There is discussion of the different expectations ministers face today, not least the lack of experience of the church and of Christian formulations. One noticeable change is that now a funeral is seen as a celebration of a life (illustrated by the large number of humanist-led funerals) and that ‘tributes’ to the deceased are required,… Read More
This recent resource for leaders of worship is lectionary-based (using variously the Revised Common Lectionary and the Narrative Lectionary, and potentially others). It is prepared by some Church of Scotland and other clergy, and representatives of the Wild Goose Resource Group. Its purpose is to explore the readings in a variety of ways and suiting… Read More
This is a selection and some observations, with an introduction. His nickname came from his position as Professor of Hebrew in (the Free Church) New College. These sayings come from walks and conversations between him and one who was then a student but who became Professor of Moral Philosophy at St Andrews and who published… Read More
This address was given at the funeral service for this former president of both the Church Service Society and the Scottish Church Society, a student of liturgy but with other wide interests, from military chaplaincy to church architecture.
An address given at the Annual Meeeting of the Church Service Society about one who was a former President and a well-known and much-loved professor of practical theology and Christian ethics at New College, and writer of many books. His ministry in South India is also remembered.
Titles described are: Hymns for all seasons: the complete works of James Quinn SJ, ed Paul Inwood (OCP 2017) The meaning of Christian liturgy: recent developments in the Church of Sweden, Oloph Bexell (Eerdmans) Growing through the church: a practical and theological vision for all-age worship, Russell Herbert (Mayhew) Songs for suffering: praying the psalms… Read More
The author critically examines changes that have been made to these hymns, not in earlier times which Charles Wesley was so exercised about, but in modern hymn books in use. He then categories the kinds of change that have been made: punctuation, changes in English usage, the matter of inclusive language, changing attitudes (for example,… Read More
This was a lecture given to the Church Service Society at its Annual Meeting in May 2017. It takes a fresh look at how worship was understood in Renaissance Scotland, and in the process disturbs some of the assumptions about the nature of the Scottish Protestant Reformation, including its timetable and uneven development in different… Read More
