The church was never meant to reflect the culture around it. We were meant to shape it. Yet so often we do the opposite. We read the mood of the world, absorb its anxieties, adopt its priorities, affirm its ideologies, and quietly match its temperature. We think we...
We check our social and news feeds because something in us is forever asking, “what is happening?” We have built a culture that rewards the question and ignores the answer. A culture that can never be still long enough to be satisfied will always be...
Every time I board a train, a few minutes before departure, the same announcement comes over the speakers. “If you’re not travelling with us, please leave the train now.” It’s said politely, almost as a courtesy. But underneath the politeness...
Having a great vision is only half of leadership. The harder, more important half is inspiring other people to walk the journey with you. Vision without a following is just an idea in your head. The leaders who actually change things, in their teams, organisations,...
We tend to imagine that breakthrough leadership moments arrive with fanfare. The big presentation. The high-stakes meeting. The carefully planned launch. Almost everything in modern business culture reinforces this picture. We celebrate the dramatic. We optimise for...
Election seasons tend to bring out the worst of public discourse. Slogans replace substance. Tribal loyalties harden. Important questions get drowned out by the loudest voices and the slickest campaigns. Most of us, by the time we reach the ballot box, are exhausted,...
