Tag Archives: iLive

Thoughts on secondary school

Posted on 30/06/2010 by johnbaw

Last night I attended a parents’ evening at Bayside Comprehensive School, the secondary school that, much to my shock and horror, my eldest boy Aaron is due to attend in September. When I sat down in that auditorium, and heard … Continue reading →

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Love your neighbour…….

Posted on 27/06/2010 by johnbaw

 The New Testament’s demand to LOVE is a paramount call – it extends beyond mere pleasantries exchanged with those members of one’s community and forces us to reach out to those living in the margins, to the untouchables, to loving … Continue reading →

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Never eat alone – by Keith Ferrazzi

Posted on 25/06/2010 by johnbaw

I have just finished reading Never eat alone, by Keith Ferrazzi. Some good points are to be found in this tome, worthy of immediate application. Ferrazzi sees a world in which your network, or circle, or tribe, now occupies the … Continue reading →

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Invictus

Posted on 21/06/2010 by johnbaw

Invictus Out of the night that covers me,Black as the pit from pole to pole,I thank whatever gods may beFor my unconquerable soul.In the fell clutch of circumstanceI have not winced nor cried aloud.Under the bludgeonings of chanceMy head is … Continue reading →

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Why banning the Burka is NOT the way to go

Posted on 02/06/2010 by johnbaw

  The arguments has its logic, or so I’m told.  France is fiercely proud, and  protective, of its “secular” republic and so anyone wanting to live in French society needs to embrace its values, values chief among which are the … Continue reading →

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So what’s the Vision?

Posted on 01/02/2010 by johnbaw

The Vision from Dave Wright on Vimeo. So this guy comes up to me and says: “what’s the vision? What’s the big idea?” I open my mouth and words come out like this: The vision? The vision is JESUS – … Continue reading →

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Leading your tribe

Posted on 31/01/2010 by johnbaw

I just finished reading Seth Godin’s book “Tribes” and have just been fired-up with its message of radically changing the rules of the game through the fluid, cause-based, leadership of communities that he aptly terms “Tribes”. Anybody who is involved … Continue reading →

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How we can help Haiti – Crisis response protocol for adoption

Posted on 20/01/2010 by johnbaw

The following email was sent to Gibraltar’s Minister for Family, Youth and Community Affairs, asking the Government to introduce a fast-track system for adopting children that are orphaned in disasters such as Haiti’s massive earthquake. ———— The Honourable J J … Continue reading →

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My 2010 resolution

Posted on 11/01/2010 by johnbaw

photo credit: Himalayan Trails Therefore let us keep the Festival, not with the old yeast, the yeast of malice and wickedness, but with bread without yeast, the bread of sincerity and truth – 1 Corinthians 5:8 Talk to someone about … Continue reading →

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2010 – Happy New Year Friends!

Posted on 02/01/2010 by johnbaw

Happy New Year Friends! The dawning of a new day….. the birthing of a new year…. the ushering-in of a new decade. One word comes to mind for this 2010 – PROMISE. As you nurture the dreams of your heart, … Continue reading →

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