Thom Rainer identifies five trends which have developed during the last five years and considers how they have changed the landscape for those who lead. He titles his piece Five Reasons You Can’t Be The Leader You Were Five Years Ago. The digital revolution affects all aspects of leadership. We have observed the radical change …

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I studied (and failed) preaching at the then Queensland Presbyterian Theological Hall in the early 1990s. Back then the class motto was ‘iron sharpens iron’, or something like that. If you mention that phrase around the guys who studied there in that period you’ll probably find a few automatically hit the floor whimpering in the …

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I commented yesterday that all the elephants at this year’s Elephant Room event seemed to be outside the room. Inside the room (on my reading of Wax’s notes) there seemed less of last year’s committment to understanding how the same commitments can be expressed differently in ministry and mission and more of everyone affirming each …

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