Archive for February, 2008

links for 2008-02-14

February 14, 2008  |  Links  |  No Comments

Wednesday Wisdom #4

February 13, 2008  |  Quotes, Resources, Wisdom  |  No Comments

Continuing the series:

At the end of my life, I would like to have back all the time I spent untangling cables.

links for 2008-02-09

February 9, 2008  |  Links  |  No Comments

Planning on the Edge

February 7, 2008  |  Church, Culture, Links, Youth Ministry, Youth Work  |  No Comments

Church on the EdgeJust a minor diversion – mostly for my own benefit – as I think through our new youth work project. Some notes from Church on the Edge:

  • Purpose: what are we here for?
    • everything else should be measured up against this
  • Values: what is important to us?
    • values are often not what you make up, but are what you observe about yourselves and the way you do things…
  • Vision: where are we going?
    • vision should be imaginable, desirable, feasible, focussed, flexible and communicable
  • Strategy: how will we get there?
    • plans to make it work – reality is shown up when you think about strategy
  • Goals: what will we do and by when?
    • goals help you to make a start

Strategy and goals are likely to change as you travel along the journey – they are contextual – and change because they are based on the latest information – as you learn lessons and build up knowledge your strategy and goals are likely to change.

links for 2008-02-07

February 7, 2008  |  Links  |  No Comments

A Smile of Intolerable Anguish

February 7, 2008  |  Elsewhere, Links, Regular Reads, Video  |  No Comments

I’m not a hugely political figure, but I do enjoy politics, so I couldn’t resist posting this video of a recent speech by William Hague describing what would happen if Blair became ‘le President’ of Europe. It’s only about a minute long – and is animated with a number of images so you don’t have to watch Hague throughout.

Hat tip to the BBCs Nick Robinson.

Wednesday Wisdom #3

February 6, 2008  |  Quotes, Resources, Wisdom  |  No Comments

“Some conversations are hard because they involve things that are hard to say. Others are hard because they involve things that are hard to hear.”

links for 2008-02-04

February 4, 2008  |  Links  |  No Comments