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Good to Great

I’ve spent this year as a ‘leadership parish assistant’ for G2. So far it has been a really interesting mix of writing blogs, preparing talks, organising discussion evenings and weekends away, spending time with new people and spending time reading and improving

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The Worlds ‘Wurst’ Festival

A few weeks ago our Cluster met for a fantastic meat related evening. We had sausage tasting from some of the best butchers in York, pickle trays sausage quizzes, sausage games and live music. After three hours of devouring over fifteen kinds of

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Jubilee

This year is an exciting year. 2012. The Olympics in London and the Queen’s jubilee are just two things that are happening this year that might not happen again for a serious amount of time. They are celebrations. Exciting things, good things

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Parables

What do you let preach at you? Everything has a message to tell us. Whether it is: “buy really strong cheese” “drink cheap larger” “buy clothes from Marks and Spencer’s” “Live more indulgently”. Whether we realise it or not- there

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Question What You Believe

In an age where we are consistently bombarded with information, it is more important now than ever that we as Christians hone our ability to discern what we are being spiritually fed. How often are we too passive in our

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Fighting For The Assurance Of Things Hoped For

I am two days post op for malignant melanoma with a large scar in my leg and a tender groin where nodes were removed: now the real work begins in working out my faith and moving forward. (Take a look at

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Car Crash

I must have missed witnessing the moment of collision by about three seconds. Suddenly the flash of red break lights were everywhere as I screeched my little car down from 70mph to stand-still as fast as I could without skidding.

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Courageous Leadership

I recently finished an excellent book by Bill Hybels called “Courageous Leadership”. In all honesty, I expected a book full of leadership jargon and management styles lifted from the corporate world into American Mega Church. Not my cup of tea at all. It

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‘Tis So Sweet

For me, trust is an ongoing process. As I move closer and closer towards my wedding in September, I regularly go through times of thinking “ARRR!!! What am I doing!?”. “Where am I going to live?!” “What am I going

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A Night at the Opera

Every two months, the guys who are involved in leading G2 meet up, have some time to discuss and pray together, and get some input from someone external about leadership. Last night we met as a team in the front of

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