I recently returned from a trip in a state of mind that could only be described as 'unhealthy'. I was angry, frustrated, disheartened, disgusted and quite simply embarrassed. To make things worse, those feelings were toward some of my colleagues. I had been on a ten day trip to Europe, four sectors, two different crews. As each sector unfolded I was continually confronted with some very disturbing attitudes and behaviours by some of my fellow colleagues, particularly the more senior ones. Displays of arrogance, self-importance and a complete disregard and lack of respect or understanding for other people and their tasks prevailed throughout the trip. It made me angry, furious, that somebody could think and believe that they were more important than another person simply because of their position. I know we all see it from time to time, and we usually just brush it off, but this time it really got to me. I really struggled to bite my tongue. All I wanted to do was have a go at them, to express my frustration and disbelief at their arrogance and question why they believed they had any right to treat other people the way they did.
I hope this newsletter brings you hope and not pain. I know what it's like to lose friends in plane crashes and write with all sympathy if you've gone through a heart-breaking loss in your life. If I hit a raw nerve, I hope you will accept my apology and forgive my bluntness. Chris.
At a recent aviation safety seminar, the presenter talked about the Fed Ex MD11 crash in Narita last year. He made the blunt statement that in the space of less than a minute two pilots went from everyday, routine life to dead. They were on a normal approach at the end of a normal flight and then all of a sudden, tragically, everything changed. A chilling comment isn't it?
"He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; he will purify the Levites and refine them like gold and silver. Then the LORD will have men who will bring offerings in righteousness." Malachi 3:3
I don't know if you have ever experienced a period of refinement or purification in your faith or life. Often these are painful times of change and stripping away or separating the old (perhaps comfortable) self from that which God designs and desires to be left.
Do you see your workplace as somewhere that you can serve and share God? Sadly many Christians don’t. Instead they live believing a “Two-Story” view of the workplace that ranks people like this:
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I recently returned from a trip in a state of mind that could only be described as 'unhealthy'. I was angry, frustrated, disheartened, disgusted and quite simply embarrassed. To make things worse, those feelings were toward some of my colleagues. I had been on a ten day trip to Europe, four sectors, two different crews. As each sector unfolded I was continually confronted with some very disturbing attitudes and behaviours by some of my fellow colleagues, particularly the more senior ones. Displays of arrogance, self-importance and a complete disregard and lack of respect or understanding for other people and their tasks prevailed throughout the trip. It made me angry, furious, that somebody could think and believe that they were more important than another person simply because of their position. I know we all see it from time to time, and we usually just brush it off, but this time it really got to me. I really struggled to bite my tongue. All I wanted to do was have a go at them, to express my frustration and disbelief at their arrogance and question why they believed they had any right to treat other people the way they did. 
I hope this newsletter brings you hope and not pain. I know what it's like to lose friends in plane crashes and write with all sympathy if you've gone through a heart-breaking loss in your life. If I hit a raw nerve, I hope you will accept my apology and forgive my bluntness. Chris.
"He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; he will purify the Levites and refine them like gold and silver. Then the LORD will have men who will bring offerings in righteousness." Malachi 3:3
Do you see your workplace as somewhere that you can serve and share God? Sadly many Christians don’t. Instead they live believing a “Two-Story” view of the workplace that ranks people like this:
