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| Cristianos superocupados by Tim Chester |
 Book Description: "Cristianos superocupados Organiza tu vida. ¡No dejes que ella te organice a ti!" is the spanish version of "The Busy Christian's Guide to Busyness" by Tim Chester. This book is published and sold by Andamio for 14,00 €
¿Dices fácilmente “Sí”, cuando en realidad querrías decir “No”? ¿Te sientes atrapado y sin salida en una rutina de 24 horas diarias 7 días a la semana? Tim Chester propone maneras muy prácticas y directas de hacer frente a ese problema: Dar con la raíz y ¡cortar por lo sano! Si la raíz del problema es: “Necesito demostrar lo que valgo”, “Si yo no me ocupo, todo se descontrola”, “Me gusta trabajar bajo presión”, “Me atrae el éxito económico”... ¡Replantéate tu situación! La ‘esclavitud’ moderna suele tener su origen en una confusión de valores. Si de verdad queremos ser libres, será imperativo replantearnos nuestros objetivos a la luz de la Palabra de Dios. Gestionar bien el tiempo es una indudable prioridad. Y el ocuparnos debidamente de nuestro corazón es todavía más importante. Dios ha prometido descanso a todos los cansados y atribulados (Mateo 11:28). El aceptar ese ofrecimiento es cosa nuestra. Tim Chester pone al descubierto las múltiples apariencias engañosas que nos mueven a actuar, causantes además de continuas frustraciones. Este libro ofrece soluciones muy directas y consejos muy prácticos, a la hora de hacer frente a un problema que a casi todos nos afecta. |
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| Esto es vida by Paul Veller |
 Book Description: "Esto as vida: Decisiones que funcionan para gente que trabaja" is the spanish version of "Get a life: Winning Choices for Working People" by Paul Veller. It is published and sold by Andamio for 17,00 € ¿Agotado? ¿Agobiado? ¿Angustiado? ¿Problemas para conjugar tiempo y ocupaciones? Paul Valler sabe bien de qué se trata. Tomando como base su propia experiencia, va a la raíz de los problemas, mostrándonos el modo de recuperar el control perdido gracias a decisiones puntuales que marcan la diferencia. Con capítulos ricos en contenido y muy manejables en su extensión, el autor consigue que hasta la persona más adicta al trabajo se haga eco de sus consejos y pase a darse vida. Vivimos vidas ajetreadas, con múltiples demandas, exigencias y obligaciones. Ante un panorama así, debemos ser reflexivos y estratégicos en el uso de nuestro tiempo para poder asumir todas las responsabilidades profesionales y vitales de una forma sosegada, tranquila y con sentido. ¿Cómo realizarse en un mundo de ritmo vertiginoso, con mayores exigencias laborales y una variedad de opciones de vida en aumento? |
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| Por fin es lunes by Mark Greene |
 Book Description: Por fin es lunes. Ministerio en el lugar de trabajo is a Spanish version of "Thank God it's Monday. Ministry in the Workplace" by Mark Greene. This book is published and sold by Andamio for 16,00 € ¿Estamos intentando entablar relaciones con los vecinos desconocidos cuando nuestro prójimo es el que se sienta en la mesa de al lado? Este libro eminentemente práctico nos descubre cómo afrontar nuestro tiempo en el trabajo, ayudándonos a ver nuestra profesión, a nuestros compañeros y a nuestros jefes como Dios lo haría. Además, incluye un capítulo dedicado a integrar vida y trabajo, entendiendo como tanto nuestra vida laboral, como nuestra vida de fin de semana puede ser vivida fructíferamente para Dios. "Si el mensaje del evangelio irrumpe en nuestra semana laboral como Mark Greene propone, que no nos sorprendan las conversaciones ni los cambios que provoque a nuestro alrededor. Una reflexión atrevida y desafiante acerca de la teología del trabajo y la vocación, sembrada de historias reales, que va a cambiar la jornada laboral de muchos lectores". Jorge Saguar, Director General para Iberia Cardinal Health International |
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| Luna Juice Bar: Fueling Recovery, Impacting Community by Rodolpho Carrasco |
This is an article by Rudy Carrasco in PartnersWorldwide.org's blog
"The woman behind Luna Juice Bar embodies her unique name – Summer Shine – but that wasn’t always the case.
