In a post containing five leadership lessons by Gavin Ortlund, I found this one about communicating when change is going happen sums up a lot of principles I use. It’s about showing respect, building consensus, and avoiding misunderstanding. Don’t surprise more than necessary. People don’t like unpleasant surprises. We know this in principle — but …
Go to this webpage that features a live camera feed focussed on the Abbey Road pedestrian crossing made famous by the Beatles. Watch as almost minute by minute foursomes stop and reenact the iconic pose as they cross. Cute idea. Mount Gambier has no pedestrian crossings. If they tried that here lots of people would …
From Scotty Smith’s prayer/blog Heavenward: The Once-and-For-All-ness of Jesus’ Single Sacrifice for Our Sins Under the old covenant, the priest stands and ministers before the altar day after day, offering the same sacrifices again and again, which can never take away sins. But our High Priest offered himself to God as a single sacrifice for …
In this year of the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, much will be written about the theological emphases of that era in church history. Timothy George writes about the way in which reformation theology transformed worship and the place and function of the sermon. From his article, two ways in which preaching was transformed by …
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