Malyon Workplace

Taking Your Soul to Work ? Neighbour Love (Chapter 25)

Taking your soul to workNeighbour-love: Experiencing the ability to meet the needs of others and to contribute to their well-being

Neighbour love brings to a conclusion this trilogy of thoughts from Stevens and Ung. ?We’ve looked at the soul-sapping struggle of envy?and it’s corollary, the life giving fruit of the Spirit, kindness.

Now we turn to the outcome that characterises a life where kindness has overcome envy in the daily machinations of workplace life – neighbour-love.

Here’s a challenging question posed by the authors: “Wouldn’t it make a huge difference in my workplace if I made it my goal to find creative ways to love and bless my co-workers, bosses, and staff on a daily basis?” [Read more…] about Taking Your Soul to Work ? Neighbour Love (Chapter 25)

Taking Your Soul to Work ? Kindness: Putting others at ease (Chapter 16)

Taking your soul to workKindness ? Putting others at ease by rejoicing in their gifts and achievements

?”Envy (which we looked at in the last post) causes us to feel terrible when someone else is happy; kindness causes us to rejoice at the achievements of others. ?Envy seeks to pull people down; kindness builds people up,” (p.107)

As a Christ-follower, our desire and motivation to demonstrate kindness in the workplace must be rooted in the Gospel. ?Kindness cannot be legislated or commanded. ?Authentic kindness comes as a result of understanding and appreciating the kindness that God has shown to us in Jesus: ?“Be kind to one another, tender-hearted, as God in Christ has forgiven you.” (Ephesians 4:2)

What might kindness look like in the workplace? ?Here’s some suggestions from Stevens and Ung:

  • Changed attitudes: Taking the initiative in demonstrating kindness rather than waiting for others to take the first step; listening attentively and being sensitive to unspoken needs; actively and intentionally practicing ‘random acts of kindness’; celebrating the achievements, big or small, of fellow workers rather than looking for recognition of our own endeavours. ? [Read more…] about Taking Your Soul to Work ? Kindness: Putting others at ease (Chapter 16)

Exploring some common Workplace Myths

The creative people at Threads are putting together a very interesting series of blogs entitled “10 Myths about Work” (they were up to Myth #8 last time I looked).

Here’s how they introduced the series:

“Between leaving full-time education and retirement we?ll spend about 90,000 hours in the workplace. Work is a hugely significant part of life, but one that we don?t talk about all that much, let alone hear much teaching on at church. This mini-series tackles the top 10 myths about work ? common things that we can all fall into believing when we lose God?s perspective on our work. Join the debate ? let?s break the silence.” [Read more…] about Exploring some common Workplace Myths