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(Re)Thinking about leadership
Lately I’ve been thinking quite a lot about leadership. From the launch of iTunes U I’ve been watching lectures from several universities on the issue of organisational change and leadership. There seems to be a very strong wind of change … Continue reading
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Sermon – Speak their language!
Acts 2:1-21 Sermon preached in Bishopton Parish Church of Scotland in Renfrewshire on 12th May 2011, Pentecost Sunday. The main idea of this sermon is that the Holy Spirit did not enable the foreigners in Jerusalem to speak the disciples’ … Continue reading
Sermon – Be one
John 17:1-11 Sermon preached in Bishopton Parish Church of Scotland in Renfrewshire on 5th May 2011, Seventh Sunday of Easter.
Reflection – General Assembly 2011
John 14:15-21 Reflection in Bishopton Parish Church of Scotland in Renfrewshire on 29th May 2011, Sixth Sunday of Easter.
Sermon – From the past to the future
Matthew 5:21-37 Sermon preached in Bishopton Parish Church, on 13th February 2011, Sixth Sunday after Epiphany. Every time I sit and watch a new film I am impressed by the power of stories to capture our attention and draw us … Continue reading
A thought for the New Year
For some reason, as I was looking ahead to the coming year, a thought came into my mind that faith is about risk-taking. And even further than that, faith requires us by its very nature to risk losing it. If … Continue reading
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Younger generations prefer human contact
Here’s a magical quote from Dear Church. Letters from a Disillusioned generation, by Sarah Cunningham. Even if it is slightly American, I think it works everywhere. See what you think of it, but for me it is another proof that … Continue reading
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Looking to the future
Since I started this blog I noticed a very strange temptation to look back and evaluate my past to death. I even scrapped a very tough article entitled ‘Fundamentalists Anonymous’ after working on it for several hours. It comes a … Continue reading
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