Hard work never killed anybody"" is a mantra repeated by everyone from prime ministers to workers, but this national belief contributes to injury and death in the workplace every day. In his ministry to bereaved families and injured workers John Bottomley has noted how the ideology of hard work has been exaggerated to the point of becoming an idolatry. This book confronts that idolatry with Bottomley's long experience, personal stories, and the insights of scripture. Using Walter Brueggemann's ""prophetic imagination,"" and the Australian indigenous experience of ""deep listening"" , the book offers an alternative vision of ""companioning pastoral care."" Senator Doug Cameron launched John Bottomley's Hard Work Never Killed Anybody last week, and described the book thus: ""John is to be congratulated on raising and analysing some of the most complex issues arising from workplace deaths."" ""The issues raised in the book lay down a challenge to society in general about coming to grips with the impact of economic rationalism, the role of work and society, and the need for improved health and safety.
This book has a variety of stories from regaining conciousness to circling the world and reflecting on the authors life. Over Easy is a non-fiction book using some imagination based on travel detailing memories, humourous stories, facts and figures.
Hard work never killed anybody"" is a mantra repeated by everyone from prime ministers to workers, but this national belief contributes to injury and death in the workplace every day. In his ministry to bereaved families and injured workers John Bottomley has noted how the ideology of hard work has been exaggerated to the point of becoming an idolatry. This book confronts that idolatry with Bottomley's long experience, personal stories, and the insights of scripture. Using Walter Brueggemann's ""prophetic imagination,"" and the Australian indigenous experience of ""deep listening,"" the book offers an alternative vision of ""companioning pastoral care."" John Bottomley is a Uniting Church in Australia minister. After outer suburban ministry and research work in a ship-building yard prompted awareness of workplace issues, he founded, with other ministers, an agency to minister at work. Over thirty years the Creative Ministries Network, with John as Director, has emerged as Australia's leading church-based research agency into work-related harm, while demonstrating the contribution of Christ's gospel to healing, justice and reconciliation through practical programs that respond to injustice and suffering.
This volume describes recent research in the field of metalloproteinases (a family of enzymes that can catalyze tissue degradation), in particular their participation in autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, reviewing the latest developments in metalloproteinase inhibitor design and the current status of clinical candidates. This volume is intended not only for those active in research into metalloproteinases but also for those with an interest in inflammatory diseases. Thus it addresses both academic and industrial researchers.
What we do at work - part time or full time, paid or unpaid, at home or out of home - identifies us, categorises us, labels us, consumes us sometimes destroys us and those we love. These five Bible studies looks for insights from John's Gospel to help us understand the place of work in our lives according to the purposes of God.
Description: Both the Australian church and nation face difficult times. National reconciliation, the place of worship in contemporary mission, injustice at work through work-related death, grief and bullying, the tension between business and theological understandings of corporate governance, and the suffering brought by post-traumatic stress to victims and perpetrators of violence challenge the foundations of modern life. The book of Isaiah brings together prophetic words about trust and justice in times of difficulty, words of hope in times of captivity, and words of judgment as the community reshapes its life after overwhelmingly tough times. While a great distance lies between contemporary Australia and the situations of ancient Israel evident in Isaiah, the poetic structure of voices in Isaiah can speak across that distance. Howard Wallace and John Bottomley have listened both to Isaiah's ancient voice and the voices of those struggling with today's difficult times in ways that call the church to rethink with imagination its prophetic role in society.
Called the most widely read English novel of the twentieth century, D.H. Lawrence's largely auto-biographical "Sons and Lovers tells the story of Paul Morel, a young artist growing into manhood in a British working-class community near the Nottingham coalfields. His mother Gertrude, unhappily married to Paul's hard-drinking father, devotes all her energies to her son. They develop a powerful and passionate relationship, but eventually tensions arise when Paul falls in love with a girl and seeks to escape his family. Heralding Lawrence's mature period, "Sons and Lovers vividly evokes the all-consuming nature of possessive love and sexual attraction. Lushly descriptive and deeply emotional, it is rich in universal truths about human relationships.
Description: Both the Australian church and nation face difficult times. National reconciliation, the place of worship in contemporary mission, injustice at work through work-related death, grief and bullying, the tension between business and theological understandings of corporate governance, and the suffering brought by post-traumatic stress to victims and perpetrators of violence challenge the foundations of modern life. The book of Isaiah brings together prophetic words about trust and justice in times of difficulty, words of hope in times of captivity, and words of judgment as the community reshapes its life after overwhelmingly tough times. While a great distance lies between contemporary Australia and the situations of ancient Israel evident in Isaiah, the poetic structure of voices in Isaiah can speak across that distance. Howard Wallace and John Bottomley have listened both to Isaiah's ancient voice and the voices of those struggling with today's difficult times in ways that call the church to rethink with imagination its prophetic role in society.
The data identified a number of risk factors for suicide for injured workers on workers compensation. These included the length of time on compensation, the vulnerability of younger workers, the emergence of psychological symptoms of mental illness for those initially presenting with physical injury, and the possibility that blue-collar occupations may be more at risk of suicide than other occupations."--Executive summary, p. 4.
The emerging discourse about spirituality in the mental health sector may reflect a deep yearning for holistic are in both the lives of those who suffer mental illness and those who work amongst them. The report seeks to contribute to the social policy discussion about spiritual care in mental health services. The report address the importance of understand the yearning for improvied and holistic care from the particular perspective of Christian spirituality as it is embodied in the mental health ministries of three ministers in Uniting Church in Australia placements ..."--Executive summary.
One of a series of Lenten studies which asks us to consider how the direction of our lives is shaped by the work we do. Contains a series of five weekly studies which use the gospel readings for Lent (year A) designed to be taken by a group leader with participants invited to meditate upon the Bible passage and their experiences at work. The author is a minister of the Uniting Church and is involved in consultancy work with the government, community organisations and the church.
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