In more than thirty years Alan Neale has accompanied, supported and helped guide those in transition. Transition from single to couple, from closet to openly gay. The doors of transition have been marked age, employment, failing health and so much more. Alan’s work as Transition Coach is shaped by the beliefs that no-one is called to be alone in their journey, that strength is needed for the journey and that there is an “eloquence of the now” to which attention must be given. Everyone, every day is in transition; Alan is for you an experienced, sensitive, alert companion in the journey
In pre-marital conversations I will often raise the question, “What place have secrets in a loving and trusting relationship?”. Really this involves the presence and consequence of lying about the truth. The lying, deceiving partner must recognize that it will take some time, an incalculable time, for the other partner to regain confidence in the… Continue reading
Yield yourselves to the Lord 2 Chronicles 30:8 The Lord God pardon all who set their hearts to seek God… even though not in accordance with the sanctuary’s rules of cleanness – 2 Chronicles 30:19 I remain convinced that surrender is truly the key but sometimes the concept carries with it unhelpful tones of self-abasement,… Continue reading
The wisdom from holy writings (below) indicate the process by which a relationship/organization/conversation can be renewed and enlivened. #1 King Hezekiah was given the task of bringing renewal back to the relationship between God and the people. He “opened and repaired the doors”. He recognized the wisdom of paying attention to accessibility and visibility. A… Continue reading
Click: Some transitions are really scary A swaying bridge over a frighteningly deep gorge… and a glass floor to boot!
Transition in Churches and Similar Organizations “Churches that are able to move beyond maintaining the institution as their primary mission have the best shot of recovering their purpose and passion for ministry.”
Any enigmatic phrase or statement will always seem to speak to a variety of situations. This quotation of Bruce Lee is new to me as is the ‘wisdom’ of the man generally. In any transition we are to appropriately adapt and ‘crash’ or ‘flow’ is required.
AARP link “Throw those disgusting things away” It has been said of churches “that nothing keeps this place going like inertia” and I suspect church is not the only institution that merits this rather dismissive description. You see AARP have only really dealt with identifying the problem without dealing with the root challenge – “willpower… Continue reading
Sometimes I sits and thinks; sometimes I just sits. When we lived in Sussex UK we were only a few minutes from the South Downs, walking Labrador Runcie I often stopped by a bench with this epigram. I wish I had done this as often as I have remembered it – ah but there’s time!
Friday February 27, 10th Presbyterian (17 & Spruce, Philadelphia) hosts this lecture. This has been the church in the past that offers a form of conversion therapy to help heal gays and make them… better!!! Google Sam Allberry and you will get a gist of what to expect in the lecture. I plan to be… Continue reading
By working faithfully eight hours a day, you may eventually get to be a boss and work twelve hour a day. Robert Frost