Rupert’s Blog

1) What’s the most fun work you’ve ever done, and why?

Mostly, I love what I am doing now (church leadership)! But I also loved teaching in a school in Pakistan for a couple of years in a mission school (I wasn’t a Christian at the time!). It was my first proper job and I so enjoyed living in Pakistan, teaching and being away from home!

2) A. Name one thing you did in the past that you no longer do but wish you did?

I used to play loads of sports, but particularly cricket. Loved it. But getting older, having two kids and a busy life means not much time for any of that now days. Cycling round Edinburgh is the main way I have of keeping fit.

B. Name one thing you’ve always wanted to do but keep putting it off?

I am interested in politics, and would love to be part of the Questiontime audience someday (and to ask a question), but it has never been in Edinburgh at a time when i have been free.

3) A. What two things would you most like to learn or be better at, and why?

1. Work / Life balance: while i have improved at this over the years, and i don’t feel i rob my family of time with them, i would like to have a better life balance: more time for other interests, fitness, friends etc. Maybe this is just the stage of life that i am in, but i keep dreaming …

2. Music: I would love to be able to play the piano, or saxophone by ear and improvise. I learned the piano a bit when i was younger, but i think real musical genes probably passed me by, unlike my wife and children!

B. If you could take a class/workshop/apprentice from anyone in the world living or dead, who would it be and what would you hope to learn?

Richard Rohr would be pretty cool. His writing have inspired and challenged me over the last few years. There is something a personal journey that he has gone on that I want to emulate.

4) A. What three words might your best friends or family use to describe you?

passionate, compassionate, communicator

B. Now list two more words you wish described you…

I would love to be more organised, and well travelled (i have done quite a bit of travelling, but not for the last few years - since kids came along anyway).

5) What are your top three passions? (can be current or past, work, hobbies, or causes)

Helping people develop & grow
Communicating
Learning

6) Write–and answer–one more question that YOU would ask someone

“Tell me your story …”

It is one of things that I constantly find a privilege when someone tells me their story, and lets me into a bit of their world, especially when they trust me enough to walk with them a while on their journey. And my answer … well is probably for another post, another time …!

Who’s next….

Anna (hardasiron), Alastiar (obscenebeauty), Brian (curious in Ibiza), and Dan