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, Read more
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. Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more