Leadership
Resources for Christians Under Pressure May 2014
 A good list: thanks Vaughan! Allender, W. Leading With A Limp: Take Full Advantage of Your Most Powerful Weakness 2008 Waterbook Press. Anderson, F. Running on Empty Contemplative Spirituality for Achievers 2004 WaterBrook Press. Austin, B. When God Has Put You On Hold. 1986 Tyndale House. Beach, S. The Silent Seduction […]
People-skills: they’re different at work and elsewhere: be careful!
A Surprising Way to Ruin Your Personal Life The right tools for one job can blow up another. Published on April 13, 2014 by The Contemporary Psychoanalysis Group in Contemporary Psychoanalysis in Action By David Braucher, L.C.S.W., Ph.D. Many of us literally bring our work home with us, as our smartphones and other devices plug us in 24 […]
Time management: How to be less busy
Denise Mooney August 18, 2014 Claire Madden: Being busy is good for us. Constantly rushing from one place to another? Desperate for some down time? These tips can help you achieve just that. It’s not even 9am, but you’re already gulping down your third latte as you hurriedly prepare for a morning of back-to-back meetings. […]
John McIntyre, a good bishop…
Gippsland Bishop John McIntyre dies, aged 62 11/06/2014 by Muriel Porter and Mark Brolly Bishop John McIntyre of Gippsland has died after a short illness. The 62-year-old bishop, who had led Gippsland’s Anglicans since 2006, died at Monash Medical Centre, Clayton, on 6 June, almost a week after being admitted to intensive care. He is […]
Heroes: why they are so incredibly important…
Refusing Resignation: Moral Heroes in an Age of Victims Susan NeimanABC RELIGION AND ETHICS13 JUN 2014 IN A TIME OBSESSED WITH VICTIMS, MORAL HEROES EXEMPLIFY HOW TO LIVE IN THE WORLD INSTEAD OF JUST EXISTING IN IT, AND REMIND US THAT LIFE IS LARGER THAN THE DIMENSIONS WE ARE URGED TO ACCEPT. Why should we think about […]
Women in the First Two Generations of Christianity
Notes and a few quotes from Ross Saunders: Outrageous Women Outrageous God: Women in the First Two Generations of Christianity, Acorn Press 1996 In times of social dislocation, often it’s the women who – against social precedent – ‘take charge’. Aboriginal (Koori) women are often ‘leading their menfolk in recovering and preserving their indigenous culture… […]
Much Ado About Francis: The Challenge of the Pope in a Cynical Age
Christopher BrittainABC RELIGION AND ETHICS 2 JUN 2014 CAN A CHARISMATIC LEADER SUCCESSFULLY CHALLENGE THE RIGIDITY OF LONG-STANDING RULES AND SOCIAL ORDERINGS, BE THEY THOSE OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH, SECULAR MORAL CODES OR ESTABLISHED POLITICAL DIVISIONS?CREDIT: NENEO / SHUTTERSTOCK.COM SEE ALSO Related Story: The Francis Phenomenon, or Media Infatuation? Reflections on the Anniversary of a PontificateSCOTT STEPHENS ET AL. 13 MAR 2014 […]
Towards an ideas-rich society…
How many ideas does it take to change a culture? Knowledge will always be power, but the way it is understood and used is undergoing revolutionary change Good ideas rarely happen in isolation. Photograph: Michaela Rehle/Reuters Edwina Throsby Wednesday 30 April 2014 Most ideas we encounter in daily life are of little consequence: “I have […]
‘Do Nothing’: Add that to your ‘To Do’ list…
Top Google articles on this subject 5 Ways to Do Nothing and Become More Productive by James Altucher I got an email at 5 in the morning that made me angry. It pressed every button. It accused. It threatened. It cc-ed people. It attempted to make me feel guilt. It attempted to make me feel fear. […]
Asking the Right Questions
The top Google articles… Are You Asking The Right Question? Forty years ago, someone asked a profound question that fundamentally changed how we communicate with each other every day. At the time, I was nine years old living in South Africa. When our family visited my grandfather’s farm for the holidays, the telephone we used was […]
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