My apologies for the lack of posts recently. I don't have a good excuse. We took a family holiday to Mallorca and I forgot to schedule things to go live while we were away. I hate it when blogs that I read just go quiet for a few weeks, so for any readers still out there: Sorry!
There are plenty more posts lined up for the near future including new magazine articles, and teaching sessions for church youth groups. There was also a request in one of ...
(Image credit: Andy Ciordia on Flickr)
On 14th May this year, I will be doing my first ever skydive! It's something I've wanted to do for a long time, and my beautiful wife Kirsty arranged it as a surprise birthday present back in December.
To make the jump worthwhile, I'm going to do it on behalf of Links International, a local charity run by friends that makes a huge difference across the world. There are millions of charities who deserve your ...
My apologies for the lack of posts this month. My various other responsibilities have been eating into my blogging space - there's only so many things I can get my head around at one time!
There's some interesting developments in my work role at Arun Community Church with a leadership transition and subsequent reorganisation. It's all very exciting, but does have implications for me which we are working through. I'll post more as things become ...
Disclaimer: This post is a shameless plug for a website I am heavily involved in! Now we've got that out of the way, please read on...
b2boutique.co.uk is a website set up by my wife Kirsty to sell baby carriers such as slings and wraps. As Kirsty says, sometimes a buggy or pram is too bulky and inconvenient. There are hundreds of situations where a baby carrier becomes invaluable! From the site:
Anyone who’s shopped around will know ...
I know I stated that I wasn't going to post anymore over the next month, but I just received a letter from YMCA George Williams College that I have gained a 1st Class Honours Degree in Informal & Community Education.
I've been studying for the degree part-time since 2004 via distance learning and have really enjoyed the experience. I thought this was news worth sharing, but will now go back to blog silence for a few weeks! ...
Regular readers and casual visitors will have noticed some problems on this site recently!
Due to a rogue plugin, the whole site has been offline for some time. In addition, when I finally got it working the same post seems to have been published about 500 times! Agh!
I think the issue is now resolved, but I want to apologize (especially to those using the rss feed) for the inconvenience.
There will be no more posts for the next 2 weeks as I’m on ...
Monday morning meeting! #
@nathanlock welcome to twitter! it certainly has its uses in reply to nathanlock #
I've been very quiet on twitter recently. Sorry about that! #
Just back from youth group. Now for The Apprentice. #
In the office... thinking..! #
Ok, I'm up! #
@beatdetective haven't seen 13 but thought 12 was terrible! ...
The following article was originally an assignment I wrote for my degree course at the YMCA George Williams College. Today it was published in 'Contexts, Occasional Paper, Volume 2' an annual collection of writings by students at the college. Aside from magazine articles, this is my first book publication (to be followed later this year ...
Thank you to everyone who has taken the time to answer my previous questionnaire for my dissertation. In the past week, I've managed to get 15 responses so far and there is a whole load of mixed opinions! Feel free to complete the survey if you haven't already done so.
Generally people seem to be saying that they can see the benefit ...
I'm currently undertaking some research for my dissertation and am looking for youth workers who can provide me with some insight to their practice. My dissertation is titled "Relational Youth Work: An Alternative to Outcome Based Models".
Through an exploration of relational youth work, its effects on my practice, and by comparing it to youth work within the statutory sector, I hope to identify ways in which workers, agencies and policy makers can ...
