musings on ministry
Do you ever notice that when you are focusing on an idea, a concept or a task that resources appear. A blog post, a tweet, a book, a newspaper article, a movie or a conversation somehow relates to your thoughts. Sometimes it happens the other way around and something inspires you to focus on something Read More …
I sense that there is a disconnect between national strategy and local strategy. Lots of organisations make policy and strategy at national level. That tends to be where global policy decisions are made and because specialist staff tend to work centrally and relate to boards and committees that’s where strategy happens. The strategies are good. Read More …
Our journey to Bethlehem was almost a short one. Our driver received a call… The checkpoints are closed. Security at Bethlehem has been increased again recently although no one could tell us why. Perhaps it’s related to the peace talks but whatever the reason getting in and out is harder at the moment. After a Read More …
Today we headed south to the Dead Sea, the lowest place on Earth. But before the compulsory float in the sea we headed for the to of a mountain, Masada. The fortress is an amazing place with an amazing history and an even more amazing temperature. It was 45C!!! It was one of my favourite Read More …
Following our visit to Nazareth we headed to Tiberius next to the Sea of Galilee. Our hotel, the Arbel, was a tip. Check the picture of the pool below… The night was saved by a wander down the hill to a great little pub to celebrate Sam’s birthday. In the morning we left our horrible Read More …
Up early and off to Haifa to visit Elijah’s cave. I like the church with the cave in it and the dive up the coast is nice. Lunch was one of those ‘take your chances’ affairs but the falafel was pretty good. The highlight of the day was our visit to Nazareth to visit the Read More …
As I mentioned yesterday we were up early today for a visit to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the church built over the reputed site of Jesus crucifixion and burial. Jerusalem is beautiful at daybreak. It is quiet and still, bathed in golden light and the sun creeps above the tops of the buildings. Read More …