musings on leadership in ministry
There are times when you stumble across something really quite special. In the middle of a break on the Isle of Skye, Avril and I rounded a corner on a single track road in and instantly recognised a wooden house which was featured on the TV show Grand Designs. I’m going to try to explain Read More …
“No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.” Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom Read More …
On Sunday I followed in the footsteps of Olympic heroes in the National Lottery Anniversary Run. Last year I won a place on the Olympic Park Run and was one of the first to cross the Olympic finishing line in the newly opened Olympic Stadium. At the time I thought that was a one in Read More …
We follow those who lead, not for them, but for ourselves. (Simon Sinek) In his TED talk Simon Sinek tells why the ‘why’ is important. Much more important than the ‘what’ or the ‘how’. I work for a Church. I think my job is about the ‘why’ but very often it has little to do Read More …
My race pack for the National Lottery Anniversary Run has arrived! As you can see I’m number 248 and I’m in the red start wave. That’s the first wave so I’m starting to worry that I put the wrong time as my prediction!!! I’m really looking forward to the run. The course is slightly different Read More …
It’s taken a while, but I’ve finally logged 2,000km running with Nike+. I ran the Glasgow Half Marathon in 2000 and then didn’t run another step until 22nd Feb 2010. I can’t really remember why I thought it was a good idea to go for a run and I soon decided that it wasn’t Read More …
As a marathon runner I watched in horror as the news of two explosions near the finish line of the Boston Marathon broke last night. This morning I woke to the news that an 8 year old boy was one of three people killed in the explosion. He was waiting to see his dad cross Read More …