I've had all I can take of your noisy ego-music. When was the last time you sang to me?
Do you know what I want? I want justice - oceans of it.
I want fairness - rivers of it.
That's what I want.
Amos 5:23-24
2pm to 5pm, Saturday 26 May 2012 - Central Hall Westminster, Storey's Gate, London SW1H 9NH
5 days | £5 each | 5 celebrities | 5,000 people | Raising over £500,000
Eating spaghetti bolognese reminds me of leadership. It’s messy. Try as you might to slurp discreetly it is just impossible to eat spag bol with elegance. It is not ‘first date’ food! With leadership, it’s the frequent tangle with status, celebrity, elitism, hierarchy and control that makes the mess. Simply avoiding it often seems like the safest option.
But then we’d be back to the ostrich problem.
Untangling leadership and what it does and doesn’t involve is, as you might suspect given the name, central to the Leadership Programme. The idea is to inspire people to ‘step up to the line’ and be willing to lead the conversations that will shape future culture. Big dream? Definitely. Funny thing is though, it often begins very small.
How can Christians make a real difference in our society? This is a live question for Catalyst, where we feature articles not only about CARE, but also about other ministries that are bringing about change. And now, here’s an opportunity for anyone under 30 to share their own views on this question and see their work in print.
Ever get sick of your own voice? Chat to any of my friends and they’ll tell you I can talk for Britain but sometimes even I get fed up with my own voice. I can waffle on and on putting the world to rights. Yet there is a point where I either have to start living out some of my ideas or stop talking. Because otherwise I’m just giving people a headache.
It’s the same with visions of ‘the good life’, the Kingdom story.
Sometimes I wonder if I was born in the wrong generation. They started talking about ‘the good life’ on the Leadership Programme and I immediately thought of that 1970s sitcom starring Felicity Kendal and found myself pondering vegetable patches and dungarees. Not very Gen Y. Surely Kayne West and his 2008 Grammy Award winning rap song ‘Good Life’ should have sprung to mind instead!
What comes to your mind? And what would you say if someone asked you what your vision was of the good life not just for you, but for everyone?
