Taking It to Work: When I think back to before the Lord pulled me out of my pre-Christian life, I am astounded of how blind I was to so many things. I did things that were blatantly wrong, from my perspective now, that I justified as good and right back then. I had attitudes and language that make me cringe Read more
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 things I would give away happily, just so I didn’t 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: 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: 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. Add to that personnel issues, unexpected delays, irate customers and 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: 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 the best that they can be, we get concerned. As 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 mature believer we are called to be, but did you realize 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