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…

Continue Reading »

Published by Jeremy Fagan on 18th July 2019

MODEM Matters E41

This edition of MODEM Matters is available here.

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…

Continue Reading »

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…

Continue Reading »

Three hands weaving a rope

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…

Continue Reading »

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…

Continue Reading »

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…

Continue Reading »

Published by Jeremy Fagan on 12th September 2018

Could you be MODEM Secretary?

Our Honorary Secretary, Derek McAuley, completes his second three year term as a Trustee in December this year, and this is the maximum time that our Trust Deed permits anyone to serve. Derek has been an excellent Secretary, which means that he leaves the role in very good shape, and will be happy to be…

Continue Reading »

Published by Jeremy Fagan on 12th September 2018

From the Chair: Developing Saints and Developing Heroes

Too many years working in Business Schools have made me wary of discussions about ‘ethics’, which have often either entailed codes that are too boring to remember, or have attracted the attention of those who have big problems with behaving ethically. Of course this is unfair – there have been some pearls of excellent and…

Continue Reading »

1 2 3 4 5 12