musings on leadership in ministry
So, the Apple iPad is finally unveiled with the usual razmataz that comes with an Apple product launch. It is basically a big iPhone. A touchscreen device with great battery life and a 9.7inch high def screen… BUT… I can’t help thinking “what’s it for?”. Or maybe that should be “who is it for?”. I Read More …
International Christian College are running what looks like an interesting series of evening discussions/classes in the run up to the General Election: Who Would Jesus Vote For? In the near future, probably May 2010, we are expecting a General Election across the United Kingdom. Over the last 2000 years the relationship between Christianity and political Read More …
Thanks to all the people who came along to my two seminars at Deep Impact in Aviemore at the weekend. It was good to meet some new people and some old friends. Welcome to my blog if you’re visiting as a result of the sessions at the weekend! Both sessions were recorded but they both Read More …
In his blog today Seth Godin talks about what happens in between frames in comics. We use our imagination to fill in the action we don’t see on paper. We don’t need to know everything. We can work it out for ourselves. The same thing happens when we read a book. We visualise. We create Read More …
I’m back on the road again this week, in two ways. The first is in a literal sense… running. 10 years ago I ran a half marathon. It turns out that residual fitness doesn’t last ten years! The second road hitting is to Aviemore to lead a couple of seminars based around the Internet, both Read More …
I love when you hear a lyric in a song as though you are hearing it for the first time. I was walking to a meeting this morning with my iPod on shuffle when an Editors song came on. For me that’s always a good thing. The song was Smokers Outside The Hospital from their Read More …
Photo: Rob GT The Church of Scotland’s Church and Society Committee are hosting a day looking at ‘Virtualisation & Society in Edinburgh on Thursday 21 January from 10am – 4pm. The day is FREE. To book your place email vcano [at] cofscotland [dot] org [dot] uk. topics: How has virtualisation impacted on notions of identity? Read More …
