URC General Assembly Day 1

Today was the end of What Do You Think? (WDYT?) and the beginning of General Assembly.  At WDYT? this morning we had a look through the report of the Youth And Children’s Work Committee and had a mock debate to see how the General Assembly works.  A coat stand was employed as the microphone and Read More …

general assembly of the URC

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 …

do schools kill creativity?

Sir Ken Robinson gives a challenging talks on education and creativity to TED.  Go make a cuppa and spend 20min watching.

what do you want from this site?

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 …

children, competition and possibly the best advert for sport ever

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 …

The Sons of Martha

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 …