The emerging church

Thanks for all the viewings and comments.

I will try and keep replying as soon as possible.

The Church emerging re-forming

Church emergent

emerging church


For the lazy.....

Christianity today article with lots of side pages and info

Oh, and not necessarily my views.

Lairg in the sun..Emergent church

Lairg in the sun ...


The future of the church including in Scotland will be heavily influenced by the "emergent church", whose growth is substantial in America.

It would be good if viewers could check out the writing of Richard Foster and Dallas Willard who are indirectly quoted as linked to this emergent church. It is no doubt because they hope for a community that is God centered and not overly religious for the sake of being religious.

Mark your diary today for looking back in the future the emergent church is on its way. Are you tempted to find out with a google search?

Labyrinth.......Take your shoes off.!

Prayer Labyrinth-Denver




I had never undertook a prayer labyrinth before.
It originates from Chartres Cathedral, North France coming from the Middle Ages. It consists as you would think of a maze of paths - ours was printed on heavy duty clothes, the originals were of stone, there is one in Ely Cathedral at the front door. After leaving all my belongings I had to take my shoes off!

Winding in towards God and rewinding out/forgiveness, the walk weaved in and out sometimes alone, sometimes passing others. Sometimes stopping to pray and reflect. A time to "Shut out the world". It was a reflective time providing peace.

For a blog on prayer view

visionbyprayer.blogspot.com

I am reminded of the news last year that those who pray have in general terms a longer lifespan.

"We've aye dun it this way!"

Kildonan

During the year of 1818, a nugget of gold weighing around ten pennyweights was discovered in the river Helmsdale, North East Scotland.
Robert Gilchrist 1869 came from Australia to look for gold. He never found any - and we have never heard of him.

What matters the most?

The story

On the departure of the Romans from Scotland and the North of England, the remnant- Picts, Scots, Britons and Angles claimed a Christian faith. But for early missionaries it was a hard task to correct deep seated traditions and pagan practices. It was hard times for those missionaries -no doubt they heard the phrase "we've aye dun it this way!" The human behaviour is difficult to change and right or wrong practices are so difficult to change.

New book: The Conspiracy of Silence

New book:- The Conspiracy of Silence...

Here is the possible cover for my next book on the Church in Scotland. If you are interested in a copy, please be in touch. The publishing date is somewhere out in the future. In the meantime let us debate the situation of the Church life in the Scottish community.

Church in the nation

The nation's mission - “we have seen more co-operation between rival football fans!”.
Is the Churches' point lost, out of touch, or left in the dressing room of the nation.
Is the nation needing more a hop, step, and jump.
The playing field is ready, the crowd awaits ...... but we can't see a team in the dugout.
The time is now, and it is right, it is ripe, it is redress, it is revival.
It is time to be perfecting, it is time to be precise, it is time to be peacemaking of heart and soul of the Church in this nation, it is time to be passionate.
Making poverty history is a just cause! - losing a nation is as worthy.
The Scottish Church collective is a mixed bag of ineffectual rubble from “fallout” over many centuries. In this post-modernist era what happens now?
Is this Grand Canyon of gulf too big? Has the history of the Church in Scotland anything to teach us?

Will revival of the spiritual nation come from the North?
Historians can tell us what happened technically or conceptually, they may tell us about key characters who were influential down through the years but can they provide a key that will unlock the spiritual revival of Scotland and the UK.
There has been a silence for too long regarding the Church and its message! Of its witness there has been a silence for various reasons, there has been a silence regarding the hope to be secured. Now is the time to bury the hatchet, now is the time for factions to come together for a real cause, now is the time to facilitate prayerful revival.
Why has there been such a silence;
The message - of its repair and hope by so many?
The Church – collective, to bring the news of goodness to the country?
The individual – to gossip a story of their life - spiritual?
Intentionally or unintentionally there is surely "a conspiracy of silence" requiring redress. A silence stronger than the alleged Presbyterian coyness.
A silence stronger than the stubbornness of folded arms while the spiritual poverty worsens.