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David Bunce

@davidbunce.bsky.social

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Baptist Pastor in Bad Ischl, Austria; General Secretary Austrian Baptist Union; at heart still a youth worker. Passionate about the local church, safeguarding and mission. British person in Austria, stumbling through learning Romanian.

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David Bunce @davidbunce.bsky.social · 2d

I know John Le Carre's "The Honorable Schoolboy" kind of splits fans as it is a bit of a sprawling mass of a book. But I'm finding all the chapters on the bureaucracy of Whitehall and the Circus are super soothing for drifting off to sleep to.

Maybe I need a bureaucracy genre booklist...

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 2d

Pope Leo in Dilexi te: Christians who “dismiss or ridicule charitable works, as if they were an obsession on the part of a few and not the burning heart of the Church’s mission, convinces me of the need to go back and re-read the Gospel, lest we risk replacing it with the wisdom of this world.”

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David Bunce @davidbunce.bsky.social · 2d

That's often used in music to move the song along and give a sense of musical journey - here they have taken the technique and turned it up to 11

David Bunce @davidbunce.bsky.social · 2d

(I found a video guide to playing it here...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNLpHApoZfo)

I am on the road so can't fully tell key signature - possibly C, possibly Am
As to why its so compelling - they do a tonne of messing around of inversions in the bass line, so alternative root notes

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David Bunce @davidbunce.bsky.social · 3d

Oh this looks fascinating, thanks for sharing

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Sean T. Collins @seantcollins.com · 5d

CHATGPT: I understand where you're coming from. You worked really hard to get here, and now it's time to enjoy the fruit of your labors.

ISILDUR: So I should keep it? Elrond says I shouldn't

CHATGPT: The ring is precious. Sometimes friends don't have your best interests at heart.

ISILDUR: true

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 5d

Cultivate a couple of hobbies. Ideally, things that have nothing to do with your day job and that bring you joy, even if you're not great at them.

essencesimmone.blacksky.app @essencesimmone.blacksky.app · 8d

Those who are 35+, what advice do you have for people just entering their 30s?

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David Bunce @davidbunce.bsky.social · 5d

es kommt wahrscheinlich darauf an, wo man hinschaut - ausgeprägter bei zB evangelikalen Freikirchlern als bei pfingstlichen Freikirchlern. Aber in meinem Umfeld beobachte ich den Trend seit gut 10 Jahren (und auch für die Forschung nicht neu - z.B. Faix/Künkler et al Generation Lobpreis)

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David Bunce @davidbunce.bsky.social · 5d

"Junge Menschen entdeckten im Glauben zudem "etwas, das sie emotional sehr berührt", während sie von kognitiver Auseinandersetzung eher verunsichert würden."

Das erlebe ich auch in der österreichischen freikirchlichen Szene. Wäre spannend, das irgendwann ökumenisch zu reflektieren.

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David Bunce @davidbunce.bsky.social · 5d

Danke, voll lieb. Kommt leider öfter bei uns vor, also wir sind eingeübt - dieses Mal aber für 10 Tage. Hat aber den Vorteil, dass ich gerade ein Buch pro Tag lesen kann 😅

David Bunce @davidbunce.bsky.social · 5d

Oh spannend, werde ich später lesen (bin gerade im KH mitaufneommen, also Zeit habe ich!)

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David Bunce @davidbunce.bsky.social · 5d

a woman wearing sunglasses and a red jacket is pointing up with the words " this " above her

ALT: a woman wearing sunglasses and a red jacket is pointing up with the words " this " above her

media.tenor.com

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Ros Taylor @rostaylor.bsky.social · 5d

Spoke to i by IMD magazine about why trust in institutions is faltering, and the temptation to turn to charismatic individuals instead

www.imd.org/ibyimd/caree...

The Crisis of Trust - Globalization - I by IMD

Ros Taylor, author of ‘The Future of Trust’, explores how globalization has fractured trust in institutions and led to a renewed faith in the individual.

www.imd.org

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David Bunce @davidbunce.bsky.social · 5d

Has anyone got any useful methods for beginning a conversation on common values in a leadership team/trustees?

Especially things that your team have actually found helpful (given that not everyone leaps into the air for joy with this kind of activity...)