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Published by Jeremy Fagan on 7th October 2019

Book Review of Jon Coutts (2019) Church Leadership. SCM Studyguide. London: SCM Press. 184 pp., £19.99.

David Sims There is something refreshing about a book on leadership whose index ranges from Thomas a Kempis to Bart Simpson, but has almost no reference to the massive leadership literature that has developed over the last 50 years. Also alarming. The author is aware of a range of writing from outside the usual Christian…

Published by Jeremy Fagan on 7th October 2019

Some recent books on leadership

Tim HarleProgramme Leader for Christian Approaches to Leadership and Coordinator for the Centre for Leadership LearningSarum College I have recently updated the reading lists for Sarum College’s MA in Christian Approaches to Leadership, and am happy to take this opportunity to share some newly published books with a wider audience. All books were published in 2019,…

Published by Jeremy Fagan on 7th October 2019

Good Conversation in Church

From the Chair – David Sims Conversations are breaking down everywhere. In the UK there is much discussion about the breakdown of our national conversation, as we move from not being able to talk about death and religion to finding that we cannot even talk about our different views of a customs union. Conversations between…

Published by Jeremy Fagan on 18th July 2019

MODEM Matters E41

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Published by Jeremy Fagan on 5th July 2019

The Dog Ate my Homework

We all know the feeling; I had promised our excellent MODEM Matters editor, Jeremy Fagan, a ‘From the Chair’ piece by the end of June. I had a book I wanted to talk about, something which I think is really exciting in terms of what it says about church life and how it could grow…

Published by Jeremy Fagan on 1st April 2019

MODEM Matters E40

The latest edition of MODEM Matters has just been sent. Click here to read more. Content includes: MODEM Conference 2019 MODEM 2018 Conference Report From the Chair: Anxiety and the Holy Spirit Upcoming Susanna Wesley Foundation Events: – Creating Compassionate Communities of Inclusion: enabling and disabling theology – Methodist Annual Research Conference 2019 Peter Bunker…

Published by Jeremy Fagan on 1st April 2019

2018 MODEM Conference Report: Power and Powerlessness

Conference report from David Sims and Sue Miller The theme of our 2018 Conference was ‘Transforming communities: power and powerlessness’. Our speakers were Nigel Rooms and Anna Ruddick, with poetry from Lucy Berry. Both Nigel and Anna addressed the theme of power and change in the church and community, and addressed this from the perspectives…

Published by Jeremy Fagan on 1st April 2019

From the Chair, David Sims: Anxiety and the Holy Spirit

When I was a child there was a book called the ‘Age of anxiety’ on the bookshelf, although I don’t remember anybody ever looking at it. The title always fascinated me as a concept. Why would anyone let anxiety last for an age? Surely they would do something about it? On the other hand, it…

Published by Jeremy Fagan on 16th September 2018

MODEM Matters, E39 September 2018

The new-look MODEM Matters is now published, and is available online here. Contents include: Conference 2018: Transforming Communities: Power and Powerlessness From the Chair: Heroes and Saints Peter Rudge 1927 – 2017 Could you be the new MODEM Secretary? Susanna Wesley Foundation Church Consult Around the Web Subscriptions.

Published by Jeremy Fagan on 12th September 2018

The Ghosts of Leaders Past, Present and Future

At the beginning of September, we’re often encouraged in the church to start to plan for Christmas. So naturally my thoughts have turned to a Christmas Carol, and the figures of the three ghosts. I’m sure that Dickens’ novella has been seen as an allegory for leadership elsewhere, but I was wondering how many people in…