‘Meanwhile Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest and asked him for letters to the synagogues at Damascus, so that if he found any who belonged to the Way, men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.’ (Acts…

I don’t normally do this — engage with Muslim apologetics in a blog. This is what I usually write about How to Read the Quran — Medium. I have a problem with apologetics, usually of the Christian variety, it tries to do too much, often badly. Our bad habits seem…

19 October 2021 A time to recover For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die; time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted; a time to kill, and a time…

What’s normal after the pandemic? People talk about the ‘new normal’. You’re probably fed up with it already, I’ve added it to my list of cliches that I avoid as much as possible. It’s not as bad as the longed for ‘back to normal’ though. We have a terrible urge to look backwards rather than…

Surprisingly, compared to six months ago, no one needs to argue about the benefits of home-working, or whether it is possible, it has become normal. We have become more relaxed about disruptions that didn’t even arise when we were office workers — cats on Zoom, children joining in with news…

Why you shouldn’t work too hard There is a drive to be productive at work, in some business sectors more than others — if you aren’t productive what are you even doing here?! Many of us want to have a productive day, each with our own definition of productivity, unless we only have our bosses’ take…

The most immediate and obvious change is on that thorny subject of ‘working at home’, very popular with office workers on Fridays, less so with serious managers who expect you to be at your desk. Before coronavirus came along if you were working for an office-based business there was great…

Or, Still waiting to be Rescued? I described the problem in life (Time to Grow Up!), but what about business? My example from my own working life showed how working and growing up don’t necessarily go together. …