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Going Deeper
Work and burnout: whereâs the balance
The system that gives esteem to engaged employees also creates anxiety only quelled through working more intensively. Perhaps we can bring more of the refreshing gospel of Christ to our workplaces.
Samuel Johns
February 9, 2022
7
min read
Testimony
My Faith Journey with the Cultural Influencers Cross-Current Group
Participating in the Cultural Influencers Cross Current is an absolutely unique experience. It raises a lot of questions that I never thought about and I talk about my beliefs a lot more naturally.
Shuk Ling Chan
February 9, 2022
4
min read
Quick Read
How about giving yourself the best gift for Christmas?
Let us realise what this means: âUnto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given.â Unto us! Yes, we are worth it, even if we are not.
Christel Ngnambi
December 20, 2021
5
min read
Going Deeper
Sharpening the Saw: consider Sabbath
An essay questioning the fruits of optimisation. Part 3: Consider Sabbath.
Benjamin Sager
January 28, 2022
5
min read
Going Deeper
Sharpening the Saw: Optimisation and Fragility
An essay questioning the fruits of optimisation. Part 2: Optimisation and Fragility. What is the âcult of efficiencyâ doing to our humanity?
Samuel Johns
January 28, 2022
5
min read
Going Deeper
Sharpening the Saw: The Best Path to Freedom?
An essay questioning the fruits of optimisation. Part 1: What are we aiming for when we optimise? Do we even count the costs? What does it mean to live a good life?
Adrian Petrice
January 3, 2022
7
min read
Curated Content
Misleading Rights-Talk
Postmodernism has lent a voice to humiliated and marginalized groups but in its more extreme manifestations it mocks notions of objective knowledge and moral truths that transcend culture and context.
Vinoth Ramachandra
January 25, 2022
5
min read
Book Reviews
The Burnout Society: Survival of the fittest
Burnout represents the pathological consequence of voluntary self-exploitation.
Samuel Johns
September 2, 2022
11
min read
Book Reviews
The Burnout Society: Why so tired?
Being tired is not the problem; the problem is that the kind of tiredness that our society brews is one of exhaustion.
Adrian Petrice
September 2, 2022
4
min read
Book Reviews
The Burnout Society: scattered and bored
Han writes: "Multitasking is commonplace among wild animals. It is an attentive technique indispensable for survival in the wilderness. That is why animals are incapable of contemplative immersion.â
Adrian Petrice
September 2, 2022
4
min read
Curated Content
A Vulnerable Transition
Many young adults face two major transitions between the ages of 18-26 â first the move from home to university and second the move from university to work.
June 22, 2021
min read
Going Deeper
Jordan Peterson, Christâs Substitution and Union with Christ
Dr Peterson has expressed that aspiring towards the âChrist figureâ ideal, so admirably and wholeheartedly, is no walk in the park. But Christians don't imitate Christ apart from Christ.
Seb Rab
June 22, 2021
7
min read
Going Deeper
Jesus, Race, and the Foundation of Inherent Dignity for All
The imperative behind the recognition of the worth of black lives isnât beholden to the news agenda. The force behind the statement is to be found in the very nature of God.
Damilola Makinde
June 22, 2021
6
min read
Video
Interview Iwan Russell-Jones
Iwan Russell-Jones on Christianity, the arts and imagination. Interviewed during the annual Cross-Current Professional Groups Conference in Berlin, November 2019.
Iwan Russell Jones
June 22, 2021
17
min read
Video
Interview with John Wyatt
Interview with Professor John Wyatt at the November 2019 Cross-Current Conference. John is a leading medical ethicist who wants to help us think biblically through current matters of life and death.
John Wyatt
June 22, 2021
17
min read
Going Deeper
On Being & Knowing - A Response
The current zeitgeist says loud and clear; "the journey is the destination". Why are we even travelling? How are we trying to find who we are? Maybe the story is more important than the journey.
Adrian Petrice
June 22, 2021
3
min read