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Starfish and Spiders

I've been having one of those days: no not one of those days, that was yesterday! No one of those days where everything you read seems poignant and exciting. I've chewed through eight books today in pursuit of an essay about church planting! And in each thing I have read I have found something thats made me go hmm..

So I just read about Starfish organisations, decentralised and therefore resilient.. Fits with what I've been thinking for a while. Also read some great stuff about apostolic leadership which sheds light on so much.

And I read a book which made me go grrrr..

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BS5 Blogger said…
I think I left a comment here but it has now disappeared! Starfish and spiders in your last post, tall sleepy giraffes in mine!

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