Taking It to Work: Sometimes, I think I just “know”. I remember one time checking auctions for items needed for my business. After months of looking, I found an auction that had all five of the items I was looking for. It was a slam dunk. I quickly registered for Read more
Taking It to Work: I was a pretty tough father. I wanted to give my kids the best start in life that I could give them, and I decided early on that I was not going to forgo discipline, even though I knew I was not going to enjoy it. Read more
Taking It to Work: There’s a story told about a famous tightrope walker named Tipsy, who was planning to walk across the expanse of the Grand Canyon while pushing a fully loaded wheelbarrow. “I’m nervous,” he said to his biggest fan. “Nonsense Tipsy!” said the fan. “You are the greatest 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 Read more
Taking It to Work: Can we make the Lord smile? In Nehemiah, it says, “The Joy of the Lord is our strength.” Now the popular interpretation of what that is saying to us, is that the joy given to us by the Lord is a source of strength for us. Read more
Taking it to Work: Church on Sunday . . . work on Monday. What is the difference between those two days? In God’s eyes -absolutely nothing, but in our eyes, we often separate the two as being very different. Sunday is held sacred, but Monday is something far less sacred Read more
Taking It to Work: Many moons ago, I accepted a job, where to this day, I believe it was a complete set-up from the Lord. The job was way over my head. I didn’t have near the experience or qualifications for doing the job, but somehow or another God arranged 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, 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 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 Read more