Author: Stewart

I run.  At least sometimes I run.  One of the tricks I’ve discovered is that you can convince yourself of things when you run, especially over a longer distance where the end seems very far away.  I can run for 1km.  At the end of that 1km I can tell myself the same thing.  I Read More …

I wonder if optimism isn’t particularly helpful at times like these in the church? I’m not for a moment suggesting that pessimism is the appropriate stance either, but I was struck by discovering ‘The Stockdale Paradox’. (You can read more about it here… ) The basic premise of the Stockdale Paradox is that optimism is Read More …