Monthly Archives: November 2007

has it occurred to you that you might be wrong?

The above clip is more of your traditional “tell-a-funny-story-that’s-vaguely-related” rather than making a specific point. And the title is taken from a often referred to peanuts cartoon (stole the linked image from pomomusings - hopefully they don’t mind). But here’s what I’ve been pondering. A big part of what the “emerging conversation” and considering “post-modernism” [...]

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a spectrum of approaches to leadership

I’m currently re-thinking my beliefs about the role and nature of leadership, and I thought it might be interesting to share some of those ideas here.
While I’ve learned a lot about the values and traits that make ‘good’ leaders from church and family, most of what I’ve learned about the [...]

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the problem of good intentions

One of the problems of being around churches, and in being someone who tries very hard to see the good in people is the way that bad things happen because of completely good and honourable intentions. Dealing with teenagers (but also in the wider world), there are some very fragile self-esteems involved, and it doesn’t [...]

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if you can’t say something valuable…

… then point out someone who is. So while I’m suffering a minor drought of theological inspiration (or at least complete-posts worth) I thought I’d send the loyal readership elsewhere in pursuit of theology and conversation.
Anne Jackson at FlowerDust.net has written a great post on burnout (she’s a bit of an expert - she’s writing [...]

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