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When Success Equals a Changing Direction: From PhD Student to Millionaire

by Vision Editorial Team | Sep 28, 2018 | BUSINESS

Meet the mastermind behind one of the world’s largest franchise groups, Jim Penman. Who you may ask? Think Jim’s Mowing. You may not know, but this incredible success story had its beginnings back in 1982 as Jim’s Mowing.

Well that is how all started, mowing lawns and tidying up backyards with a $30,000 debt and a marketing budget of $24. Humble beginnings, yet fast-forward to 2018, all of 36 years later, and Jim is CEO of Jim’s Group, a Group he certainly was not thinking about in 1982 when burdened with a large debt.

A God Given Vision: The Fifth Wheel Worship Centre

by Vision Editorial Team | Sep 28, 2018 | faith

Here is what can happen when a mature truck-loving couple collide on an online dating website. First the collision, then the smash repairs, followed by some panel-beating then a paint job in that order, before drivers, Tony and Mina Gunter, parked their rigs, settled on the same number plate, jumped in the cab, to drive away together and live happily ever after. End of story? No! Instead it was just the start of a God ordained relationship coupled up with a God-given vision.

Spiritual Longing and Sports Culture

by Vision Editorial Team | Sep 28, 2018 | faith

It is grand final weekend, AFL and NRL players have been playing all season with the aim to be here. The lead up to this moment has been critical with extensive preparation and training taking place. Positioning has been crucial, being aware of the current play and making the calculated move to tackle at the right time have all been part of the game.

Grand final trophies are hard to achieve, with 15 out of 16 NRL teams, and 17 out of 18 AFL teams not winning. Everyone on the field has one aim on their mind —to get the ball at all cost, and kick a goal.

How To Be Generous When Money Is Tight: Three Things That Hold People Back

by Vision Editorial Team | Sep 28, 2018 | faith, Wealth

While many Christians want to be more generous with their giving, they can be faced with an internal struggle that wars against the idea of dipping into their hip pocket. Alex Cook (one of Vision's resident financial planners) helps unpack what are the three barriers that hold people back from giving generously and reaping the eternal ...Read More

Burnout Begins With Weariness. Here’s How to Stop it Going Further

by Haylie | Sep 28, 2018 | CHRISTIAN LIVING

There is a cost to giving. At it’s worst that cost is burnout—the emotional (and often physical) collapse of someone who has spent too long pouring out without filling up.

Giving and Receiving

by ahamilton | Sep 28, 2018 | The Word For Today

‘Give, and it shall be given unto you.’ Luke 6:38 KJV Many of us want to give to people we love and causes we believe in. But fear stops us. We’re afraid that if we give, we might not have enough left for ourselves. So instead of sowing, we hoard our seed and miss the ...Read More

Today’s Soulfood Readings

by ahamilton | Sep 28, 2018 | TODAY’S SOULFOOD (BIBLE IN A YEAR) CONTENT

Zechariah 12–14 26 And as they led him away, they seized one Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country, and laid on him the cross, to carry it behind Jesus. 27 And there followed him a great multitude of the people and of women who were mourning and lamenting for him. 28 But turning to ...Read More