Archive | May, 2008

Master Robert Plough Horse or Race Horse?

I want to write tonight about the importance of being a round peg in a round hole. Too many people beat themselves up for things they’re not doing. Too often they are being asked to do the impossible. I want to tell you a story that I told the children a few weeks ago in [...]

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Regeneration is about more than money!

 I was at an interesting meeting in the church offices in Edinburgh today. It was a conference where Town Planners, Property Developers and Church Leaders, in areas undergoing regeneration, were all invited to listen to each other and understand the whole process involved in regenerating a community.  It was interesting to hear this discussion in [...]

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Making the right connections

Just watching Amazon Heartbeat on STV this evening. There is just so much that is never said and that frustrates me as the Chairman of the Trust. Television companies of course are looking for the cheapest and easiest way to make a programme  yet I don’t know why it is that they never get round to [...]

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Church Without Walls – the next step ?

I was at the Parliament earlier this evening, as a guest of “Care for the Family” this is an opportunity that MSPs can offer Charities, to allow them to show case their work to potential funders. I think I was there because I acted as an advisor to the Scottish Office of care when they [...]

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Preaching and the visual language.

Today I’m off to the ICC, International Christian College, to give a lecture on preaching and media. I really enjoy giving this lecture but I think i need to up date some of my material. the principles of what i want to say remains the same but the examplesa to describe it probably need refreshing. [...]

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Ripples Of The CWW National Gathering Continue To Spread Out.

 The emails and letters are still coming in to the CWW Office from all around the country. All sorts of people expressing their appreciation for the event. When the Planning Group meets together we will take into account all the things that have been said. One thing is for certain we will need Commissioners at [...]

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Beat The Drum For the Nat Gat

The phone hasn’t stop ringing and the emails keep coming in as more and more people want to share the impact that the National Gathering has had on them. It is very humbling and exciting to see so many people being touched by God this last weekend. I think I will forever remember the image [...]

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Getting Ready To Praise

   It was agreat feeling to move around the site at Ingliston tonight and see everything coming together. I really enjoyed meeting up with a couple of the ex members of the Bogle band., Keith Tait and Ash Kimber who are involved with leading the worship this weekend.  The hall is huge and it is almost impossible to [...]

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Worship At The Gathering

Are you wondering what worship is going to be like at the CWW National Gathering. Well I’m delighted that Keith Tait will be the leader of the worship band. keith has chosen songs that are well known in order that the opening ceremony will have a sense of familiarity to it. I spoken to Michele [...]

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Soul Tsunami at The Gathering

Have a look at the site, for the CWW National Gathering. It is beginning to look impressive. All the tents have been erected and it really does make you feel that God is in all of this. I think it will be an amazing sight to see so many churches represented at Ingliston. Hillington Park [...]

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