Leading Change…. Nurturing High Trust Communities Life is not static and as educators we need to be attuned to cultural change, the challenges of the gospel and with these in dialogue allow schools to become communities where people flourish. This will in response to this involve a listening heart, continual personal renewal… it begins alone invitation of Jesus in Matthew: to your private room, shut yourself in, and so pray to your Father ‘When you pray, go who is in (6:6) that secret place.’ A reflection on this text: HIDDEN PLACE We wear many disguises; suits for work, uniforms of power, habits and collars, labels and badges, roles and titles, coats of many colours. Is there a dreamer inside? Is there a dwelling-place in our hearts where the God who works in secret can enter? Do we dare to be naked in our own inner room? An invitation to go into that secret place, at the end of each long day. Off comes the painful shoes, the heavy clothes, the tight hat. A naked child again – free to be me, free to give expression to all that is most precious. Our hidden self grows strong, planted and built on love, rooted in God, beyond all disguising. Gemma Simmonds CJ The Invitation –
Leading Change…. Nurturing High Trust Communities Life is not static and as educators we need to be attuned to cultural change, the challenges of the gospel and with these in dialogue allow schools to become communities where people flourish. This will involve a listening heart, continual personal renewal… it begins alone in response to this invitation of Jesus in Matthew: ‘When you pray, go to your private room, shut yourself in, and so pray to your Father who is in that secret place.’ (6:6) A reflection on this text: HIDDEN PLACE We wear many disguises; suits for work, uniforms of power, habits and collars, labels and badges, roles and titles, coats of many colours. Is there a dreamer inside? Is there a dwelling-place in our hearts where the God who works in secret can enter? Do we dare to be naked in our own inner room? An invitation to go into that secret place, at the end of each long day. Off comes the painful shoes, the heavy clothes, the tight hat. A naked child again – free to be me, free to give expression to all that is most precious. Our hidden self grows strong, planted and built on love, rooted in God, beyond all disguising. Gemma Simmonds CJ – The Invitation
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