There are no speech marks in Greek, so we can’t really be sure where to put them in an English translation. Consider the following passage from Matthew 10: 5 These twelve Jesus sent out with the following instructions: ‘Do not go among the Gentiles or enter any town of the Read more…
This post is based on some work I did with a few friends back in 2009. I never got round to publishing it back then, but it’s been on my mind recently… We wanted to produce a rough list of different models so that fresh expressions or shared ministry churches Read more…
I’ve been thinking quite a lot about the problem of defining collaborative ministry. It seems to me, that there is a tendency for people to use different terms to talk about the same thing – or use the same language in very different ways. ‘Collaboration’ basically means ‘working with’ and Read more…
A few months ago a friend of mine described the current situation in the Church of England as follows: the diocesan authorities think of themselves as Moses, calling the people to enter the promised land; while the parishes generally think that their leaders are Pharaoh, demanding more bricks! This basic Read more…
We’ve been away in Devon for two weeks house sitting (or rather – chicken and dog sitting). It’s been a great couple of weeks and we’ve really enjoyed it. It’s time to get back to work though… The past two weeks have given me time to think through my plans. Read more…
We did a piece of all age worship as art installation at Trinity Fishermead today. We created a piece of group art by reflecting on the theme of Lent 1… It began with a reflection on normal things – on the basis that Jesus humbled himself and entered into normal Read more…