Key Topics for Graduates
What's lacking in integrity
24 Oct 2007 - 10:49 — by Tim VickersRichard Branson is the leading business persons' leading business
person! He is the top, the entrepreneur all would like to emulate, the
Reaching the nation- the missing ingredient
24 Oct 2007 - 10:55 — by Tim VickersMark Greene wonders whether we've been living half the Gospel.
You can win a lot of skirmishes without winning a battle.
The truth about lies
25 Oct 2007 - 09:44 — by Tim VickersThe purpose of this article is not to suggest that integrity and telling the truth are synonymous, but rather to acknowledge that the area in which our Christian integrity is most often challenged on a day by day basis is our honesty.
The attitude of gratitude- by Melinda Blasche
25 Oct 2007 - 09:58 — by Tim Vickers"I hate my job!" I shouted down the phone, thus concluding an hour-long tirade about nearly every aspect of my job. For 60 minutes I had criticised my boss, slated my colleagues, whined about my pay, and complained about the unchallenging and seemingly meaningless nature of my work. What had begun as a pleasant chat with a good friend soon turned sour as the frustration I had been feeling took over the conversation.
Understanding Work
2 Nov 2007 - 09:04 — by Tim VickersFor many, work appears to be at best a means of making cash, and at worst just an accident of life.
Did work originate before or after the Fall? Is it part of God's
punishment on us? Or does the Bible have something completely different
to say about our working lives?
Too Much Work
2 Nov 2007 - 09:11 — by Tim VickersWork is good but it isn't God.
Whilst some people find it hard to get work in the first place, others find
it hard to get a life outside their job. There are some sectors - junior medicine,
law, the church of England (to name but three) - where there is an expectation
placed on staff to work up to 90 hours a week! At the same time, levels of stress-related
illness accounting for 8 million lost working days each year tell us this is
not sustainable.
Salvation by Work - A Creed of our Time
2 Nov 2007 - 09:29 — by Tim VickersHow many Christians do you know who are workaholics? How many people do you speak to (myself included) who go on about how busy they are at work? How little time they have for anything else. How busy they are with their church activity. How tired they constantly seem to be these days. How stressed they are about this that or the other.
How I learned to Canoe!
15 Nov 2007 - 10:02 — by Tim Vickers"Can't you find out God's will for you life and stick to it?" After four degrees in a variety of disciplines, five different full-time jobs, and at least two career changes this is probably a valid question to ask me. Is it right that my constantly changing career path is an indication that I have found it difficult to know the will of God for my life? The answer is both yes and no!
Slave New World?
15 Nov 2007 - 10:11 — by Tim VickersFirst the bad news. Then some more bad news. And then some good news.