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Praise bands...
Recommended by a friend I am presently reading this book. The other day on plane back from doing some external examining the author (Smith) provoked me by defending some of the 'Jesus is my boyfriend'...
View ArticleFrom pulpit to lectern to Music stand
(Some time ago I said that in run up to Scottish Baptist Assembly I would try and post some guest things under heading of 'wee scotish baptist voices' - well these voices have so far been silent but...
View ArticleAbandoning the Aids to Worship ?
(Here is next in series of 'wee scottish baptist voices - this time by Ian Mundie longtime Scottish Baptist minister) Now being halfway through my eighth decade, I have been able to observe many...
View ArticleIs Scottish Independence a theological matter?
Here and there, now and then, I have raised concerns that within my own Church grouping (convictional community) both at a national (Baptist Union of Scotland) and at a local Church level the subject...
View ArticleDiscussing Independence as a Theological Issue
In an earlier post I raised the issue of whether or not Scottish independence is a theological issue. I referred to Baptist theologian James Wm. McClendons definition of theology: the discovery,...
View ArticleStarting theological reflection on Scottish Independence
Theology is: the discovery, understanding or interpretation, and transformation of the convictions of a convictional community, including the discovery and critical revision of their relation to one...
View ArticleStarting theological reflection on Scottish Independence
Theology is: the discovery, understanding or interpretation, and transformation of the convictions of a convictional community, including the discovery and critical revision of their relation to one...
View ArticleStarting theological reflection on Scottish Independence
Theology is: the discovery, understanding or interpretation, and transformation of the convictions of a convictional community, including the discovery and critical revision of their relation to one...
View ArticleProtests and Strkes should 'disrupt'
A planned strike and work to rule on the eve of the olympics by border control staff has been described by the government as 'shameful'. We should all jolly well pull together and support the olympics...
View ArticleAn Elemental Response to an Elemental Eucharist
At Greenbelt this weekend with Stephen. Having a good time - though muddy. This morning was communion service. This is high point of the festival from the perspective of organisers indicated by the...
View ArticleLeadership the New Clericalism?
For some time I have suspected that there is an over emphasis on leadership in much contemporary Church talk. I am not denying the necessity of leadership - but the emphasis on leadership for...
View ArticleIs 'Baptist' an add on...?
Is the issue of a specific 'baptist identity' simply an add on?The add on may be considered convenient - offers to a Church or individual a body of accountability, accreditation, pension, support...The...
View ArticleBaptism the awkward practice
What to do, what to do with the practice of baptism? frequently people think that believers's (or should that be believers') baptism is the distinguishing mark of 'Baptist' churches. This is not the...
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Wallis, Gill, Caputo I thank you
I have read a few books in my life - enjoyed many etc. Yet I can name a few that I think had and continue to have an influence on me as a person shaping, defining, and redifining my theology.One of the...
View ArticleProcess Matters
Free Church (ana) baptsit Preamble(with a nod to John Howard Yoder and Body Politics)The Christian Church is part of society and nation in so far as it is located within that wider concept we call...
View ArticleIs there such a things as Christian community?
In material I read and in conversations I have I hear people express a desire for 'Christian community'. Such a desire is sometimes linked to theological themes e.g. the doctrine of the Trinity (as a...
View ArticlePay Day Loans and the Poor Among Us
Various churches including the ‘Kirk’ have now expressed their clear opposition to the extortionate rates of interest charged by pay day loan companies. Generally this ‘prophetic’ intervention into...
View ArticleNo permission needed to engage in public space...
The following blog post has been highlighted by a variety of people: Nick Baines Blog. This blog is are response to an article in the Independent challeninging the Archbishop of Canterbury's...
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Liminality and Victor Turner
I first came across the term 'liminal' many years ago in the book 'The Missionary Congregation, Leadership, and Liminality' (1997) by the missiologist Alan Roxburgh. It was a good read and still...
View ArticleLiminality and Maintaining the Status Quo
As indicated in my previous post 'liminality' is a threshold place. Accordingly, sometimes when people talk about us living in a 'liminal' period in regards to the Church they envisage a period of...
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