Douglas Cartwright

How To Be More Patient With Others

Why do we get impatient with others? Sometimes it’s because we believe they should know better, other times it’s because we think they should go faster. Perhaps we’re right. Given their upbringing, their exposure to certain ideas you would (posted by Douglas 266 days 4 hours ago.)

Rioters in London: Making Sense of Senseless Violence

Two days ago my wife called me to say she was heading into one of the riot zones to pick up our 10 month old baby. The nursery had advised us to come and get our children as trouble was said to be brewing down the road from the main high-road. The scale and ferocity of the rioting has been a shock to many. Commentators have been quick to label it as ‘mindless... (posted by Douglas 284 days 7 hours ago.)

Are People Really the Problem?

People are people so why should it be: that you and I should get along so awfully? Depeche Mode I've worked in high end retail and I'm sure at some point I've muttered: “This job would be great if it wasn't for the customers!” They were rude, arrogant, intolerant, and demanding according to me and I assumed it was because they were rich. Years later I started to read... (posted by Douglas 307 days 11 hours ago.)

Responding To Work Challenges In a Christian Way

Working in a secular society will always present challenges for the Christian as we are ‘in the world but not of the world’ but in the last few years we face a number of additional difficulties. We work in a culture that has rejected the message of the gospel. Our media implicitly and explicitly criticises the Christian message and our law system grows... (posted by Douglas 1 year 54 days ago.)

Christian Coaching and the Question: "Why am I here?"

Why is your coach’s answer to the question “Why (or ‘for what purpose) am I here so important? Because….his or her beliefs on the subject will undoubtedly affect some of the questions he or she will ask you whilst coaching you. Why does this even matter? It matters because a Christian wants to have the honor of Christ foremost in his mind.... (posted by Douglas 1 year 89 days ago.)

How can I NOT take it personally?

I think, at the heart of much of our lack of achievement is the fear of being attacked at a personal level. I mean, the fear that somehow the criticism that comes from another will get through to ME, the fundamental ‘I’, the essence of who I am. If you understand what I am talking about when I say “the criticism seems to go right through me, past all my defences, and hits me personally then this article is for you.... (posted by Douglas 1 year 187 days ago.)