Collective responsibility. This is a concept I first came across when studying politics a couple of decades ago. The concept is that when a decision is made at cabinet level, in as much as difference of opinion can be expressed in the meeting, externally everyone gets behind it. The concept is not applicable to every […]
Read More Collective Responsibility – Only A Problem In Politics?Clarity. In February 2010, I remember being in a situation where that word came into sharp focus. (Geddit? I’ll be here waiting when you do.) What was clear in the circumstances I was in was that clarity was in short supply. As a result activities were meant to take place with certain things done but […]
Read More When You Know Where You StandWe were talking about the progress she has made since she arrived in the country. What tended to happen was she would mention something and I would help her appreciate just how much more there was to the experience that helped to shape how she’s grown in those years. Sometimes it is in looking at […]
Read More Perspective and ThanksgivingHave you ever sat through a conversation that features the other person doing most of the talking? In as much as I don’t go looking for confrontation, others I have known in my time have not had such reluctance. That has lead to me having to sit through certain people having those types of conversations […]
Read More Convincing more than ConfrontingThere’s this movie. OK, first up about me and movies. I don’t class myself as a movie fanatic, but I enjoy watching them. I like the odd occasion watching them at the cinema with a good friend – I much prefer watching it at a cinema with a good friend. Whereas when I’m at home, […]
Read More Throwing Yourself On The GrenadeIt is often my actions that betray me. The talk is good, but what is it in the actions that indicates there’s agreement between words and deed? That’s on an individual level, you can see how it works on a community level. Unity of purpose and expression of what we want is sometimes the same […]
Read More A Matter of Integrity: Show and TellThe Psalms are a masterpiece of poetry to consider. The way in which they inform and express, seek out and be assured by. Te entire gamut of the human experience touched on and put in the context of the God who created us and the world around us. Like your music collection of the tracks […]
Read More Sing: Shaping Minds and Hearts in God’s WordThere are particular episodes of scripture that retain a massive interest from me. The healing of the man born blind as recorded in the gospel according to John is one of those episodes. There are many elements of the episode to appreciate as you come to it. There’s the question of the disciples wondering who […]
Read More Those Left Out Can Fit Right InMy friend and I enjoy talking about the Playmaker. The game goes well when things are organised and each part is playing as they should. Sometimes there are parts that are struggling, but the organiser – the Playmaker knows just how to motivate and support the part. Though different games are played, with different opponents […]
Read More Organised at the HeartLord hear my prayer. Listen to my cry for mercy. In your faithfulness and your righteousness. Come to my relief. (Psalm 143:1) There are times when I read the Psalms and it’s not even the whole Psalm that captures me. It’s just one line. Recently I was just reflecting on the tragedies and traumas that […]
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