Methodist – A Movement
This week in the Church of England Synod there will be a discussion relating to this document: MISSION AND MINISTRY IN COVENANT. It provides some detail in how the Church...
Promises in the 21st Century
Every year the Methodist Church invites its congregations to reflect upon the Covenant Prayer. It is central to Methodists' devotion and discipleship, and their driver in working for social justice. In...
Transitions in Life
As Lent approaches I find myself considering what to do for the next 46 days. As the days lengthen we are encouraged to give up something, notably chocolate and/or alcohol,...
Do we have time for this?
New Year's Resolutions, cleaning the house, putting away the Christmas decorations (yes we use a quasi-Methodist calendar, so ours have departed to the recesses of the garage for another year),...
Candidiate Selection
I hope that, within this blog post, I can provide snippets of information which will encourage those who feel God's calling to enter into ordained ministry within the Methodist Church...
Nativity – where are we in the scene?
Today many celebrate Jesus' birth. In some form of space-time continuum we may see both Jesus as a babe, with parents lovingly gazing at the crib, the Shepherds admiring the Christ-child and...
Reflecting
Well my first week at Theological College is over! Amidst the welcomes, the first lectures and the communal meals disparate groups of people have come together to start to form a...
Running
I know, here I am starting back at University and have returned to running after all these years of being a couch potato. It's not a mid-life crisis, I promise...
Opportunities
We have arrived! Welcomed by the community members at Queen's, we were escorted to our new abode, a lovely flat overlooking a grassed area and some trees. It has now...
Closure
We are surrounded by boxes: most sealed, some beckoning to us to be filled to capacity. Many more objects confront us as we enter rooms demanding that we do not...
Bring people into Church: why?
The number of people attending the Church is seemingly falling. The Church of England report stated that "church attendance will continue to fall for the next 30 years." Not exactly...
Are we ready?
The Olympics have started. Are we ready? Many of us don’t seem to be in our running shorts! Perhaps that will be after the Games have finished? We normally get...