A New Year and new intentions…
I’ve blogged on and off for years - but the last three years or so since starting as a Scottish Episcopal bishop have been quiet. I’ve used Facebook in a rather corporate-photo way to communicate (thinking that is an alternative to regular short-blogging) - and my usual dabbling in Twitter etc. etc. But on a few days off after this second pandemic Christmas I’m concluding there is a space for deeper reflection, for short essays, maybe book reviews. Will anyone read or care? Well, that’s not the point of blogging for me. I am well aware of the risks of a bishop blogging when things can be tense or charged in church politics - a blog post can inflame or be just so bland, why bother? But let’s have a go in 2022. Themes may be: pandemic reflections, models and pitfalls of church leadership, clashes of ecclesiology, theologies of abundance, contextual engagement with scripture. For starters!