The Song That Outlasted Empires: Creating Work That Echoes in Eternity
Most of what we create will not matter when we are gone. That is fine. Not everything needs to.
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Leading Through Rejection
…The Attack I Hope Never Comes I was reading Numbers 16 when I had to stop. Not because it was boring or confusing, but because it hit too close to home. The chapter describes a coordinated rebellion against Moses’ leadership. Not by outsiders. Not by enemies. But by his own people, including his own relatives, …
The Leader Who Knew How to Follow
I was reading through Numbers 13 when something stopped me mid-verse. The chapter lists the twelve spies Moses sent to scout the Promised Land. Twelve men, one from each tribe. All of them described as leaders. And there in verse 8 was a name I recognised immediately: Hoshea the son of Nun. Better known by …
The Day I Went Downstairs: Why Accessible Leadership Matters More Than You Think
Some Fridays ago, I did something I’d wanted to do for a while but never seemed to have time for. At close of school, instead of staying in my office working through the never-ending pile of emails and documents, I went downstairs. To the pickup point. Where parents come to collect their children at the …
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The Chapter I Almost Skipped – Numbers 7
I have a confession to make. I was reading through Numbers 7 this morning as part of my chronological Bible study, and somewhere around verse 24, I started skipping. Not intentionally at first. My eyes just glazed over. The words blurred together. One silver platter, one silver bowl, one young bull, one ram, one male …
Why I Told My Staff to Stop Asking My Permission
On a particular Sunday afternoon, as students were resuming from the holiday break, I received a phone call from our hostel matron. She had a question. A decision to make. Some parents had arrived at the hostel with their children, ready to check in. They had all the required documents, all the items on the …
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The hardest job in the world
Let me tell you something you might not hear very often: The hardest thing some of the most accomplished people you know have ever done is parenting. The executive who built a company from scratch? Parenting is harder. The athlete who trained for years to win championships? Parenting is harder. The artist who mastered their …
