Welcome to the RevSarah Shares podcast. Another meander through the strange thoughts that reverberate in my head. Thinking a bit about focus, about congregations that flourish or don't, the challenges I guess in our institution. There is a wee tangent on data we use (sorry), a brief foray into looking after my mental health and insight into the gap between the quiet of summer and the onslaught of Autumn...

And I reflect on Jesus sleeping in the boat!

Enjoy! Comments and feedback always welcome

Love Sarah

Thanks to Pixabay for music items.

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Hey and welcome (back) to the RevSarah Shares podcast. It's my opportunity to share some of the ponderings and outcomes of life in parish ministry.

Sharing here something of my thoughts on how people might understand Christianity - guilt or unworthy... and I wonder how we might as a Church shape our narrative.

Wee tales from the holiday and a reminder that God goes with us.

And the question of the day - should we livestream Kirk Session meetings and supplementary question - would anyone watch it? ;)

Thanks for stopping by.

Blessings

Sarah

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Hey folks - last one for a couple of weeks due to holidays!

A reflection on the past and present colliding and bringing healing with it. A reminder to care for your minister (thank you for looking after me!) and a few other thoughts along the way. Dipped into Psalm 33 as well.

Enjoy and God bless.

Love Sarah

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Welcome to this week's pondering . I admit that the heat is getting to me! Thinking about interconnectedness given that this week I was at a funeral of a friend from my first charge and next week I have a wedding connecting my first charge and my current one. Something we don't teach in training...

Hope you enjoy the stories and learning curve along the way!

Thanks for the love and support this week.

Blessings

Sarah

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Welcome back to Rev Sarah Shares podcast and thank you to Laura for our musical interlude. Today I start with names and ponder authority whilst sharing tales of life on a boat, and the tussle with authority in the Church as an institution. Pondering out loud again and wondering about the journey God is taking me, Moncreiff, the Church on.

Thanks for all the support!

Enjoy!

Blessings

Sarah

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Welcome to another week of putting the Church to rights - well, at least pondering what that might mean. The risk of reactive change being superficial rather than strategic. Somehow using parenting as an example to explain the point and risking my marriage at the same time!

Talking about Leaver's assemblies and more along the way.

Hope you enjoy and have an amazing week.

Does include the Wesleyan Prayer and a quote from 4th Century Preacher John Chrysostom.

Blessings Sarah

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Welcome to the Rev Sarah Shares podcast sharing higlights and workload from the week that was. Really been struck this week by the brokenness of institutional structures. We wanted rid of silos but somehow we have recreated ourselves in our own image - provocative, insulting or true? Does the Church of Scotland have a unifying identity (apart from Christ obviously)? What I find at a local level is what I'd love to see more readily replicated across the institutional church...

Plus the usual tangents - enjoy.

Love Sarah

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Welcome to this week's edition. A great week - lots of young people and all the joys that come with that. Feeling the variety taking its toll but at the same time loving it. God is so good.

I have got some work/life balance but the structuring of it can be hard going. Thanks for all the love and support.

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Hey! Welcome to this week's chaos. You are a star for coming back again. Today we have a strange conclusion but might get a smile. However, the theme really is connections and how ultimately we are all connected. Hear a little about the filming, sharing time with the Girls Brigade and more. I do touch on the loneliest place some of us have experienced but with a gentle reminder that we are held by God.

Hope you enjoy and feel encouraged along the way

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Welcome to this meandering thoughts of life in ministry with a ponder about the nature of the General Assembly rather content of it, a reminder not to demonise teenagers and the joys of family life!

Shared the story of the two builders from the Message version and wondered just how words have been spoken around me this past week!

Enjoy and I'll hopefully be more focussed next week!

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