I was encouraged recently to read some books by Edward de Bono - of Six Thinking Hats fame. So I went to the library and picked up How to have creative ideas . The book takes the premise that creativity isn’t just something you have or don’t have but that it is something you can develop. As someone [...]
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Sorry for the absence. I was away for two weeks of Spring Harvest in Minehead, one as a punter, and one helping on the Distinctive (11-14s) team. Following that it has all been slightly crazy at work, with my laptop giving up the ghost. It has now been fixed so back to blogging.
The next few [...]
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There have been a few different ideas posted recently as to how you can make your own bike rack. This is something in the long run I would love to do to store my bike in a better way so I may well try one of these ideas (but then again my DIY skills are [...]
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I have been thinking recently about ways in which to improve this blog: more original thoughts, less content, change the background, change the name and url to better describe it, have more structure, e.g. days with certain expectations and/or themes over a period of weeks.
What do you think? How could I make this better, [...]
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Possibly the thing I find hardest in children’s and youth ministry is setting boundaries between work and play. (Maybe that is because so much of my work feels like play; maybe because that is a false and unhelpful distinction, or maybe I am just full of poor excuses). My job isn’t a straight forward 9-5 [...]
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Timmy Brister has come up with the idea of reading the Puritans in 2008: the 2008 Puritan Reading Challenge. You can see the schedule and books here.I am going to have a think on this, but even if I don’t take up the challenge fully I would like to spend some time reading some [...]
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Ryan Townsend points us to some more excellent questions to ask around this time of year. Here’s the jist of it:
The beginning of a new year is an ideal time to stop, look up, and get our bearings. To that end, here are some questions to ask prayerfully in the presence of God.
What’s one [...]
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Jonathan Edwards’ resolutions are always worth reading this time of year. One of my favourites is:
17. Resolved, that I will live so, as I shall wish I had done when I come to die.
Joe, who I went to uni with, has kept a tally of different things throughout the year:
Fast Food Meals
Pints [...]
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As I have thought about next year one of the things that has taken time this year that isn’t necessary is that amount of stuff that comes to me in terms of post, emails, blog updates, podcasts etc. While it is important to stay up-to-date I am certain that I don’t need all the information, [...]
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Justin Taylor has highlighted a website to help bible memorisation - it looks great and I am going to be trying it out over the next few weeks:
Robert Parmelee, who runs the online site, www.BibleMemory.us, recently added Bethlehem Baptist Church’s Fighter Verses (all five sets) to his program.The program is free and its easy to [...]
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