musings on leadership in ministry
Tomorrow sees the start of the URC General Assembly. This year’s venue is nice and close for me! It’s Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh so I get to come home and night and sleep on my own bed which is always a bonus. Assembly will debate 45 resolutions including a chance on Saturday morning to affirm Read More …
Sir Ken Robinson gives a challenging talks on education and creativity to TED. Go make a cuppa and spend 20min watching.
I was thinking about my transition to a ‘website with a blog’ from ‘just a blog’. What’s the difference? In my head this site gives more opportunities to make resources available, discuss issues and point people in the direction of other helpful and interesting people and sites. The question is ‘What’s the best way to Read More …
People sometimes try to keep children away from competitive sport. There all sorts of reasons for this avoidance. Someone gets beat. That’s bad for self esteem. Someone wins. They might get over confident. Yesterday Nadal and Federer provided the best Wimbledon final since Borg and McEnroe. Simply brilliant. It had everything. Comebacks, tie breaks, rain Read More …
In a comment the other day Leo mentioned this poem by Kipling (not the cake guy, the other one). The Sons of Martha Rudyard Kipling 1907 The sons of Mary seldom bother, for they have inherited that good part; But the Sons of Martha favour their Mother of the careful soul and the troubled heart. Read More …
A very pertinent 500th post from ASBO Jesus. Thanks Jon for your brilliant cartoons and keep them coming.
It’s the school holidays in our part of the world and for some Indiana Jones related culture we visited The Burrell Collection in Glasgow to look at the excellent collections from Egypt, Rome, Greece and Asia. One thing that struck me was this: The statue shows Mary Magdalene with the jar of perfume that she Read More …
