Category: General Secretary
How to live a Jesus-shaped life this Lent
The problem with ‘leadership’ – which we talk about a lot in the UCA and usually in terms of lament – is that it is too easy, too tempting to lose sight that the...
Preparing hearts for what lies ahead
Phew! It’s the end of the year at last! As far as I can gather everyone’s tired. People are looking forward to the beach, the cricket, to reading trashy novels and...
Do or do not, there is no…
Five weeks before the actual event of Synod 2017, I’m writing this column for the post-Synod edition of Insights magazine (out on 22 October). At this moment, I...
What an idea!
In church a few weeks ago, I encountered a children’s story called What Do You Do With an Idea? It’s by Kobi Yamada and I don’t think it’s particularly new. The...
Jesus is Lord
In recent times I’ve had reason to think about the phrase ‘Jesus is Lord’, one of the earliest and the shortest of Christian creedal confessions. I well remember...
Yes, but… what about Easter
For Easter people, in the season of resurrection, there’s no place for ‘yes, but.’
Obedience is not optional
A long time ago now, I first read a book by Eugene Peterson called A Long Obedience in the Same Direction. It’s a book of Peterson’s reflections on the Psalms of...
The risky business of carrying on
What do we actually need to respond to the challenges of this world?
Goodbye, farewell and Amen
“Goodbye, Farewell and Amen” was the title of the final episode of MASH – the TV show about the Korean War which ran longer than the war itself! And so I come...
How do we take risky steps?
I have a very aged, possibly demented cat. During her whole life, she has taken a cautious approach to thresholds. It’s got worse as she’s aged and now it can take...
