February 2008 Blog Posts (4)

This morning we held one of our theological reflection groups for newly accredited ministers. I look forward to these occasions as they are a good group of reflective practioners and invariably I come away enriched. Sometimes I will provide some input, or we will invite someone in to speak on an issue, but also the ministers themselves are invited to contribute a paper on an aspect that they are exploring or raise an issue for discussion. Today we thought about the 'advantages and drawbacks for… Continue

Just to let you know that I've recently begun my own blog, Wonder and Wondering, and you can find it here. I've been thinking about doing one for a long time, but CBA Ministers gave me the opportunity to dip my toes, and now I've begun. Take a visit and leave a comment. Continue

Moved by a quote from Walter Wink's book, 'Interpretation', which appears in the latest BMF Journal. I only wish I had the Journal sooner for preaching on the Transfiguration last Sunday ! Transfiguration: the pivot between Epiphany and Lent 'Transfiguration is living by vision: standing foursquare in the midst of a broken, tortured, oppressed, starving, dehumannized reality, yet seeing the invisible, calling it to come... The beyond shines out in our midst - on the way to the Cross'. Continue

On Saturday I went to a workshop on Godly Play. It needs to be experienced to do it justice, but in short it is an imaginative way of telling Bible stories to children, using both play and structure and inviting a response in the form of 'wonderings'. A key premise is that a child is not a pot waiting to be filled - the pot is not empty and the task of the adult is to help find out what's inside. This is of a piece with the attitude shown by Jesus to children.

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