Boring Leaders, Secular Neutrality, and Ramadan at King's Cross
Is there something to say for being a boring leader? How is the secular world struggling to stay neutral? Why did King's Cross celebrate Ramadan?
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In this episode, Phil Topham (Executive Director), John Stevens (National Director), and Adrian Reynolds (Head of National Ministries) discuss stories in the news over the past fortnight.
00:00 - Introduction
00:35 - FIEC conferences
03:26 - The Everything Conference and Affinity
07:59 - The death of Colin Hart
11:26 - Leo Varadkar resigns
17:06 - Boring leaders
22:02 - Scottish Parliament and secular neutrality
25:01 - Ramadan at King's Cross
29:41 - Is Easter an evangelistic opportunity?
Show notes
- FIEC Local Conferences (fiec.org.uk)
- FIEC Leaders' Conference (fiec.org.uk)
- Some sad news about our Director, Colin Hart (christian.org.uk)
- Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar resigns, saying: 'I'm not right for the job now' (news.sky.com)
- Labour’s ‘boring, snoring’ Rachel Reeves is winning over Brits (politico.eu)
- Scottish Parliament staff banned from wearing rainbow lanyard (bbc.co.uk)
- Network Rail removes King's Cross Ramadan message after complaints (standard.co.uk)
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