Tim Ogilvy
When it comes to amateur theology, Tim is much more comfortable with the word amateur, than he is with theology. He likes to dabble, especially where it intersects with the two things he most likes to write about (but is no expert in): philosophy and psychology. He once did an arts degree, and spent most of it in the bush skiing, climbing and kayaking… but when you do an Outdoor Education major, they call that ‘homework’. He now studies psychology part time, and works four days a week shuffling plastic around a factory floor in the hope some of it might be recycled one of these days. A few weekends a year they let him out of his city cage to do things like white-water raft guiding, hiking, and teaching kayaking
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 [...]
Recent reading on this site, and also at Rick’s blog, has got me wondering why emergent thinking appears so threatening to many church leaders, some of whom in their own heyday were considered quite radical themselves. This is just one guy’s perspective (mine) and I’m not too fragile, so feel free to unleash intellectual [...]