Tomorrow is my last day officially working on the UBS project I’ve been involved in for the past 4 years. It has been an interesting time; I have learned a lot about banking processes, medium-sized project teams, and some new technology too. The time has come for a change, though, and I’ve been working part-time [...]
Reading Marc’s and Alexander’s reports from South Africa doesn’t make me jealous. Really. I mean, who wants to go to South Africa, of all places, and meet a load of interesting people? I’m glad I didn’t have to go.
Is our car an accident magnet? The year started with a young woman riding her bike into it. Last week, someone rear-ended Mary-Anne as she slowed down at a give way sign. She wasn’t hurt, thankfully, but the car is in the workshop for the second time in two months. This time, it’s more than [...]
Over at simplychurch.com, Jeff Gilbertson asks “What do missionaries do?”. He lists a number of activities which people mention when asked this question, but concludes that what they really should be doing is planting churches. I attended one of Neil Cole’s Greenhouse sessions last week (as did Mike Bischoff, who wrote a good summary (in [...]
I’ve finally got around to reading “The Shaping of Things to Come” - only just in time, because FocuSuisse is involved in organising the Forum Gemeindeinnovation, where Michael Frost and Alan Hirsch, the book’s authors, are the headline speakers. Several people had recommended the book, so I was curious to find out what they had to [...]
