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Trial and triumph

Trial and triumph

Often in the work place you have to deal with power politics and passive-aggressive colleagues or customers who undermine, backstab, gossip and bully. People might besmirch you to the boss; demean you accusingly by the tone of their voice; reprimand you over trivial and petty things, just so they can feel powerful and in control, and or advance themselves in the workplace—not to mention other emotionally abusive behaviours..

  • What’s holding us back?

    When my parents divorced, we spent the first 9 months living at my auntie's house while my mum was trying to find a new place for us. On the back of the bathroom door there was a quote by Charles Swindoll that have helped shape my life. It said:

  • What a day!

    Hey, my name is Brendan. Let me share a story with you about one of the most significant days of my life.

  • Confessions of a peculiar perfectionist

    I don’t call myself a perfectionist, but I do have a peculiar form of it within me. It tends to pop out in the weirdest places, making me edgy when I fall short of my standard of perfection.

  • The media and me – a love-hate relationship

    I am a former news junkie.

  • The Liz Hay Story

    As an infant, I loved words and had my own names for things. I lived in books as a child, while growing up on the West Coast of NZ’s South Island, and my nick-name at school for a time was ‘the walking dictionary’ – a moniker which puzzled me then. My parents were not well off, I was the eldest of four, and the commercial subjects they wanted me to take at secondary school were ones that would enable me to get a job.

  • Blessed are those who have learned

    Have you ever felt like you have mastered something? Like you know how to do something and you do it well?

  • Christina Tyson and the Kiwi young writers

    Major Christian Tyson is the former head of the New Zealand Salvation Army Media Unit and the ‘Patron’ - type person to help the Kiwi young writers establish themselves as a separate entity to the Australian young writers ministry.

  • Kiwi sport writer for Christian Today New Zealand

    Christian Today New Zealand has available a sport writer spot and invites Kiwi young people to put up their hand.

  • Transformation: Leave it to Jesus

    I think that one of the most discouraging aspects in our quest to “make disciples” (Matthew chapter 28, verse 19) is the lack of ‘results’.

  • That’s Not My Nativity Scene – It has a Dragon In It!

     We’re coming up to Christmas which is my favourite time of the year! As soon as December 1st comes round, my hubby and I pull out all our Christmas stuff which we haven’t seen for ten months and set about decorating the house and tree.

  • Don’t let your tail grow back again!

    We have recently been studying reptiles during our Science lessons. There are so many interesting reptiles. But what is even more interesting is the special traits that God has given each of them.