EP 2: Never more hostile, never more open

How to navigate today’s workplace when there is both hostility, and openness, to the Christian faith

Mon 17 Oct 2022

Stephen McAlpine

Andrew Laird

Topics

Relationship Building

Community connection

Diversity and Inclusion

Australian author, commentator, and pastor Steve McAlpine joins Andrew Laird to discuss the strange paradox in Australia today - a great hostility, but also a great openness to the Christian faith - and how to navigate this in a winsome, attractive, and gentle way in our daily work.

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With

Stephen McAlpine

Stephen writes and speaks on issues of culture, social trends and religious beliefs. He has worked as a church pastor for three decades and has been a national communicator for City Bible Forum. Originally from Belfast in Northern Ireland, he's now based in Australia, and is currently doing a locum in Christchurch. He is married to Jill who is a Clinical Psychologist. His latest book, Being the Bad Guys, was 2021 Australian Christian Book of the Year.

Andrew Laird

Andrew works for Third Space in Canberra and directs Life@Work – an initiative aimed at connecting Christian faith with daily work. In his years working as a journalist, then mentor and spiritual advisor to working professionals, Andrew Laird has seen first-hand the challenges many face in bringing their ‘whole selves’ to work. He’s the author of I am what I do: Reshaping our understanding of self and work and Under Pressure.