Chawanzi Chintu

07Sep 2022 by Chawanzi Chintu

Learning to wear our original ‘clothes’

#workisworship

When you meet someone, a first impression is often formed based on the clothes you, and they are wearing. Clothing can identify someone with a certain job, activity, or interest, and can create an expectation of what they are doing or their role. You can as easily identify a police officer, as you can a Deliveroo employee or someone in a wedding dress and assume what they are doing. If I were to meet you, and wear one of the many Liverpool FC shirts I own, it would likely trigger a view in your mind about the type of person I am, or at least my interests. Your response could range from enthusiasm and a sense of kinship, to plain disgust! Clothes can also determine access and the ability to…

Why be data-driven when you can be insight-driven?

#workisworship, career, In practice

As Christians, we are firstly followers of Christ. Our Lord is meant to be the biggest element of our life. We are to keep Him at the forefront of every aspect of our lives, we are to keep Him at the centre of our thoughts, conversations and interactions. In short, as bearers of His light and word to the world, we are called to dedicate our entire being to Jesus Christ, as an act of Worship. ‘“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the Lord. “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts”.’ – Isaiah 55:8-9I recently read an article about being “data-driven” vs “analytics-driven”. The article claimed that…

Created for Worship

#workisworship, career, In practice

As Christians, we are firstly followers of Christ. Our Lord is meant to be the biggest element of our life. We are to keep Him at the forefront of every aspect of our lives, we are to keep Him at the centre of our thoughts, conversations and interactions. In short, as bearers of His light and word to the world, we are called to dedicate our entire being to Jesus Christ, as an act of Worship.When I say worship, I don’t necessarily mean the obvious correlation to worship. Worship is more than a song, it’s more than being emotional in the presence of the Lord.It is interesting to notice that in the account of creation in Genesis, God did not create physical temple buildings. Neither did He assign priestly duties…