A few years ago, Shine was homeless in New Orleans with a husband about to leave her, a son who wouldn’t take her calls, and a mother who was planning her funeral..." |
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| Calling and Social Transformation by Jon Escoto |
Sample These are my “bridge thoughts” on these two important topics. I have two reflections. Part I and Part II. They are not totally related to each other. Part I (On Machiavelli and Teresa of Avila) Social Transformation, or simply put, “change”, is largely dependent on two very vital assumptions of the change agents, or on a larger scale, the “society changers”. They are their accurate: (1) diagnosis of the problem, and, (2) vision of what and where society should be. |
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| Virtues by Iain Benson |
Sample Virtue is a term that is being recovered from Greek philosophy to become part of contemporary discussions on ethics. There is good reason for this: both in ancient literature and in the Bible, virtue is a fundamental dimension of ethical living and moral character development. While the concept of virtue predates Christianity, it has been greatly influenced and deepened by the Christian faith. It is also true to say that the thinking of Christians, especially in the Western church, has been influenced by these Greek sources. Few would deny that moral education is a pressing need today. Unfortunately the concept of virtue has, over the years, deteriorated and, like a host of other terms (tradition, heritage or even right and wrong) has lost its vibrancy. More commonly we now tend to speak of personal “values” rather than virtues. And we create our own “values” rather than conforming ourselves to “virtues” as the categorical “given” aspects of an overall (therefore shared) goodness. So the questions of what virtue is and how we can and why we should become virtuous are crucial considerations for everyday life. |
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| Treatise on Callings by William Perkins |
Summary William Perkins – Treatise on Callings: A Puritan Approach to the Doctrine of Vocation Its value:
(All references to pages in The Works of That Famous Minister of Christ in the University of Cambridge by William Perkins (London: John Legatt, 1626). |
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| Business as a Calling and Profession Part B by Gordon Preece |
Sample: Having surveyed the relatively positive biblical view of material work and clarified the difference between status wealth then and now and productive wealth, it is important to examine some of the Greek philosophical and historical factors disparaging work and business, against which Protestant notions of vocation subsequently reacted. |
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| Toward a Theology of Profit by Don Flow |
Sample TOWARD A THEOLOGY OF PROFIT by Don Flow Profit, as defined by the accounting profession, is the excess of total revenues over total costs. Economists define “pure profit” as the amount of money remaining after making all payments for productive services and raw materials after the going rate of payments for the capital invested has been deducted. Profit is the estimated claim on wealth that can be used as capital for new efforts to create wealth. A Christian perspective on profit requires a correct understanding of what profit actually is, how it is created, who has a just claim on it, and what role it plays in a business, all in the context of a biblical understanding of human nature, stewardship, justice, and community. Understanding Profit Profit in an organization must be understood in the context of the productivity of capital. In the long term, the return on invested capital must exceed the cost of capital to the organization. If the firm fails to do so, it is technically a destroyer of all kinds of wealth in society -- finances, intellect, and humanity. |
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| Business as a Calling and Profession Part A by Gordon Preece |
Sample: Note: adapted from the above title in Samuel Gregg and Gordon Preece, Christianity and Entrepreneurship; Protestant and Catholic Thoughts. (St. Leonards NSW: Centre for Independent Studies, 1999) printed here with permission. All Bible references are NRSV unless noted. Introduction A retired Protestant businessman told me recently how he had once spoken about business at an Anglican church only to be told by two young men that a Christian could not possibly be engaged in such a sordid activity. They would not be alone. A large number of Protestant Christians today would be uneasy with the claim that business can be an avenue of one's Christian calling. Given the bad press that many transnational business corporations get, and some deserve, this feeling is understandable. Yet, I will argue, it is ultimately misguided, representing an amnesia about one of Protestantism's great distinctives, the doctrine of the universal calling or vocation of all believers, in whatever biblically lawful places of service these believers find themselves. |
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