When the Mantle is too heavy and doesn’t seem to fit
When someone is appointed to a position or an office, we talk about them ‘assuming (or taking on) the mantle of leadership. Why is it normal for the appointee, on taking up their calling, to feel a sense of inadequacy?
What is to become of you - and are you willing?
God’s desire is to mould and fashion us into someone able to fulfil all our latent potential but whereas we are unsure both about our own potential and how it is to be realised, He has a clear and confident impression of what He intends us to become. The big question is not whether God is able to make it happen but whether we will let Him…
444 BC and 1958 AD
God has myriad ways of calling people to something new - something which will alter the direction of their lives - and if we compare the way that it happened in biblical times, with the way that it happens in our own ‘modern’ times, we often find that the two are not dissimilar.
Here are two examples - one from 444 BC and one from 1958 AD…
Why another book on ‘Calling’ had to be written – 2 Traps you must avoid
The majority of materials that exist on the subject of ‘Calling’, whilst they say some useful things, seem to fall into one or both of the following traps…
Why another book on ‘Calling’ had to be written – Your ‘Element’ is not too hard to find
Writers, coaches and consultants, in both the secular and Christian worlds, agree that the majority of people from thirties up to retiring age, when questioned about their life and career choices, admit that they have not really enjoyed or felt fulfilled in what they have done.
Inherited Craftsmanship - Doing stuff that matches who we are
The Craftsman in God has created in us a longing to be craftsmen – to produce quality work and to achieve lasting results.
Inherited Craftsmanship - Developing into what we are not yet
In contrast to the lack of enjoyment and fulfilment reported by so many, if the following statements all hold true…