Building Bridges.....

Yesterday I heard an interview, or should I say a panel discussion about Christian faith by the famous actor David Suchet, well known for his role as Poirot in Agatha Christies murder story. The first question to him was : what are the challenges and opportunities being a Christian in today's world ( I think he meant the western World) David Suchet started to say that " he rather would like to be in an environment where everyone is a Christian, like in a Church, religious University etc, but in his world the entertaining and artistic world it's very hard. " Davis Suchet mentioned " its though out there" several of times. Yes it is very though out here. Everyday is a spiritual struggle. Being a Christian in the secular world, an outspoken Christian is hard. In some places you can loose relationships, positions at work, well sometimes even your job. In the country of Sweden where I live, it is though out here. In a way not only for Christians. It...

You hear a big bounce and glass smashing. You run in to the room and see your child standing there totally alone. The window is smashed. you ask " what happen? who did this? the child answer " I don't know it was not me!" It is a common reaction from children, it was not me, and I know it can be frustrating, but even more so when adults and leaders reacts like this. So for instance at work, there's always the temptation blaming someone else or explaining why factors outside your control contributed to your failure. Some researchers say that leaders who act this way are less effective than those who acknowledge their shortcoming and admits their faults. Defensiveness hinders leaders' ability to learn and, as a result, their success. The researchers found out that leaders who carefully listening to the critics/feedback took it to their heart and did something about it, trying to change were much more effective leading their business/ministry for...

At a Swedish, rather recently while interviewing the new Catholic cardinal the hostess asked the Cardinal why the Catholic Church is so backward, why the Church cant just go with the flow... I'm not a defender of the Catholic Church, I'm not Catholic and the Catholic Church is not big in Sweden but this is what I know the Church has done and is doing. The Church is the largest single provider of health care and education in the world, working especially in some of the poorest countries where there is no other care available. The Church started education for every one in a time when good education was only for the rich. The Church started hospitals where everyone could go no matter their status in the society. In 1948 the UN put forward the declaration of human rights. These rights were so clearly based on Christian principles that some Muslim states objected and refused to sign on that basis because it conflicted with Sharia law. I bet this hostess are backing those h...

I got a question the other day at my office while having lunch. One of my colleague asked me: " I know you are a Christian, I know you are a leader at Church and that you go to Church every Sunday, but do you really believe in it? Are you really buying in to all what is written in the Bible?" First I was very surprised , in general my colleague never asks serious question about faith, its always ridicules questions or statement, and I thought this question was very ridicules at first. When I came home and started thinking about it , why did he ask? Why to me? Is it so hard to believe? I also started to think that am I good at talking the talk, but how about walking the talk? Is there something in my life, my way of living, acting, that makes him question my faith or what? I had to ask him and so I did. He asked me for two different reasons. First as he said" lots of things in the Bible doest not make sense. We live in the year 2017 and we know better....