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Joy, simplicity, compassion: Trinitarian gifts in the agile workplace

Introduction

What does servant leadership in Agile have to do with a monastic blessing from Taizé?

After my mother died in August 2020, I found an old copy of the Fairacres Chronicle among her belongings. In it, Brother Roland Walls reflects on three Gospel-rooted gifts: joy, simplicity and compassion. As I read his words, I was struck by how deeply they resonated – not just with my vocation as a priest in the Scottish Episcopal Church, but also with my role as a Scrum Master in a software development team.

In this reflection, I explore the unexpected but life-giving parallels between Christian discipleship and Agile practice, drawing on years of both pastoral and technical experience. Both vocations, I believe, are about presence, accompaniment and helping people flourish – quietly, faithfully and together.

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Mum and dad on Highway

A couple of weeks ago I sent a bunch of video cassettes to Digital Converters to be converted to a digital format that I could view and edit on my PC.

Among the cassettes was one featuring this episode of Highway featuring my mum and dad.

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The God who wasn’t there

Has anyone (who reads this blog) seen the movie The God Who Wasn’t There? And if so, what you thought of it?  I’m thinking about my Christmas list on Amazon and it’s a toss up between this and Trumpton – The Complete Collection.

Here’s the blurb on their website:

Bowling for Columbine did it to the gun culture.

Super Size Me did it to fast food.

Now The God Who Wasn’t There does it to religion.

The movie that has been astounding audiences in theaters around the world is now available on a high-quality, feature-packed DVD. Own the taboo-shattering documentary that Newsweek says “irreverently lays out the case that Jesus Christ never existed.”

I did discover a website by GakuseiDon, who describes himself as “a moderate Christian” that examines the claims in film pointing out its inaccuracies.  That website alone makes for interesting reading without seeing the film.

Zeitgeist

Reminds me of part of the film Zeitgeist – The Movie. Now there’s a film with a few interesting things to say about money, given the current financial crisis.

Makes you wonder …