leadership in ministry
It’s that time of year again! I’m at the URC Synod of Scotland until Sunday. It’s always an interesting weekend with reports and debates and discussions about our church and its work in the world. I led a couple of workshops this morning on the Child Friendly Church Award that were really well attended and Read More …
I met with an old friend (as in someone I’ve been friends with for ages not that he is old) I haven’t seen in years today. Clive was a student of mine, then a colleague for a while, then someone who’s band I booked and told people about and then we lost touch. Facebook to Read More …
As you may be aware I’m trying very hard to be ‘organised’ and ‘productive’. Today I encountered my first snag. It seems that just when you think you are sailing along on the river of Getting Things Done your Nokia N73 ‘smart’ phone decides that it doesn’t want to talk to your laptop anymore. I Read More …
I don’t want ot speak too soon, after all I’m only on day 2 and these things should be taken a day at a time, but I seem to have a clear desk, things have been done and other things have been put in their rightful place. I’ve ticked things off my To Do List and Read More …
Well… so far so good. I now have a task list as long as my arm which is all synchronised with my phone and iPAQ (I think they will become significant tools in this battle!), a 3 tray file system, my stuff in files with labels and an almost clear desk. I’ve been very productive Read More …
I’ve spent large amounts of the last two days just throwing stuff away. I seem to just collect stuff. I don’t file, I don’t throw it out and most of it never gets looked at! So now there are 3 black bags full of random stuff waiting to go out to the bin. The whole Read More …
I’ve come to a point in my life where I just can’t fit anything else on my desk. (See this post for my present system) Action is required! I’ve spent some of the day clearing up, some of it writing for Sunday and the rest looking at Life Hacker’s feature ‘Show us you bags’. I Read More …