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2010

Happy Christmas to all!

December 25th, 2010

Wishing all my readers a joyful Christmas. As the shepherd learned in the BBC Nativity this week ...
On the Lines, Things that matter
All or nothing?

December 20th, 2010

I wrote the following piece for the Theos website on Friday for their weekly 'current debate' ...
Things that matter
Review: The Nativity

December 10th, 2010

Camels silhouetted against the desert sun. Bleating sheep. A man, trudging for miles leading a donkey. ...
Reviews
Can’t get no satisfaction?

November 27th, 2010

You say, 'If I had a little more, I should be very satisfied.' You make a ...
On the Lines
In the news: Jesus, Mary and 3 Wise Men available at Tesco

November 26th, 2010

Despite my recent rant about the commercial excesses of Christmas and other festivals these days, I ...
In the News
What we do is not what destroys us. Rather our fate rests on how we describe ...
Review: Redeeming Love

November 10th, 2010

Redeeming Love Francine Rivers I don’t read much Christian fiction. It’s almost universally poorly written, with trite, uncompelling ...
Books, Reviews
To be a Christian is to learn to live in a story you haven't chosen. Stanley ...
In the news: Prisoners to be given the vote

November 5th, 2010

After valiant attempts to quash, overturn or otherwise avoid the European Court of Human Rights' dictum ...
In the News, Things that matter
Review: Downton Abbey

November 4th, 2010

If you're looking for a really well-made, clean, thought-provoking, entertaining DVD, then look no further. ITV's ...
Reviews
Happy Halloween?

November 1st, 2010

Last week I was in the pub with some friends (I don't have many stories that ...
On the Lines
"How fast are you supposed to read a holy book? It's not as if you're trying ...
{Happiness} (via Melissa Brotherton)

October 25th, 2010

Brilliant post from Melissa Brotherton about Happiness - is it really your divine right? Check it out. ...
On the Lines
The widest thing in the universe is not space, it is the potential capacity of the human ...
Surrounded by a great cloud of…

October 18th, 2010

For good or ill, we are all influenced by those around us. Some - like our ...
Things that matter
We don't look to win matches. We look towards performing at a really high level. Winning ...
Keeping score

October 15th, 2010

Over a certain amount, money ceases to be a means of acquiring things but becomes solely ...
Things that matter
Values or virtues?

October 12th, 2010

A colleague has just drawn my attention to a regular column in Prospect magazine to which ...
On the Lines
The value of a good question

October 9th, 2010

“A prudent question is one half of wisdom.” Francis Bacon “The unexamined life is not worth living.” ...
On the Lines
7 common leadership mistakes

October 6th, 2010

Someone shared with me the following list of common leadership mistakes, which appeared in the September issue of ...
Leadership
The Pagan perspective

October 5th, 2010

"I dread to think what London would be like if it wasn't for the Churches," someone said to ...
Body or Soul?, Things that matter
Love your neighbour

October 4th, 2010

Last week, my brother inspired me to write a little about how to be a good ...
Things that matter
In the news: heartbreak on tap

September 30th, 2010

Or rather, heartbreak online. In yesterday's London Evening Standard there was a 'news' item about a guy ...
In the News
Know what you stand for

September 29th, 2010

Bill Hybels, in Courageous Leadership, describes how at a certain point in his ministry, he noticed that ...
Leadership
Are you being served?

September 28th, 2010

"In this day and age," wrote my brother on his blog yesterday, "we have developed an entitlement ...
Things that matter
Dostoyevsky once wrote "If God did not exist, everything would be permitted"; and that, for existentialism, ...
Have the courage to admit when you’re wrong

September 22nd, 2010

A few weeks ago I wrote, on the Leadership Wednesday thread, that leaders need to have ...
Leadership
What have you got to lose?

September 16th, 2010

Last Sunday's sermon was from 2 Kings 7:3-9. The setting is Samaria, under siege by the ...
Quotations
Living in an illusion

September 4th, 2010

I'm off for a week, but I'll leave you with a quotation from the movie Inception ...
On the Lines, Quotations
Leadership in action

September 1st, 2010

Well, I suppose it was only to be expected - all this learning about leadership had ...
Leadership

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Happy Christmas to all!

All or nothing?

Review: The Nativity

Can’t get no satisfaction?

In the news: Jesus, Mary and 3 Wise Men available at Tesco

Review: Redeeming Love

In the news: Prisoners to be given the vote

Review: Downton Abbey

Happy Halloween?

{Happiness} (via Melissa Brotherton)

Surrounded by a great cloud of…

Keeping score

Values or virtues?

The value of a good question

7 common leadership mistakes

The Pagan perspective

Love your neighbour

In the news: heartbreak on tap

Know what you stand for

Are you being served?

Have the courage to admit when you’re wrong

What have you got to lose?

Living in an illusion

Leadership in action

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