For those who haven't been to the Baptist Assembly but who want a video taster of the event, here is one produced by the Assembly itself.
Baptist Assembly 2010
Back from the annual Baptist trip to the seaside which was an excellent weekend. Here are my highpoints. Three good things: Worship. This year was an enormous improvement. The range of resources from Taize, Northumbria Community, traditional hymns and mainstream worship songs were used in well planned acts of worship. Whilst I would change... Continue Reading →
Baptist Assembly
Off to Baptist assembly today. Since I’m not taking the laptop I doubt there will be updates whilst I’m there. Assembly takes an enormous amount of work to put on and folk have been working on the planning for months. Many people, BUGB and BMS staff as well as volunteers put in untold hours over... Continue Reading →
General Election – Questions
I don't get to decide the questions for the last leaders debate but these are the questions I would like to put: Given your reluctance to state how you would make the necessary reductions to the budget deficit can you explain: i) How you would ensure that the least well off are protected and that... Continue Reading →
General Election – Personality, character and honesty
Getting to eat lunch at home for a change I see the headlines are full of Gordon Brown’s nightmare moment here . Clearly there is no defence for his remarks, though one imagines that many party leaders let off steam behind closed doors and there was a moment the other day when Nick Clegg... Continue Reading →
shameless marketing
As previously mentioned I've some friends who are heavily involved in this music project. BeBe Vox's first single is released today and she stands a good chance of getting into the top 40, if enough people download it. In recent years Innervation trust have created a number of Christian bands (eg:the bandwithnoname) which have... Continue Reading →
General Election Thoughts 3 – aspiration, believability and connection
I expect that both Labour and Conservative strategy teams are scratching their heads at the unexpected rise in Lib Dem support. They have tapped into a reservoir of voter discontent with Labour, unease with the Conservatives but a desire to see change. In 1997 Blair’s victory carried the sense of a new dawn and Clegg... Continue Reading →
Baptists doing theology – northern theological consultation
I attended an excellent theological reflection day on Tuesday. Organised by Northern Baptist Learning Community and others it was great to have an opportunity to listen and talk together, something that we need to encourage among ministers. For me the highlight was a paper delivered by Richard Kidd developing the theme ‘the silence of... Continue Reading →
General Election Thoughts 2
After last weeks thoughts on what I would do if I were David Cameron here are some on what would I be doing if I were Nick Clegg. My last post was written (but not posted because of the hustings meeting I chaired) before the first leaders debate which has kick started a surge... Continue Reading →
General Election – Hustings Meeting
Last night we held a hustings meeting for the general election which I chaired; over 200 people came to hear what the five candidates had to say. The format for the evening included each candidate having a couple of minutes to make a personal statement, three questions put to the candidates based on people filling... Continue Reading →
Distinct Reflections 