Malyon Workplace

12/12/2022

Here's hoping this could be the tech breakthrough we've been hoping for...

The United States was poised to announce that it had finally succeeded in producing a net energy gain through a fusion reaction that could create almost limitless, clean energy.

02/04/2019

We are not Ok - We are not getting happier - From the World Happiness Report

Just in case we thought we could fix things ourselves the happiness report shows that it's not working. Even though things are getting better we are not finding happiness.

"In addition, numerous indicators of low psychological well-being such as depression, suicidal ideation, and self-harm increased sharply among adolescents since 2010, particularly among girls and young women (Mercado et al., 2017; Mojtabai et al., 2016; Plemmons et al., 2018; Twenge et al., 2018b, 2019a). Depression and self-harm also increased over this time period among children and adolescents in the UK (Morgan et al., 2017; NHS, 2018; Patalay & Gage, 2019). Thus, those in iGen (born after 1995) are markedly lower in psychological well-being than Millennials (born 1980-1994) were at the same age (Twenge, 2017).

This decline in happiness and mental health seems paradoxical. By most accounts, Americans should be happier now than ever. The violent crime rate is low, as is the unemployment rate. Income per capita has steadily grown over the last few decades. This is the Easterlin paradox: As the standard of living improves, so should happiness – but it has not."

Oh and as I read on Social media isn't helping either.

http://worldhappiness.report/ed/2019/

07/03/2019

...For the last 50 years, the conversation about faith and learning has often been about what faith has to do with the content of education, with the ideas that get transmitted. But there’s been much less conversation about how faith affects how we teach -- which is strange, because formation comes as much out of how we’re taught as out of what ideas are put in front of us....

Today, teaching is basically viewed as a matter of technique, says David I. Smith. “It’s like getting your car fixed at the garage,” he said. “You don’t care if your mechanic is a Buddhist as long as it runs again afterward.” That view of teaching, however, is fundamentally mistaken, sai...

07/02/2019

Great questions being pursued here by Kara Martin:

In a couple of weeks I will be inducted into a PhD program as I get serious about researching how we can better equip Christians for the workplace. In my experience there is a variety of content offered through theological colleges, professional organisations, churches, parachurch groups and Chris

23/12/2018

Natasha Moore compares the story of Christmas to Trump joining the human caravan in South America or Scomo submitting himself to detention on Nauru...brilliant reminder of what Christmas is.

The insight of the incarnation is that enduring change cannot be imposed from the outside. The Christian revolution begins with two unknown women, with their unborn babies, marvelling at the mercy of their God.

14/11/2018

https://tifwe.org/six-reasons-biblical-flourishing-is-unique/

The question of how to "flourish and thrive" is answered very differently by scripture than by our culture. Here are six quick examples.

25/10/2018

Crucial framework here from Dave Benson for what we do during the week. If the church scattered gets this, our world will change- the very way it was always meant to be changed!

  If you were the Son of God—with thirty-three years to save the world—how would you invest your time? What would you prioritise, as a neoLeader?

24/09/2018

That was great tonight Chris! Thanks 4 sharing life-changing poems. They expressed the trauma of the human condition. Tks also to all of u who were there! JK

14/09/2018

Some helpful insights into the nature of work and how fits in with our redemption

How should Christians approach their calling? As image-bearers of a creative and loving God our role is to give the world a better name. That's according to author, pastor and theologian Brian Harris. Listen to his conversation with Stephen O'Doherty.