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: It may be more commonplace than we would like to admit, but we don’t always work as hard for our boss as we might let on. Daydreaming, surfing the web, extending the lunch hour, reading and sending personal texts or emails; all erode the effort we 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: 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: 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
Taking It to Work: The new year is fast approaching, and along with it, new year’s resolutions. Some believe in them, some not, but most of us do feel a call to be a better version of our last year’s self. Our devotion today, based primarily on Proverbs, reminds us Read more
Taking It to Work: One of my favorite Christmas paintings is by Gaye Frances Willard, showing Santa Claus bowing to the infant Jesus. One of my favorite bible verses goes along with it, Philippians 2:10, and is actually the name of the painting, “Every Knee Shall Bow”. That painting moves Read more
Taking It to Work: Merry Christmas! One of my wife’s favorite movies this time of year is called, “A Christmas Story.” We watch it as a family almost every year. One of my favorite scenes is where Ralphie, after opening all of his gifts, finds out that his dad had Read more