About the Sport Principle At the London 2012 Olympics, six of Team GB’s record gold medal haul were won by less than an inch. In high-level sport, the margins for error, and, therefore, the difference between a gold and a silver, are tiny. This principle can also be seen clearly at work in sports such […]
When the guys from The Gathering asked me to talk on the theme of substitution, I didn’t know whether to take it personally. Was I the one who was to be hauled off early in the second half having failed to perform, or the super-sub who was going to come on and save the day, […]
I was commenting to a friend on a comment that someone who is from the older generation had done, and my friend said in reply, ‘That’s you.’ My instant reply was, ‘No it’s not, I’m not that old.’ In fact, I was older! But it was something about their behaviour that made me think they […]
“Joe Wicks Jealousy” Wow, this guy is everywhere and he is where I would like to. It is amazing how he has reached out to so many others. He is successful in the book shops, on YouTube, own coach channel, EVEN I HAVE HIS BOOKS! Ok, Calm down Spencer … For many years of my […]
I recently received a potentially terrifying email. My computer had been hacked, and a virus now had access to my camera, address book and web activity. I had been filmed watching porn (not great for a Christian leader!). The dual videos would now be sent side by side to my entire address book unless I […]
The conversation went like this: Customer: ‘Can you help me; do you have any cantaloupe melons?’Assistant: ‘I’ll just check our stock to see if we have any.’ The assistant checked their electronic handset. ‘I’m sorry but we won’t have any until tomorrow morning.’ The reaction from the customer was not what the assistant expected. In […]
“I want to enter heaven breathlessly. I want to break the tape with a shout of ‘I did it!’” That was the heart’s desire of my first spiritual director, Alex Buchanon. I remember hearing him share this over 20 years ago and feeling so inspired and challenged to finish well in my journey of following […]
About the Sport Principle Have you ever been frustrated at being excluded from something because you cannot access the specialist language? Olympic track cycling presents this frustration for me. Every four years, I excitedly tune in to enjoy what strikes me as a gripping event, but every time, my inability to distinguish my keirins from my […]
Dads, this was our moment! It was our chance to shine! We were thrust into a world that we did not see coming, and our families looked to us as they had never done before. And we completely bossed it… A recent report by the Fatherhood Institute has revealed some really interesting outcomes from the […]
The first part of this is going to be a bit obvious for a lot of people. Put quite simply people with autism deal very much in truth and can on occasion hang onto facts like a dog with a bone. On occasion we don’t so much speak the truth in love, but in a […]
