musings on leadership in ministry
It’s March, and that means that it is less than a month to the Olympic Park Run. I’ve been back out training and my injury seems to be recovering well. I ran 8km (5miles) in the spring sunshine today in 45 minutes so my target of a sub-40 minute time for the Olympic Park Run Read More …
There was nothing on TV last night. Nothing new there. In times like these we often end up looking through the on demand movies on our cable service. As we browsed though we stopped at The Way. It drew our attention because it stars Martin Sheen who also stars in The West Wing (the best Read More …
Today I am 40 years old. I suppose that’s in some way significant. It’s certainly a good opportunity to reflect and give thanks for the blessings I have received. I could write an Oscar speech style but I’ll save that for the autobiography. For much of my 40 years U2 have been my favourite band. Read More …
I rarely make New Year resolutions but I resolve that 2012, my 40th year, will be all about the miles. I will run the 5 mile Olympic Park Run in March. I will run my first marathon in Edinburgh in May. I will run the Great Scottish Run half marathon in Glasgow in September. I Read More …
I love the Olympics. I’ve always dreamed of being an Olympian but unless they add running slowly or endurance sleeping to the list of events then I don’t have much chance. But… I’ll be in the first race to finish in the Olympic Stadium in London next year!!! I entered the ballot for the National Read More …
Yesterday I wrote about running alone and how parkrun might give people like the chance to ‘run alone together’ (as Leo said in his comment). John Orr took the thought and expanded it to church. I like when that happens. His question was ‘How can we create opportunities for people to join in without having Read More …
“We tried that once. It didn’t work” Imagine a golfer saying that. “Yeah, I picked up a club once when I was 7 and had a swing but the ball only went 10 feet off to the right so I never bothered trying again.” What nonsense. To get something right takes practice. Apparently 10,000 hours Read More …