Taking It to Work: If you knew me, you would know that I hate waste. I have a very hard time throwing anything away that has value. My garage has too many pieces of scrap wood, and other bits and pieces of things that, “I might need.” Some of those Read more…
Taking It to Work: When little kids see a caterpillar, they see just that, a caterpillar. When an entomologist sees a caterpillar, he sees much more. He sees the butterfly or moth that the caterpillar is about to become. Both the caterpillar and the butterfly share the exact same DNA, Read more…
Taking It to Work: Repentance is not a workplace word. It’s a church word right? It seems that way, and I believe the enemy of our souls would like us to keep those places separate, but not our Lord. Like He did for His apostles, He taught them in the Read more…
Taking It to Work: Some of us are carrying quite a load in the workplace. Many of us just have too much work to do, pressing deadlines, and very difficult responsibilities. Others of us have financial or technical issues that need more attention than we can afford to give them. Read more…
Taking It to Work: When we are given something of value from someone generous, we often feel a strong desire to give back to them, something they would appreciate as much as we appreciated what was given to us. It is a natural reaction for most of us, and a Read more…
Taking It to Work: In culture, in school, and even from our parents, we rarely hear warnings for attaining “too much”. The whole idea seems absurd, “How can you have too much?”, and “How could that ever be a problem?” Not a problem until you find yourself weighed down by Read more…
Taking It to Work: Most of us start out, in our younger years, longing for the life that prosperity can bring. There is nothing more natural than to want the most out of life. In fact, in our children, if we we don’t see that desire to excel and be Read more…
Take it to Work: The scriptures today have a very common theme, that we are “entrusted” to be faithful in passing on what we ourselves have received. Sometimes, even as devoted Christians, we get self-focused. We tend to be content with being saved, baptized, and growing personally in our faith, becoming the Read more…
Taking It to Work: Work is full of tasks, and deadlines fill much of our calendar. Our focus is often on what we must get done today, but from a heavenly perspective, there’s more. Jesus had a few things to do as well, to be the sacrifice for sin was Read more…
Taking It to Work: Stop and look at the miracle of just the function of your hand. Open and close it. Pick up something delicate, and then watch it move at your mere thought. Stop and contemplate how difficult it would be for man to come up with just the Read more…