musings on leadership in ministry
With regard to ecology and our decimation of the planet, what role do we play as those charged with stewardship of the planet? More specifically, what link does that have with worship when, for example, harvest has become a place to thank God for tesco and collect tins of food rather than a chance to Read More …
Greenbelt left me thinking. There’s nothing unusual in that, but I was a little surprised that the thoughts came from connecting a few seemingly disparate talks on inter-faith, ecology, disestablishing the church of england, mental health and the nature of englishness in a post-olympic britain. The big question might be ‘Has church become disconnected from Read More …
I’ve been captivated by the Olympics. Team GB have been outstanding, the BBC coverage superb and the sport has been top class. In short, it’s been inspiring. ‘Inspire a generation’ was always the aim of these legacy games. It seems as though people have been inspired, but I wonder which generation? I see more adults Read More …
The London 2012 Olympic Games start officially today. There are loads of reasons to complain. It cost too much. It’s too corporate. The sponsors are inappropriate. The traffic is a nightmare. There’s nothing else on TV. The ticketing was a shambles… The thing is, I don’t remember sitting at home as a child watching the Read More …
Today Bradley Wiggins will win the Tour de France. He and his Sky team will have cycled over 3,000km across the Alps, the Pyrenees and around France in 3 weeks. Just to ride into Paris is an achievement. le Tour is brutal. It is one of the most difficult and demanding sporting challenges in the Read More …
Iain mentioned in a facebook response to my last post that he hadn’t yet heard me talk about partnership… I was struck by the comment because for me partnership is implicit in community engagement. When I talk about how the church needs to engage with communities of course I mean with people but I also Read More …