Taking It to Work: I had a coworker in my earlier days that wore the same, exact outfit every day. Ray was an older gentlemen that was an ex-military, no nonsense, get-‘er-done kind of person. He hated inefficiency and waste, and many years prior had decided that deciding what to wear everyday was part of that waste. So, everyday he’d Read more
Taking It to Work: One of the most incredible aspects of God, and one I am going to lay on my face and thank Him for profusely when I see Him face to face, is His patience with me. Out of all His displays of love…His patience and forgiveness toward me is the most moving, and the most convicting. At Read more
Taking It to Work: If you are a Christian, you likely remember the day you knelt before the Lord and promised to follow Him. It was heartfelt. It was likely very freeing, and it made a real difference. He applied His suffering to your sin, sent the Holy Spirit to guide you, commanded His angels to protect you, and He Read more
Taking It to Work: To do well in life, from a work perspective or an eternal perspective, there is nothing more important than understanding expectations. It is very hard to please a boss when you are not clear on his or her expectations. A good leader will carefully communicate what is expected from each team member, but even the best Read more
Taking It to Work: In this world of F-bombs and uncensored speech, I am continually shocked of what rolls out of people’s mouths. Even women, who are supposed to be the more refined of sexes. I don’t know how it has gone downhill so quickly. It was just one lifetime ago when, “Gone with the Wind,” created such a stir Read more
Taking It to Work: When I was a young engineer, I was assigned a problem. It was an intermittent issue with a bare wire that sometimes shorted against a metal cover of a torpedo. The design was such that we could not put an insulator in between the cover, and for RF reasons, we could not change the position of Read more
Taking It to Work: Personally, sometimes I hesitate to bother my boss with details. I know he is busy, and it seems often I should be able to take care of things myself. It could also be pride, in the fact I want to look competent and not needy. After all, being independent and capable is what brings the raises Read more
Taking It to Work: The passage from Luke is a very sobering, rhetorical question posed to us by Jesus – ‘Why do we call Him Lord, if we insist on doing our own thing?’ Humans, in general, are very stubborn, and self-assured. Even after our promise to follow Him as our all-knowing Lord, we still think we know best, especially Read more
Taking It to Work: Do you have a trained ear? When one of my boys was younger, I was waiting for a school concert to start where he played the bari-sax. As I sat listening to the kids warm-up, which sounded more like a traffic jam than a warm-up, I was amazed when the band teacher silenced the group, and Read more
Taking It to Work: We’ve got an old 1969 Jeep CJ-5. It has an almost bulletproof engine nicknamed, “The Dauntless V6”. It’s a tough engine, but it had to be prematurely rebuilt a few years ago because my boys forgot to keep the oil topped off as they ran back and forth to school on a daily basis. They knew Read more