Taking It to Work: Being a leader is very highly esteemed in our culture. The more people the leader controls, the greater amount of wealth that’s controlled, the more the leader is lifted into the limelight, and the greater the world’s admiration. You may secretly wish for such a position one day, and may work for it all your days, Read more…
Taking It to Work: If you had all the power in the world, what would you do with it? What kind of person would you be if you were able to acquire anything you want? How about the ability to read the thoughts of others? You may not agree, but that kind of power would destroy most of us. We Read more…
Taking It to Work: Jesus routinely met and ate with people who we would refer to today as very, very lost. They were the most despised people of that day, and according to the Pharisees, who were regarded as the most Godly of that day, the scum of the earth, sinners. And yet, Jesus had no issue with spending time Read more…
Taking It to Work: When can you get somewhere faster, by stopping and going in the opposite direction? The answer: whenever you have made a wrong turn. In the story of the prodigal son, that son made a very wrong turn, and his best way forward, was to go back. When he did go back, which took way too long Read more…
Taking It to Work: I often think we must look like perpetual teenagers to God. I’ve raised a few of them now, and there is a common desire in each of them for independence from their parents. Some personalities show it a bit stronger than others, but especially in my boys, the late teen years are when the desire for Read more…
Taking It to Work: What times in your life did you grow mentally, spiritually or physically stronger? How about intellectually stronger? Good teachers know, and I have had many. They push, they challenge, they pile on the work stretching your mind to think, reason, and understand. I’ve had good coaches too, who pushed me to be faster, stronger, to run Read more…
Taking It to Work: We all can forget very quickly that we were not always like we are now. I remember myself. I was an arrogant and self-focused teen, with little regard for others. Even after I gave my life to Christ, it took years for my behavior to truly start to reflect that change. Many of the things that Read more…
Taking It to Work: The Lord is pleased when we give whole-heartedly to Him. Whether it be through generosity of our time, money or talent, producing fruit with Him and those things He has blessed us with, brings Him joy. In John 15, after explaining how important it is to be integrally connected to Him, and to bear fruit through Read more…
Taking It to Work: It’s easy to forget that the kind of worker we are, reflects the kind of person we are to others. When we work, we are unknowingly telling a story of who we are. People are always watching, and if we claim to be a Christian, sometimes they watch us that much harder. Our attitude, our degree Read more…
Taking It to Work: I was just talking in my FCCI group this morning, where about a half dozen of us business leaders get together for a weekly meeting of how to lead in our companies for maximum Kingdom impact. We were talking about trials in the workplace. It turns out, one of the common denominators in the discussion was Read more…