I just wandered over to Lesley’s blog and came across this classic clip from Monty Python. Haven’t laughed so hard in ages. It got me thinking. As a church we can spend a lot of time trying not to be seen. Hiding out. Keeping our mouthes shut. Mr Nesbitt has learnt the value of not being
Gavin Tyte has written a blog over at Share The Guide. The premise is that: If the Church of England is going to survive and if God has a plan to reach everyone in our communities, then the local parish church is going to have to become missional. When read in one direction this is a call to mission
I loaded up twitter for a quick brows with my lunch and this headline was at the top of the page. Kester Brewin has written an article about this harsh critique of the emerging church by Brad Johnson. One of the worries I have about ’emerging church’ is that some people view it as “the next
St Arnold’s had a visit on Monday night from the President of The Methodist Conference. Check out the blog here. Wish I had nicked off PCC and gone now =D
A friend posted this up on facebook. It is an article about a Japanese wedding in which the priest was a robot. It is hilarious.
It would seem that Fresh Expressions are starting to become more mainstream. There is an article in The Times today about a variety of different ‘valid’ churches. Is this your idea of church? Possibly not, but each is a valid “fresh expression of church” that has sprung up in the past five years.
I just had lunch with a colleague. One of the things we have noticed as we travel through life is that misery loves company. Sometimes it would seem to us that misery loves company when we are in church as well. We have people who enforce all sorts of crazy rules in a dictatorial fashion.
In my experience one of the first things that people drop when they think about alt. worship is the sacramental aspects of worship. That said, there are some services such as Visions in York that engage in sacramental alt. worship. Often resources for alt. worship do not facilitate the sacramental. This is where my wife
Sorry I haven’t blogged in a long time. Life has been really busy for the moment. I have only just got around to watching the programme “Are Christians Being Persecuted”, a documentary shown on the BBC at Easter. I was expecting a sensationalist view in either direction as people seem to like shouting. I wasn’t