Change, Buildings and the Comfortable Church
The quinine tree in my garden is pushing out fresh green shoots. I saw a yellow billed kite hovering near the Umhlali off-ramp when I was taking my son to sport on Saturday morning. Some greater...
View ArticleChoosing Not To Belong
A friend of mine, Chris Jack, offers some added thoughts on our ongoing debate (see the backstory here, here, here, here) on the Anglican evangelical stream in South Africa: “I see that you don’t pick...
View ArticleStep Team – Twenty Years Ago in Bolivia
Twenty years ago I started a gap year that profoundly shaped me. On Saturday, 16 March 1996, a Step Team from Latin Link landed in La Paz in Bolivia – we were a random group of young people, mostly...
View ArticleGod For All Seasons
This time a year ago my wife and I were on board the Splendour of the Seas, looking out at Venice. We had just spent ten days cruising from Barcelona to Venice, stopping off at Cannes, Livorno,...
View ArticlePastoral Vocations and Emerging Management Principles
I’ve been doing some reading around management approaches in the 21st century. There are some very exciting movements that resonate with my generation and my type of work. Clock-watching is out....
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