leadership in ministry
I’m home for less than 24 hours between a team meeting in Derbyshire and a training event in Nairn. It’s funny how ideas come together. The other night I watched a couple of TED talks. One was from Eve Ensler of Vagina Monologues fame who spoke passionately about ‘safety’ and how people who try to Read More …
The movie of one of my favourite books is out today and with it comes a load of downloadable discussion resources for church groups. Go here to get them.
Over the weekend at NYA2008 we spoke about the power of social media to bring people together for good. I wish I’d checked all my RSS feeds because Ypulse have a great article linking to 10 youth activism sites. All great examples of how the web can be used to organise people and bring them Read More …
The paralympic games are astonishing. The athletes have every reason not to take part in sport. In most places it’s hard enough for able bodied people to get involved in sport but support and facilities for disabled athletes is so much harder to access. These men and women are amazing. Their spirit, determination and sense Read More …
Chris Abani’s amazing, moving and inspiring TED talk, Stories of Humanity.
Today is the 63rd anniversary of the atomic bombing of Horoshima. A few years ago I was lucky enough to visit the UN Headquarters in New York where they had an exhibition of items from Hiroshima which had been exposed to the blast. There was a granite statue, completely smooth on the side which faced Read More …
Another brilliant TED talk… this time from Chris Jordan who shows his fantastic art which depicts some shocking statistics. What I liked most about this talk was his passion about highlighting our lack of a sense of anger and outrage about some of the horrific things happening today.