Before taking on my pastoral role, I worked in the construction industry as a builder for nearly five years and there is an experience that has stuck with me. One day I turned up to work. It was the day after we had just poured the concrete for a large driveway, and my job was to put expansion cuts in the concrete.
Unfortunately for us, all we had to complete this job was a couple of old skill saws with concrete blades on them. For the rest of the day, we were hunched over, trying to ...