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January 21st – Standing Trial
Taking It to Work: In September of 2013, inside a six-hour window, we went from business-as-usual, to a four-foot wall of water hitting the west side of our 50,000 sq.’ building in Longmont, CO. When the west wall finally gave way, millions of gallons of mud, water and sludge coursed […]
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January 20th – No Competition Required
Taking It to Work: Facebook. Instagram. They don’t help. Seeing others only at their best, looking at their new car, new home or all the fun they are having on vacation; although it keeps us up to date, it also can keep us in a constant state of comparison. It […]
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January 17th – Offended?
Taking It to Work: Life, even to the most brilliant biologists, is still a mystery. There is an unseen miracle that differentiates life from death. And although they are both around us constantly, we don’t stop to consider how clearly they point to God. The common teaching in the schools […]
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January 16th – Future Direction
Taking It to Work: One of my favorite movies of all time is, “Frequency”. Very rarely do you come across a Hollywood movie that has a great storyline, action, suspense, good morals, clean language, and pretty decent acting. It even stars Jim Caviezel, the same actor who played Jesus in […]
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January 15th – Anchored
Taking It to Work: I’ll be honest; sometimes I envy those who are not held to God’s high standards. They’re just people living for themselves, and doing whatever they deem necessary to make things work out for them. I’ve known supervisors and coworkers who have done some pretty shady stuff, […]
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January 14th – Well-Minded
Taking It to Work: Here’s a hard question for you. Are you someone who uplifts the people around you, in general, or are you, in general, a “Debbie Downer”? I know we are all a little of both sometimes, but it is a good biblical question to ask of ourselves. […]
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January 13th – Rewarder
Taking It to Work: In the workplace, we are often rewarded for good performance. Bonuses, profit sharing, and commissions are commonplace and widely acceptable across the globe. The rewards for hard work, perseverance and dedication are hallmarks of successful careers and companies, and are a mainstay of how managers let […]
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January 10th – Let the Sacrifice Fly
Taking it to Work: The word sacrifice, unless your a baseball player, is not a very popular word. I don’t even think the batter that hits the “sacrifice fly” is real happy with his pop-up, but at least it comes with an RBI (a run-batted-in for you non-baseball fans). There […]
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January 9th – Power Lifting
Taking It to Work: How do you define “power”? Google has eight different definitions, but the one that is most “powerful” to me, is “the ability to influence or create change.” It make sense. When we say a cannon is more powerful than a BB gun, we are really talking […]
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January 8th – Work Heartily
Taking It to Work: It may be more commonplace than we would like to admit, but we don’t always work as hard for our boss as we might let on. Daydreaming, surfing the web, extending the lunch hour, reading and sending personal texts or emails; all erode the effort we […]
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January 7th – Been Here Before
Taking It to Work: How many times have you been in a tough spot? A spot you were very worried about, but with your effort and God’s help you got through it. For me, those times are innumerable. I have written a few of them down over the years in […]
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January 6th – Remove What Hinders
Taking It to Work: Rules. As a kid, we didn’t like them. As we grow, we see the true utility of rules. The fact that everyone knows what side of the road to drive on, that a red light always means stop, and green means go. These are good rules […]
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January 3rd – Rest for Your Best
Taking It to Work: Rest. At one time it was a commandment to take one day’s rest in seven. It was called the Sabbath. It was the last day of the Jewish week, otherwise known to us as Saturday. Among other things, the Sabbath was to be a reminder to […]
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January 2nd – Good Planning
Taking It to Work: I have always had a difficult time taking the time to plan, yet for most of my life I had positions that required that very detailed plans be made. In the engineering world I was in, the project engineer owned and was responsible for the program’s […]
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December 31st – Ready, Set, Forgive
Taking It to Work: I had a boss at work when I just started as a young engineer; he actually was my boss’s, boss’s boss and was way up the chain in my department. He was my senior by about twenty years, and was the meanest, most arrogant, power-abusing manager […]
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December 30th – Jump In
Taking It to Work: When I was a new believer, I remember reading in Hebrews the phrase, “Without faith, you cannot please God.” I couldn’t understand why faith is so necessary. When Peter was scared and sinking in the water, when Jesus reaches out to save him, He immediately gets […]
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December 27th – Under Review
Taking It to Work: The new year is fast approaching, and along with it, new year’s resolutions. Some believe in them, some not, but most of us do feel a call to be a better version of our last year’s self. Our devotion today, based primarily on Proverbs, reminds us […]
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December 26th – Every Knee Shall Bow
Taking It to Work: One of my favorite Christmas paintings is by Gaye Frances Willard, showing Santa Claus bowing to the infant Jesus. One of my favorite bible verses goes along with it, Philippians 2:10, and is actually the name of the painting, “Every Knee Shall Bow”. That painting moves […]
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December 24th – Gift 2 of 3 Delivered
Taking It to Work: Merry Christmas! One of my wife’s favorite movies this time of year is called, “A Christmas Story.” We watch it as a family almost every year. One of my favorite scenes is where Ralphie, after opening all of his gifts, finds out that his dad had […]
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December 23rd – Your Gift In Return
Taking It to Work: When ten lepers were healed, only one returned to praise God. They all called out to Jesus as, “Master,” before they were healed, but once the need was no longer there, Jesus asked, “Where are the other nine?”. It’s also interesting that the only one that […]