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Change a needy child’s Christmas this year with Operation Christmas Child

Simon Barrington — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 21:37:37 +0000

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operationchristmaschild.org.uk/shoeboxworld/ facebook.com/occuk Operation Christmas Child is the world's largest children's Christmas project, run by the Christian charity Samaritan's Purse. We have been sending gift-filled shoeboxes around the world since 1990, bringing joy into the lives of over 80 million underpriviledged children. You can create a shoebox online and help a child in the Lofa county, Liberia have a Christmas to remember

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What advice do you have for me ?

Simon Barrington — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 15:47:03 +0000

Next week, I go back to work at Samaritan’s Purse and the Billy Graham Evangelisitc Association, having spent the last 3 and a bit months on study leave completing my Masters. So, what advice do you have me as I … Continue reading →

The best investment you can make as a leader

Simon Barrington — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 09:50:40 +0000

..is in other people, especially emerging leaders. How many times have you seen an organisation swing from disaster to disaster as they seek to cope with the crisis of a key person leaving under difficult circumstances Recently I have been … Continue reading →

How can we select good leaders – tips from the Bible

Simon Barrington — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 18:52:33 +0000

Appoint leaders in every town according to my instructions. As you select them, ask, “Is this man well-thought-of? Is he committed to his wife? Are his children believers? Do they respect him and stay out of trouble?” It’s important that … Continue reading →

Leadership lessons from the Bible

Simon Barrington — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 18:18:02 +0000

The Bible is a great source of leadership lessons. In it we see leaders fail, succeed, collapse, finish well, fail the integrity test and lead their people to great triumphs. We see them mentor others, transition in leadership, raise up … Continue reading →

10 questions to see how you are doing with life-long learning

Simon Barrington — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 14:32:50 +0000

“let the wise listen and add to their learning, and let the discerning get guidance” Proverbs Ch1 v5 I’m keen in my leadership style to try and adopt a learning posture – an attitude to learning that recognises that I … Continue reading →

Weaknesses, what do you mean weaknesses ?

Simon Barrington — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 13:28:55 +0000

The BBC this week ran a really interesting article examining how well CEO’s know themselves and questioning why they are the most unlikely people to confess to their own weaknesses. The journalist had questioned 60 CEO’s over the past year … Continue reading →

Horrified by the injustice….

Simon Barrington — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 12:30:18 +0000

“The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the … Continue reading →

And then the silence fell…..

Simon Barrington — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 18:51:16 +0000

The LORD is in his holy temple; let all the earth be silent before him. Habakkuk 2:20 As I haven’t been blogging for a while, I thought the theme of silence would be a good one to get me started … Continue reading →

Searching for peace ?

Simon Barrington — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 15:34:44 +0000

I believe that there is a God shaped hole in all of us, a hole that we try to fill with all kinds of stuff and yet never seem to be able to find the peace that we so desire. … Continue reading →