Taking It to Work: Can we make the Lord smile? In Nehemiah, it says, “The Joy of the Lord is our strength.” Now the popular interpretation of what that is saying to us, is that the joy given to us by the Lord is a source of strength for us. I believe this to be one-hundred percent true, but there Read more
Taking it to Work: Church on Sunday . . . work on Monday. What is the difference between those two days? In God’s eyes -absolutely nothing, but in our eyes, we often separate the two as being very different. Sunday is held sacred, but Monday is something far less sacred than Sunday, and sometimes our attitudes, words and actions reflect Read more
Taking It to Work: Many moons ago, I accepted a job, where to this day, I believe it was a complete set-up from the Lord. The job was way over my head. I didn’t have near the experience or qualifications for doing the job, but somehow or another God arranged some incredible circumstances, and arranged some people (people who thought Read more
Taking It to Work: In a recent trip to Israel, just before the war erupted again in Gaza, I was astounded by what Herod the Great, former King of Judea, achieved in those ancient times, right before Jesus was born. The guy must have been an absolute genius visionary, of not only architecture, but engineering and commerce. The structures, inventions Read more
Taking It to Work: Many of us have a love/hate relationship with polices and procedures. Depending on how you’re wired, getting forced to follow all the company rules can really leave you feeling a little empty or frustrated, knowing that you could have gotten the job done much quicker or cheaper if you would have had a little leeway with 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, but the change in appearance is unmistakable. The appetite changes 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 good one, one that reflects an appreciative heart, something we 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 all of your possessions, and even more weighed down by 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 midst of real life, in the middle of their culture, 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 just one of them. He also had the mandate to Read more