Oh dear. The word agile is so fluid that, actually, it is a behavoural container to formalise lack of behavioural norms. That might be bad enough. When multiple managers apply agile-ness across different domains, operating different kinds of agile-ness, or some fully agile in its full anger, along with some…
Things that repeat in church services: Reading Bible passages What we sing Offering Holy communion Sermon topics etc… There are many aspects of church life that repeat. The list above is about church worship. Repetitive is one reason some people decide against church, or church services, because we re-do something,…
Not being logical, or deliberately playful? From one meeting to the next, I often find my views are not accepted, but my views were accepted in the previous meeting. On to the next meeting or conversation, my views received much interest and upon further delibration, I had opportunity to refine…
There are many occasions we speak of something in the past, but in the form of the future. For example, I might have tried to learn to ride a bicycle. Let’s say I had difficulty maintaining balance on the bike. I might say in the “future tense” that I would…
From mere surprise to major shock, OMG is a common-enough expression made by many that it seems to be a standard way of expressing emotion, such as “ouch”, “oh dear” etc. The interesting thing is that OMG is more sparingly used by Christians; and agnostics tend to work harder of…
Leviticus 6:27-28 has some familiar text, context, imagery, objects and word of instructions. However, there are some further details about washing the garment if speckled by blood of the sin offering, and instruction about the vessels in which the offering was boiled. These appear to be slightly different in material…
Inspire is about imagination. It might be an idea that lights up your imagination; or it could be an object that gives you added sensory response, and your imagination kicks in. It opens up possibility. Imagination takes us out of our present situation to think that the less possible could…
Static is static, not fluctuating. Flux is something moving, on the go, i.e. not static. A friend can be described as having a lot of changing decisions, mood, worldviews, bahavioural patterns etc. For another person observing, this friend never stays still. But for the friend, the way they are is…
Far better that I remain where I am, the friend said. He has not chosen to join discussion group. It’s a deliberate choice. He prefers to think things through. The friend has been doing a lot of thinking for years, decades. It’s not that I think he thinks in some…
Dictators live long. Their staying alive is the working out of their dictatorialship. One feeds the other. Longer and longer life, stronger and stronger dictatorialship. The world breathes a sigh of relief, a big one, or a series of big ones, when dictators are dead. We know they will never…
To “excite”, that sounds like increased heart beat, head raised, ready to go, and could not hold back and be silent and passive. There will be other ways of explaining “excite”. Not “exciting” or “excitement”, but to excite. And that sounds like to add energy and dynamic to something. As…
This is about leading worship – the “lost sheep” in the title refers to the one out of several or many things that we need in leading worship. How often we neglect, forget, or re-prioritise something and that was the item that, because we didn’t give it (enough) attention, it…
