One show

Whats his name on the One show is a follower and has an interest in clouds. Here is some from Dornoch beach from a few months ago.
Before the summer!


The green that we are experiencing at this time is exceptional . Usually the green has dried to orange and yellow. I wonder if the tree leafs will fall quicker this year due to their weight? or are we in for an indian summer.
Today in North Perthshire it is warm bright and a breeze. Must go down to the theatre and get an ice cream. Summer days.....

Casting Crowns new cd

"Casting Crowns'" new cd is out 28 August 2007.
I wonder what deal I can get from Amazon?

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God tube psalm 23

Helicopter view of things

I recall the Rev Bob Jones in a sermon some 30 plus years ago talking in terms of the choppy sea and when one is in the sea things look bad. Yet from the helicopter view, the rescuer sees a different aspect all together. Some times we as humans can be taken up with the current situation and forget to look at the helicopter view of things. In the fullness of time it might not look so bad.

Now from Gods view, where there is no time it looks even smaller. So next time it looks a bit daunting try and see it from the helicopter view.

Printing to culture change

It is not a simple matter of the church re branding. The changes in culture have been too great for a change in “window display”. Recall the printing press and the education of the community linked to the church. The corresponding requirement for an engaging church in the community that is not a sub-culture but is or changes the culture is clear. This has not to be a liberal or compromising stance but rather relevance rediscovery and in fact more biblically based mission. The “Hillsongs” mega churches might not survive even if they don't ever make an impact in Scotland.
The church needs to be looking at ways to deal with those who want to be submerged in the culture and not seen to be different from others and to the individualists who make a stand on his or hers pet conviction. A tough task. Yet I think there are those being groomed by God for the job.

Answers in Genesis

Found the website very interesting in defending the faith....

Is this the nature of the new church?

How many give over this perception?

Renovare July 2007 newsletter.

The July 2007 issue of the RENOVARÉ Perspective is now available at www.renovare.org.

In this edition, Richard J. Foster addresses "Spiritual Formation and the Local Congregation," noting that institutional maintenance as a primary concern needs to be avoided and the development of a kingdom heart should be primary for spiritual fromation efforts to bear fruit....

Emerging Church questionaire and poll

Thank you for taking part in the poll.

Roof tops thoughts

Getting re established in a routine is good for the behaviours as well as creating a anchor for the future. many yearn for the summer holidays and when they are into week two they wish they were back to work. Not because they particularly want to be at the desk or machine or vehicle but to get back to the reassuring routine that gives stability to the day.

Great thinkers, developers, strong theologians or writers and the likes of new ideas people have needed to switch off from the routine and break through the confines of "normal" thinking. Today when we have so many self ego thinkers how much more do we need people who will suspend the normal to deconstruct and reconstruct their lives.

I really like the possibilities of back to basic thinking that can then revitalised the present for the future. Yes there is nothing new under the sun but there is a need for freshness in the thinking of the present. last weeks fruit and veg is withering...

So as I look over the Pitlochry roof tops in another wet weekend, as we settle in our new area of responsibilities and look forward to a holiday break I consider the winter ahead and the possibilities that might be in this part of the Highlands

WIKIKLESIA 23 July 2007

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Moulin Church

Duff was minister here in Moulin Before his international mission work.