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March 16, 2015

The Power of One

When faced with many of the big issues that need changing in our world, we often feel inadequate.  However, we needn’t feel that we can’t make a difference.  I first saw the picture below in a church in former East B
March 15, 2015

Why doesn’t God do something about……?

After yesterday’s reflection on avoiding making decisions, we offer another Pontius Puddle cartoon as a follow up reflection…. Do you want to ask God that question about anything? If so, how might God respond? I
March 14, 2015

Avoiding Making Decisions – The 7 Golden Rules

Acting as a moral compass in society necessitates decision making as to what we get involved in and what actions we take.  How good are we at making decisions, especially those that might lead to action and change?  Read
March 13, 2015

What moral decisions do you face every day?

When filming the series of video interviews that we conducted for the Faith at Work course, we asked everyone what challenges they faced in their working or everyday lives. Some of their answers are in the video clips incl
March 12, 2015

The Four Tests of Moral Action

How do you make difficult decisions? Peter Chao suggests that when making difficult decisions, we should imagine how our decision would be received by four different people representing different sorts of interests in o
March 11, 2015

Decisions, Decisions, Choices, Choices, …..

Week 4 of 'Faith At Work' is called “Moral Compass”, and seeks to explore how we can keep our integrity in our work, in our play, in our daily life in this modern and fast-changing world. But what is a ‘Moral Com
March 10, 2015

Time for God?

“There just never seems to be enough hours in the day to get everything done and you expect me to set some quiet time aside to spend with God in prayer.” So said a young mother at a church meeting, and immediately
March 9, 2015

Chronos v Kairos – Are you doing the right thing right now?

When we talk about the ‘T-word’ (TIME) it’s not long before the S-word (STRESS) is mentioned too! Time, or the lack of it, seems for many to be a major source of stress. Andrea, one of the people we spoke with as
March 8, 2015

Being aware of Who and Where we are

There’s a lot of talk of mindfulness nowadays.  Some see it as the latest ‘new thing’, the latest way of dealing with stress.  Others, though, see it as a return to ancient practices of meditation, contemplation, a
March 7, 2015

Leisure or Rest?

It's often thought that leisure and rest are the same, and so are equally the opposite of work - but are they? “It’s important to note the distinction between rest and leisure. Rest and Sabbath are not the same as lei