Describing a choice to a Church Meeting recently I likened the options to the difference between fallow ground and a yellow box. The fallow ground option says, let’s stop doing this particular activity and then leave the space to see what might emerge, what green shoots might start to grow in the space that has... Continue Reading →

I came across this quiz designed to show that people don't read the Bible as literally as they sometimes think they do. Though the fact that Associated Baptist Press felt they needed to put a disclaimer at the end is a bit worrying.Click link for Quiz

Various changes in the church here and the need for charity registration raise the question of what is the distinction between governance and management, and how should that be understood in a local baptist church. [At its simplest governance focuses on doing the right things and management focuses on doing things right.]   Some will... Continue Reading →

I didn’t realise how reliant I am on modern technology until my office computer stopped working last week. It’s not that anything important has been lost because it automatically backs up the files but it meant that for several days I’ve been without my email history.   No email history means that I don’t remember... Continue Reading →