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Free to grow
The natural response to the abuse of freedom is to introduce restrictions intended to control. The recent debate about the invasion of privacy by the UK press and the current debate about gun laws in...
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Free to grow part 2
Following on from my previous post I want to focus on three attributes of maturity I believe are particularly relevant to the stewardship of freedom: – self-lessness – self-control – self-awareness...
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Free to grow 3
Welcome to my final post (for now) about freedom. So far I’ve focused on the role of love and maturity in shaping and helping us to steward our freedom. I think freedom is like oxygen. Oxygen is...
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Tailwinds and more than enough sky
Today Abigail began her journey home from California. Hopefully her flight across the Atlantic tonight will be accelerated by tailwinds, reflecting those that have accelerated her spiritual journey...
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Leaders as gardeners: hidden-ness part 1
In my last post I said that growth takes time and the ability to wait well is important. I confess waiting well is not exactly one of my strengths but something I have learned to do better through...
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The Living Years: the song that captured a moment and broke my heart
Twenty five years ago this week I sat in my car, in a hospital car park, rain pouring down the windows, tears rolling down my face, reflecting on an emotional day which had marked the entrance into the...
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Reflections on 2014 – dedicated to the gift that is family
In my last post I looked back and reflected on some of the things I learned in 2013. In this post I want to look forward and highlight some things that feel important to me as I embark on 2014. To do...
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Introducing Leaders as Fathers and Mothers and Fathers and Mothers as Leaders
In a series of recent Facebook posts I suggested leadership in the image of God looks like fathers and mothers and that the moment you become a parent, whether you like it or not, and whether you’re...
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Leaders as fathers and mothers: defining and debunking leadership
Leadership in its simplest and purest form is influence. Everyone of us is influencing someone else and whilst the sphere and scale of our influence will vary greatly between us the fact is we are all...
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Fathers and mothers as leaders: Scott and Taylor Swift
As regular readers will know I’m in the middle of a series in which I’m writing about leaders as fathers and mothers and fathers and mothers as leaders. In starting this series I had envisaged some...
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Fathers and Mothers as Leaders: Shouting Yes!
Whilst I continue to work on a post in which I attempt to describe the transition from son and daughter to father and mother based on Richard Rohr’s life changing book Falling Upward – a task that is...
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Free to grow part 2
Following on from my previous post I want to focus on three attributes of maturity I believe are particularly relevant to the stewardship of freedom: – self-lessness – self-control – self-awareness...
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Free to grow 3
Welcome to my final post (for now) about freedom. So far I’ve focused on the role of love and maturity in shaping and helping us to steward our freedom. I think freedom is like oxygen. Oxygen is...
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Tailwinds and more than enough sky
Today Abigail began her journey home from California. Hopefully her flight across the Atlantic tonight will be accelerated by tailwinds, reflecting those that have accelerated her spiritual journey...
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Leaders as gardeners: hidden-ness part 1
In my last post I said that growth takes time and the ability to wait well is important. I confess waiting well is not exactly one of my strengths but something I have learned to do better through...
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The Living Years: the song that captured a moment and broke my heart
Twenty five years ago this week I sat in my car, in a hospital car park, rain pouring down the windows, tears rolling down my face, reflecting on an emotional day which had marked the entrance into the...
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Reflections on 2014 – dedicated to the gift that is family
In my last post I looked back and reflected on some of the things I learned in 2013. In this post I want to look forward and highlight some things that feel important to me as I embark on 2014. To do...
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