this has been a while coming! It’s some of the notes from a conversation David, Mike, John and I had, debriefing this year’s trip. what don’t you want to forget? energy in leaders, a ‘looking forward’, a vitality the personal ‘uncovering’ the concept of faithful remnants [Manchester] – not an issue, let them be a…
it’s lovely to be home; it’s just as lovely to know i’m going back next year. [The God Delusion – image by Mike] the loveliest bit of being home is letting go of all the organisational details in my head. it’s left space for other stuff to emerge [thank heavens, i was hoping there was…
i knew i wouldn’t post much while i was away, but i thought it would be more than this… i underestimated the intensity of the trip. i’m on a last night here in london, after a fabulous few days in paris. i’m soaking up red wine and the internet connection at the baker’s before heading…
we’re in London… there’s a tube strike… this is the only point of the trip where travel has got messy, so i can’t complain! we spent 24 hours in Manchester on Sunday, and could have spent far longer – it’s an amazing city, and Sanctus is pretty extraordinary. i’ll write more about that later… today…
a rare moment of space in a pretty frenetic trip… we’re in belfast for the weekend and the rest of the group have gone on a tour to see murals. i’m catching up with friends instead. it’s been a fabulous trip. Greenbelt was absolutely wonderful. I saw much less of it this year than previously,…
so, we’re in london… we’ve a great group who have come over from australia – really diverse, lots of energy, a nice collective of experience and imagination. It was a good trip over, though it is interminably long. i can report that they serve up glenlivet on demand in business class… the only problem with…
[look! a pretty new header! thanks claire and mike.] today’s my last day in the office for 5 weeks… i’m off to the UK on Tuesday. As a result, blogging will be very sporadic, but i wanted to let you know first about a couple of things happening later in the year. If you’ve been…
the itinerary for the UK trip is fairly firm, in a jelly-like way. it goes like this: Wednesday 22nd August… arrive in London. Friday 24th August – Monday 27th August… Greenbelt Wednesday 29th August… Telford Friday 31st August… Belfast Sunday 2nd September… Manchester Monday 3rd September… London Wednesday 5th September… depart london [for melbourne, sydney…
[i know i said i wouldn’t be blogging, but we just got definite about this today…] One of the big questions we’ve been working with this year is how to inspire thinking outside the box – to move from models of what we know in terms of faith communities and worship, into completely new headspaces.…
