Why do you this? Why do you work more than forty hours a week? Why do you give more than you receive? Why do you put up with the okay salary? Why do you put up with hassle from parents, teachers, church leaders and even young people? Why do put up with expectations that are [...]
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Called to youth work?
Posted in Commitment, God, Guidance, Journey, Youth work on May 4, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
How the other half live…
Posted in Big Society, Commitment, Incarnation, Sacrifice on August 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
How the other half live, shown on Channel 4 offers viewers, a normally quite touching journey for two families as their worlds collide and those with the money help those without the money. For the majority of viewers it offers a voyeuristic journey into two worlds. One, which perhaps we think we would like, the other, from which we [...]
Our labour is not in vain
Posted in Commitment, Youth work on November 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Michael Phelps was, during the recent Olympics hailed as the greatest ever Olympian. A man who set out to win eight gold medals and did so; and for the most part appeared to make it look easy. It wasn’t. During an interview after winning the six or seventh medal, I can’t remember which; he won [...]
How committed are we?
Posted in Commitment, Sacrifice, Young people on November 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Sat in my cosy living room with Annie (my wife) and Jerome – one of the team from our link project in Cape Town, I was listening intently. I am not always the best listener but I right now I was in the ‘listening zone’. Jerome was telling stories. He seems to have the knack [...]
