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I want to be less professional.
Mission has so often been thwarted by paid clergy, the “ordained”, the professionals, who are often employed to maintain (and who often maintain in a heavy-handed way; though, to be fair, probably don’t see this for what it is - they’re simply trying to get their job […]

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Here’s a thought, which may or may not be useful to you.
An hour with a person who is whining and whinging about what you are doing is an hour you could have been spent with someone enthusiastic or in real need.
In fact, it probably equates to more than an hour because of all the […]

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The word chaordic (from chaos and order) was created by Dee Hock - founder of VISA.  The word means: ‘The behavior of any self-governing organism, organization, or system which harmoniously blends characteristics of order and chaos’, (’Birth of the Chaordic Age’).
Towards the end of Hock’s book - which is well worth reading - […]

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I’ve just run the farthest distance in a long time which gave me plenty of time to reflect on the three kinds of people people I met, driving their vehicles.
Three times, people cut in front of me today.  These drivers won’t make eye contact with as they drive across my path. 
The first kind of persondoesn’t really […]

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In where it all begins, I blogged my first message preached around the five Edinburgh churches in the Methodist circuit.  the disciple’s compass is my second message and follows on the thought that our prime relationship with Jesus is as disciples following their rabbi.
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Fiona and Jonathan posted a reply to my blog saying, ‘Jonathan has put Romans 12:1,2 […]

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This morning I knew I was trying to hard to see something new in the ways ideas connect and create something new.
The trouble is, when you try too hard you can miss what is most important and obvious - that which is happening around you. 
A sprinter knows if she tries to hard she will probably […]

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I was shocked recently by someone’s perception of me.
There I was, sat in his office, talking about his work, his walk with God, the church, and the future.  We got onto talking about some of the things that I’d been sharing in my messages on Sunday mornings when I visited the congregation he is […]

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Yesterday, I was waiting for my bus when a brand-new double-decker (on another route) came along with a “56″ plate and even with its tyres still blacked up.
The trouble is that he driver couldn’t get it moving again. He tried again and again but eventually the passengers had to transfer to another bus.
Than along […]