Monthly Archives: January 2012

“This event will be amazing…”

Posted on January 31, 2012 by

Is easier than ever to shout. You can announce it, logo it, strap line it, get the endorsements, write the accompanying book, flyer it, create the facebook event, tweet it, retweet it, put it on google plus, and the rest. … Continue reading →

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“The church really should…”

Posted on January 25, 2012 by

Is far too easy to say. You get to retreat to the safe position of critic and self appointed expert, without having to take any responsibility for making change. The blame having been firmly shifted to the others, let’s have … Continue reading →

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Why is Spain in crisis?

Posted on January 23, 2012 by

One anecdote from a few that could be told: I have a student who is a small business owner. The business is office supplies, and by all accounts I think it is fairly successful. His major client is the regional … Continue reading →

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20 steps to being the greatest ever

Posted on January 22, 2012 by

1. Go to the desert. 2. Dress weird. 3. Eat weird. 4. Be righteous and holy. 5. Preach in the desert (weird). 6. Preach repentance – the weird kind where people actually live differently afterwards. 7. Preach an extremely radical … Continue reading →

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Matthew 7:13-14

Posted on January 21, 2012 by

“Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a … Continue reading →

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The kind of meeting I want to show up to…

Posted on January 20, 2012 by

is one initiated by people to engage in a cause or activity they believe to be valuable enough to freely give their own time to, regardless of whether anybody else shows up. The strength of their commitment remaining unaltered by … Continue reading →

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Creative Maladjustment

Posted on January 19, 2012 by

“The saving of our world from pending doom will come, not through the complacent adjustment of the conforming majority, but through the creative maladjustment of a nonconforming minority.” Martin Luther King Jr

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Favourite Failures

Posted on January 18, 2012 by

Okay, I’ll go first, here’s a few from many: When I was 15, I tried to get a Christian Union going at my school. I printed dozens of cleverly designed flyers. I anonymously distributed them through the class post boxes. … Continue reading →

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Allergic

Posted on January 17, 2012 by

After well over a decade of involvement in the church scene I don’t think our problem is that we’re allergic to failure. I’ve been involved in countless meetings, ministries, events and strategies that, in hindsight, were somewhere between mediocre and … Continue reading →

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What leaders do:

Posted on January 16, 2012 by

Say, “We’re going to try this. It’s an experiment and it might not work. We’ll give it our all 3 or 4 times and see if it works. If it doesn’t, no problem, we’ll have learnt and we’ll move on. … Continue reading →

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