January 10, 2014 – The Artsy Honker

Liturgical hair: Going for Green

Byartsyhonker January 10, 2014 0 Comments

I have been dyeing my hair in liturgical colours since the beginning of Advent. This is to raise money for repairs to the bellows of our very fine Lewis pipe organ at St Andrew's. I've done purple, pink, purple with red, white/gold, and white with red. The sponsorship started well, and has now raised £1436 £1507.40: enough to sponsor 47 50 full days of hair in liturgical colours. Thanks so much...

What kept me away: Factors in church membership

Byartsyhonker January 10, 2014 0 Comments

This is the second in a series of posts examining my own experiences of leaving church and later returning to Christian faith and practice as a sort of case study, to see what can be learned about why people leave churches and why they come back. I've been thinking about this for a while, but some of it is triggered by recent comments about church growth. The previous post is about why I left...