Under Pressure: How the Gospel Helps Us Handle the Pressures of Work

Andrew Laird, director of *****, an initiative of City Bible Forum, and Dean of the Ridley Marketplace Institute has written the book Under Pressure: How The Gospel helps us handle the pressures of work to help us navigate the pressures of work with the truth of the gospel. Andrew is both a professional and theologian, which means that he has plenty of insights into the daily pressures of work and how the gospel helps us with that. Specifically, he addresses five categories of pressure in the book:

1. The pressure to have it all

2. The pressure of ever-present work

3. The pressure of difficult workplace relationships

4. The pressure to conform

5. The pressure to stay on top of everything

I like how the author always backs up the problems discussed in the book with statistical evidences, and that he applies the general principles of biblical truth to our day to day circumstances, but being a professional he is aware of the edge cases or realities that we need wisdom in applying the biblical truth. For instance, in chapter 3 where he discusses about the pressure of difficult workplace relationships, he discusses about, ""When is it right to challenge injustice in the workplace? When might turning the other cheek do more harm than good?"".

In closing, the book is quite short and easy to read, I am sure that it will help us who struggle with the pressures of work and balancing priorities in our life.