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bringing a friend
The former Archbishop of Canterbury, William Temple, wrote a commentary on John’s Gospel. When he came to the words ‘and he [Andrew] brought him [Simon Peter] to Jesus’ (v.42a), Temple wrote a short but momentous sentence: ‘The greatest service that one [person] can do to another.’ William TempleClick to Tweet
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Eyes on Jesus
Not every competition allows the competitors to actually see the finishline. A friend of mine used to row in the Oxford crew- You’ve seen those long,sleek, beautiful shells, filled with sweating and straining men, whose movements are so amazingly synchronised as they pull those longs oars through the water. Those men have their backs to…
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Starfish and spider
In terms of organizations, a spider and a starfish might look the same (at least each has eight legs), but their organization are worlds apart. A spider that loses a leg might well be able to function. It might even be able to operate minus three legs, although its survival would be endangered if it…
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Change
God as both the originator of change and the one who demands it from us. He points out that many of the most important words in the scriptures (repentance, justification, conversion, discipleship, new life, sanctification) involve movement and change. Alan HirschClick to TweetFrom the book “The Permanent Revolution” Available on amazon.co.uk*Available on amazon.com*
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Migration leads to innovation
In fact, research indicates that people who have lived in multiple cultures are more likely to be innovators, which accounts in part for the massive increase in innovation in the past few decades. Alan HirschClick to TweetFrom the book “The Permanent Revolution” Available on amazon.co.uk*Available on amazon.com*
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NT craggy mountain
N. T. Wright uses the metaphor of Greek and Jewish ideas meeting like two tectonic plates throwing up the craggy mountain range we call New Testament theology. His thinking was the direct result of an interplay between of two world views and cultures. Alan HirschClick to TweetFrom the book “The Permanent Revolution” Available on amazon.co.uk*Available…