Laws of leadership

My blog-friend Jason Woolever posted the 21 Maxwell's Laws of Ledarship. Worth to read! it is both a challenge for Church leaders and for those who are not yet in leadership.

The Good Samaritan video!

God of wonders

Last week's pictures

This is my friend Saher, who visited Gent last week, together with me, with the nice background of the three towers, one of the most beautiful spots in Gent.


And hereunder, together with Nadine, with the Leie as background and the lovely Korenlei and Graslei, in full summer splendour.

About banning of high altitude football

Today I came accross these pictures at the BBC site showing Mr. Morales, the Bolivian President playing football in the high mountains (I think more than 6000 m above sea level).



I think it's a clever way of doing politics and showing the FIFA the unfairness of banning high altitude stadiums from official competitions. In the same way people from lower altitudes have problems with going up, those going down experience difficulties due to the weight of the atmosphere.



So, one more action against the decision of the Federation Internationale de Football Associationto ban high altitude stadiums.

A nice surprise

Yesterday I received the phone call of my friend Saher Fares, he is an Egyptian translator working for the BBC in London. Saher called to tell that he was in a short trip in Belgium, visiting Brugges, together with a friend Nadine. The first time we met was some years ago at a conference, and the last time we saw each other was during my trip to Cardiff in 2004. I suggested them to visit Gent, since it is one of the most beautiful cities in Belgium, though neglected by visitors and tour operators. Finally, we met for a quick city-tour, and from their comments, I beleive they enjoyed the place very much. Their visit made my day. I found and 'old' picture of Saher, and I hope he'll send the pictures they made during the Gent visit, so that i can share them via the blog.

Old and new pictures of La Paz (II) The Baptist Church

One of the stories i heard during my evangelical upbringing in Bolivia is that of the first Baptist Church. Actually, when it was built in the 1800's, the government (of course under some pressure of the powerful RC curia) wanted it to be very far away from the city Centre, so they built the Church in what later was going to be known as "Paseo del Prado". The point in the story was that even if they did not want it, the city grew to surround the Baptist Church.
Unfortunately, in the 1990's due to the high buildings next to the Church undermining the foundations of the Church building, and thence due to important technical reasons, the Church building had to be demolished. So, today, if you visit the place, you don't see it. Nevertheless, the influence and number of evangelical Christians is growing in Bolivia. Unfortunately, however, due primarily to the miselading teachings on the rapture, most devoted Christians are not taking a voice and a stand in the difficult period the country is undergoing.

Looking at both pictures, i also realise that there are other beautiful houses that aren't there anymore. That's modernisation of a city centre I guess.

Old pictures of city of La Paz, Bolivia (I)

Today one of my uncles forwarded me some b/w pictures witnessing how La Paz has changed in the last century. I want to share with you some of these pictures. I have discovered that they are also available at the Site of the Municipality of La Paz. I hope they don't have any copy-rights, and in any case i'm not using them for commercial purposes. So, the first picture is from 1870's, showing the Municipal Theater of La Paz. It has been restored/renewed later in the 20th Century.
The picture below, shows how it looks from the inside now, following the investments in the renovation works.

The main entrance, as you can see on the last picture of this post, looks much different now, it's now surrounded by other buildings in the main Centre of the city, and the full concept changed.

I hope to keep posting the other pictures, hopefully with the current state of the places they show.

Another video from GodTube

This video on why one does not share his/her own faith, is really funny, though it is the typical US approach to Christianity. I guess there are many other reasons, definetly more appropriate to Europe or the rest of the world, yet this video can make you think about.



Have a nice weekend!

Here I am to Worship, A video from GodTube