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I have just returned from Bracknell wher…
I have just returned from Bracknell where I had the absolute privilege of hearing Bill Hybels, Andy Stanley and Pete Scazzero. Bill and Andy spoke a lot to the issue of staff oversight. Here are two leaders who come from a Church culture that most of us don’t come from – corporate Church – and [...]
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I’ve been in the US for ten days now an…
I’ve been in the US for ten days now and next week marks the end of the first leg of my Study Leave. Having spent the first few days in North Carolina and the cold, I have been down here in Houston since last Monday with temperatures a little more temperate in the late 60′s [...]
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Well, here I am on the first leg of my S…
Well, here I am on the first leg of my Study leave. This is a wonderful opportunity to give some time to do some thinking about something that has been of concern to me for many years – our work, both within the Church and beyond and why it is that for many work seems [...]
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Finally the family of Stephen Lawrence h…
Finally the family of Stephen Lawrence have some justice following Stephen’s brutal murder over 18 years ago on the streets of Eltham, south London. The ensuing story does not make great reading for the police or for society in general. Racist attitudes, still detectable in society, are without exception unnacceptable. There is something slightly tired [...]
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I enjoyed the Queen’s speech yesterday …
I enjoyed the Queen’s speech yesterday and thought that Her Majesty was refreshingly unequivocal about the place she sees for the Christian faith in helping people through difficult times. I also enjoyed the Archbishop’s sermon, at least what I read of it. As ever he made some thought provoking comments set in the clear context [...]
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Weird and dreadful stories abound about …
Weird and dreadful stories abound about the reign of the late Kim Jong-il over of the secretive and oppressive nation of North Korea. The doctrine of “juche” or self reliance meant that up to a million people died as the “Great Leader” refused foreign aid in the face of a severe famine. Despite his own [...]
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President Obama wants to align US aid wi…
President Obama wants to align US aid with a developing country’s willingness to sign up to a gay rights agenda. At one level I can see why he would choose this route. In some areas, Africa in particular,the treatment of gay and lesbian people is shameful, often violent and frequently founded in misunderstanding. Eg. Paedophilia [...]
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£71 down the drain. Travelling south, we…
£71 down the drain. Travelling south, we stopped to fill up with diesel, which came to £71 in total. About 60 kms later we discovered the tank was virtually empty and the garage we had used had charged us for petrol that the pump never delivered. Our driver Paul was inclined to the view that [...]
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The tragic news of the horrific accident…
The tragic news of the horrific accident on the M5 motorway on Friday evening does raise interesting questions about the Government’s plan to raise the speed limit on motorways to 80mph. The news of this change to the law was met with acclaim by many of the motoring public. The arguments have been well rehearsed. [...]
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The continuing saga of our increasingly …
The continuing saga of our increasingly strained relationship with Europe continues. There are so many angles to this, it is frankly bewildering. Is the so called bail-out deal actually agreement actually an agreement? There is still much detail to be decided upon. Is it a big enough ‘bazooka’ to give medium and long term stability [...]
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