musings on leadership in ministry
Next Sunday, 25 April, my step-son David will spend his 22nd birthday doing something for other people, running the 26 and a bit miles of the London Marathon. He is running in aid of Kidney Research UK and has to raise £1,500 to run. At the moment he has 88% of his total. Please sponsor Read More …
I watched the first ever UK General Election Leader’s debate on TV last night. I was struck by a number of things. The first was that it was actually quite engaging. There was always a fear that the huge list of rules and guideline that the Parties had come up with to minimise the possibility Read More …
It’s dementia, of a vascular kind. It was the morning of Monday 15 March 2010 when Dad was given a reason for the forgetfulness and confusion that have plagued and frustrated him over the last few years. It’s been a slow process now compounded by a steadying decline in physical health. My wife Avril has Read More …
JUST CONFIRMED – YVONNE LYON, JO MANGO, KITTY THE LION, MONICA QUEEN & THRUM, CALAMATEUR, BRIAN MCGLYNN, RORY BUTLER, SUPLEX THE KID and THE RUSSIAN CHOIR Music-lovers are going to be spoiled for choice at Solas! We’ve got rock, folk, gospel, jazz, blues, Americana, traditional Scots ballads, Gaelic waulking songs, post-rock, indie, Russian liturgical music Read More …
I set myself 11 goals for 2010. I’ve made some good progress on some and very little on others. 1. Learn to play 10 songs on the guitar No progress. Like none. Must do better. 2. Shoot par This isn’t really an expectation… more a dream. I’ve played 1 round of golf this year and Read More …
Addition by Adoption: Kids, Causes & 140 Characters Love, laughter and lunacy in 140 characters. by Kevin D Hendricks A work-at-home dad turns to Twitter to share updates about kids, causes and life. It’s a curated selection of bizarre quotes, funny stories and temper tantrums. Woven between potty-training woes and breakfast time songs is a Read More …
I spent the afternoon with the nice people at Lanark St Nicholas yesterday thinking about communication. Here’s what we talked about, sort of: What do you want to say? Have you noticed that in Churches, or in any group really, people have different priorities and different ideas about why church is important to them, why Read More …
