What’s the Hurry?
We live in a world of hurry. Have you noticed? We’re constantly on the go. Messages coming at us from the moment we open our eyes. The compelling drive to rush at everything in the vain attempt to chip something off the mountain of things we still need to do. So many people to catch… Read more
I have a Dream….
“I have a dream … “ With those words, Martin Luther King began to wrap up one of the greatest speeches of the 20th Century. Delivered to over 250, 000 civil rights supporters from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC, his words defined not just a mood but a movement. That movement… Read more
Feeling Weary?
Feeling Weary? Recently, I was struck by a few short sentences from the apostle Paul: “Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who… Read more
But why do black lives matter? (Part 2)
“I can’t breathe” We are departing from the usual subject area for our Blog this week in order to reflect on the issue of racism and racial injustice. The videoed murder of George Floyd two weeks ago at the knee of police brutality shocked the world. The subsequent outpouring of protest has caused many… Read more
But Why Do Black Lives Matter?
“I can’t breathe” We are departing from the usual subject area for our Blog this week in order to reflect on the issue of racism and racial injustice. The videoed murder of George Floyd two weeks ago at the knee of police brutality shocked the world. The subsequent outpouring of protest has caused many of… Read more
When a Sprint Becomes a Marathon
When a Sprint Becomes a Marathon Maintaining Priorities Throughout The Pandemic Going Viral Blog Mike Smailes 4th June 2020 On the 23rd March everything changed for us here in the UK. It was part of a wider story but it now had implications at home! As businesses worked out how to function outside their walls,… Read more
How to Spell Crisis
危机 How To Spell Crisis According to some, the Chinese word for crisis is made up of the two characters above. At least that’s what motivational speakers, who want to inspire out of the box thinking, were saying long before the Covid 19 pandemic. But Sinologists have just as long disputed… Read more
Breath
Breathing is something that we’re barely conscious of most of the time. We breath in. We breath out. We breath in again. Well, you get the idea! In fact, the average person does this around 23,000 times a day without much thought. We manage to skilfully coordinate our breathing with our eating, our drinking and… Read more
Work in a Covid World
Will things ever be the same again? Are you struggling with the impact of this pandemic on your normal working routines? Has work become impossible or just much more stressful? One of the things causing so many of us distress is the effect of the coronavirus on our working lives. You may have had a… Read more
Covid 19 and future shock
A sociological perspective Future Shock was a best seller written in 1970 by Alvin Toffler. Although the author was not coming from a Christian perspective, if you quoted it in a sermon, you were deemed hip and trendy! I revisited Toffler last week. In a Covid 19 world, we are experiencing exactly the symptoms… Read more