musings on 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 …
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 …
Where has the time gone!?!?! I’ve known about NYA2008 for ages and been working on it for months and I’m still not done! How come? I got the programme information today and it looks amazing! Some really good stuff happening about mental health and the human library sounds fascinating. My sessions? Well, Authenticity, Information, Privacy Read More …
Chris Abani’s amazing, moving and inspiring TED talk, Stories of Humanity.
A long time ago I started to write a book. By started I mean that I wrote down a couple of chapter titles and a few thoughts. The title of one of the chapters was “Paralysed By Choice – the paradox of post-modern youth”. Now I wish I’d written it. But because I didn’t I Read More …
I’ve posted talks by Clay Shirky before. This one is from TED a while back but seems somehow more relevant now than it might have been a few years ago. His ideas about collaberation seem to chime with my own thinking about the church as an institution and the problem it faces. The church is Read More …