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November 2014 Pastoral Focus Mike Noonan Leading is an agreement. It is an agreement to be led and an agreement to lead. Sometimes the bargain has to be struck, and sometimes not if the situation or the role carries the expectations. A bargain was struck between Peter and Jesus (in John 13). ‘You will never […]

August 2014 Pastoral focus Michael Noonan ‘Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs, is people who have come alive.’ This encouraging statement came from Howard Thurman, an African-American philosopher and theologian influential in the formation of leaders of the American Civil […]