Wednesday Wisdom #9
Continuing the series: Leadership requires walking the line between telling people what to do and giving them the space to decide for themselves to do what you were going to tell them.
Writing
Young People & The Media
It’s great to see on the Editors Blog that the BBC are trying to redress the balance of negative journalism towards young people by involving 250 schools in a “massive journalism deployment” involving 10,000 young people aged 11-14. Stories that have already been filed include items on social networking, mobile phones, living with cancer, and campaigning on Darfur. Other school…
Wednesday Wisdom #8
Continuing the series: Just because something isn’t your fault doesn’t mean it shouldn’t be your problem.
links for 2008-03-10
Ghoti: …is a constructed example used to illustrate irregularities in English spelling. It is a respelling of the word fish. (tags: spelling english language words)
Wednesday Wisdom #7
Continuing the series: Some things don’t really sink in until you’ve forgotten and then remembered them again.
links for 2008-02-27
bartcampolo » Neighborhood Dinner Tips “Loving poor people is a team sport.” (tags: love poor teamwork neighbour)
Church on the Edge
Some notes and quotes from Church on the Edge: “If Church is not a building you go to but a community you belong to, then when and how that meets can have no boundaries.” “If we assume everyone who comes to Church ‘ought to know what to do’, we shouldn’t be surprised if they don’t stay long.”
The Flaw of Post-Modernism?
Alternative, more provocative title: Brian McLaren in a blouse? [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNuSBGa1mLM] “The excerpt is from an episode from the 14th season of E.R. titled ‘Atonement’. A man looking for answers does not find what he needs in a post-modern view of religion.”
Wednesday Wisdom #6
Continuing the series: The first person to use the expression “get a life!” in any dispute is the loser.
Earthquake!
Unable to sleep due to an extremely annoying tickly cough, I was sitting up watching TV at 1am when the whole building started to shake. All the birds stopped singing (why they were singing at 1am is beyond me anyway!) and the quake/tremor lasted for about 60 seconds.The birds are now singing again and all appears to be well. I’ve…
Wednesday Wisdom #5
Continuing the series: Planning is sometimes just a form of procrastination.