one of the Damascus Road, is known to have been a tent-maker. Literally one who makes tents so as to be able to support himself and offer ministry without charge. This was practice amongst some rabbis too and therefore certainly an influence on [ READ MORE ]
There are all kinds of rumours floating around the establishment of the Church of England about the future of stipendary ministry. Out of these rumours arrive various futures. For anyone who is not aware, a stipend is a living expense, paid to priests, vicars, ministers et al, so that they are freed from the necessity of [ READ MORE ]
This is the first-time in 11 years that I have done part-time ministry. I was very excited about the idea of part-time [job-sharing a curacy with my wife] and I still am, but the problems with it run much deeper than I thought they would. Let’s get over the idea of full-time ministry to start with. [ READ MORE ]
A huge part of my motivation and inspiration for research comes out of my own story and journey as a follower of Jesus. The first church I went to was a large town centre Baptist Church that was evangelical and charismatic. Since I came from a non-church background, the doctrine and practice that flowed [ READ MORE ]
Think about discipleship in our culture Reflect on my current research projects General Practical Theology musings