The last couple of months were a bit fraught, trying to get myself to a stage where I could write four intelligent(ish!) pages about my research proposal. I achieved that in the end – well, the interviewers approved it anyway, so it’s looking good for now, until I have to actually write more than those … Continue reading »
Aargh, I am losing the battle of the half-read books again! To a degree that is starting to make me slightly stressed actually. Why, oh why, do I lack discipline when it comes to reading? It’s not that I don’t like finishing books (I do); I just love starting new ones more. This week, … Continue reading »
The pursuit of spirituality…heightens the probability of two…things that most of us find rather unpopular: the pain of self-discovery and often humiliation. Self-discovery in soul-development means renunciation of the claims of the ego. And this is no easy battle for any of us. As we seek the enlargement of that inner place where God may … Continue reading »
The text in this post comes from an article of mine published in the student magazine at college this month. It is the product of deeper thought on the topic of a previous post on this blog, so if you think you recognise parts of it, that is why! What kind of old man do you … Continue reading »
OK, so I took my own challenge seriously and listened to God. It wasn’t as bad as I expected actually. Not that I think I have finished the listening process or anything but I have realised that if I listen, he usually speaks. Last year, I was thinking about what I would do after finishing … Continue reading »
MacDonald describes a corporate organisation where ALL the employees – even the postroom guys – could repeat verbatim the company mission statement. It brought him to realise the power of every member of an organisation understanding ‘in the most simple terms why it opens its doors each day, what is supposed to happen, and how … Continue reading »
Admittedly, I’m never going to be any kind of old man given my gender, but I love this question. MacDonald asks it in his book ‘The Life God Blesses’. It catches my imagination somehow. I have to be honest, at 29, I don’t aspire to be old. In fact, along with the rest of my … Continue reading »
My latest book is Gordon MacDonald’s ‘The Life God Blesses’. Well, actually I’m rereading it because a leadership reading group at church is about to discuss it in a few weeks. It affected me the first time I read it and there is one thought that continues to resonate with me. MacDonald says that for … Continue reading »
