Taking It to Work: Those of us with children want to provide the best for them. We work hard to do so, but sometimes too hard. We can stay so busy and entrenched in our work, that in the extra effort to give our kids more, we actually give them Read more
Taking it to Work: What makes you feel safe? It’s a loaded question isn’t it? We know that since it’s devotional time, that our answer should be a biblically-based response focusing on our faith in God’s love and provision. Although for most of us, if we are honest, our answer Read more
Taking It to Work: It is said, “We are all teachers in the school of life,” whether we want to be or not. The truth is, when we are merely around people, they are learning from us. I remember being in a meeting with a senior engineer who was acting Read more
Taking It to Work: Some changes are absolutely amazing. I remember as a kid, watching a caterpillar hang itself under a leaf. Right before my eyes, in maybe a matter of a minute or two, the outside of his body hardened and got sort of shiny, and the little leg Read more
Taking It to Work: Compared to the Elon Musks and the Bill Gates of the world, whatever we have in the bank, whatever house we live in, whatever car we drive, in their eyes we’re pretty much broke. Most of us will never see the incredible wealth these guys have. Read more
Taking It to Work: One of my favorite actors is Russell Crowe. Now I really don’t know much about him, except that whatever character he plays, it is always very, very believable, and they are not all the same. He’s very versatile and very convincing. Now, because I really don’t Read more
Taking It to Work: Someone told me one time that a fish doesn’t know it’s wet. I feel similar to that sometimes. Like you, I am so surrounded with blessings day in and day out, yet I can go for weeks not thanking, or even thinking of how blessed I Read more
Taking It to Work: Do you ever notice how we are very quick to make excuses for our own bad behavior, but tend to judge others harshly for theirs? Inside we have reasons and justifications for our situation, but others, well, there is “no excuse” for their behavior, they are Read more
Taking It to Work: I have met many generous people, and they fit into two primary groups – those generous with money, and those generous with their time. I admire both, but I think I admire those giving their time the most. People such as: those who visit the sick Read more
Taking It to Work: Ecclesiastes says that two are better than one. Proverbs says one man sharpens another. So why is it that partnerships, Christian partnerships, including marriages, seem to be so hard now-a-days? The answer is in Phil 2:3-4. It is the fact we don’t regard others interest above Read more