“If the head is rotten, so is the fish,” says the Chinese proverb about leadership. The proverb illustrates how the quality and style of leadership filters through to affect those … Read more
Tag: Service
John 12.20-32. Servants (Lent 5)
Imagine people walking into our churches wanting to meet Jesus. People walk in to admire the windows, the architecture, the history, to ask for financial help or to hire a … Read more
Matthew 20.1-16. The First becomes The Last
If we interpret Jesus’ teaching about service to mean we are to become the butler, the gardener and the dish hand of the people in our lives then we have … Read more
Matthew 7.1-12. How to evaluate others
Imagine using our judgment of others to serve them rather than ourselves. Imagine instead of categorising people so we can feel better, we see our wrongs clearly enough to lay … Read more