Taking It to Work: Ocean blue. To me there is no other color more beautiful. Something magic happens to that water at about thirty miles offshore in the Atlantic. It’s a deep blue like no other. Absolutely my favorite. Here’s what makes it magic though. What color is water? Easy Read more…
Taking It to Work Birds of a feather, flock together. It’s a very accurate saying. We tend to feel most comfortable with people in which we have a lot in common. It’s generally natural and effortless to connect with those most like us. The opposite is true as well, it Read more…
Taking It to Work: Pastors sometimes get offended when the church is referred to as an organization. I can understand why, for it so much more than the average company or business. It is the working Body of Christ on earth, so I understand the objections. But serving in my Read more…
Taking It to Work: When I have status meetings, I like to keep them fairly upbeat. I think it’s good for the staff, the company as a whole, and frankly, it’s good for me as well. I like to start off with accomplishments, accolades, and discussions around what is going Read more…
Taking It to Work: Are you a glass half-empty, or a glass half-full type person? I tend to be halfway between the two. Here’s why. If I listen to too much news, either the fake variety or the true variety, it tends to drag me down (both of them), then Read more…
Taking It to Work: Safety first! We hear it all the time, and 99% of the time, it’s good advice. Thousands of employees get hurt every year because they don’t always follow the guidelines that would keep them safe. It hurts the productivity of the workplace, and it makes those Read more…
Taking It to Work: In September of 2013, inside a six-hour window, we went from business-as-usual, to a four-foot wall of water hitting the west side of our 50,000 sq.’ building in Longmont, CO. When the west wall finally gave way, millions of gallons of mud, water and sludge coursed Read more…
Taking It to Work: Facebook. Instagram. They don’t help. Seeing others only at their best, looking at their new car, new home or all the fun they are having on vacation; although it keeps us up to date, it also can keep us in a constant state of comparison. It Read more…
Taking It to Work: Life, even to the most brilliant biologists, is still a mystery. There is an unseen miracle that differentiates life from death. And although they are both around us constantly, we don’t stop to consider how clearly they point to God. The common teaching in the schools Read more…
Taking It to Work: One of my favorite movies of all time is, “Frequency”. Very rarely do you come across a Hollywood movie that has a great storyline, action, suspense, good morals, clean language, and pretty decent acting. It even stars Jim Caviezel, the same actor who played Jesus in Read more…