Taking It to Work: In 1912, in the name of advancing trust and integrity in the marketplace, the Better Business Bureau was formed. Now consisting of 106 independently incorporated local BBB organizations, the mission of keeping businesses honest carries on. Why was such an organization needed? One word explains it Read more
Taking it to Work: Today’s devotional is based out of Ps 69:1 where David is up to his neck in trouble, and is calling out to God, and Matthew 11 where our Lord Himself is trying convince us to let Him carry some of our burden. As children of the 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 of us feel overly consumed, spread thin as we are pulled everyday to the many responsibilities that we find on our ever-growing list. We feel torn, as we want to take on less to be a little more balanced, but we want to be productive 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: Has it ever struck you that many of our bible heroes, those names that we are most familiar with, seem to have had very little problem with hearing the voice of God? Philip in Acts had no deliberations, or at least none recorded, where he was Read more
Taking It to Work: In the stress of the workplace, and in the stress of family life, sometimes we are tempted to make promises we know we can’t keep. Sometimes it’s to avoid a likely bad reaction, or maybe out of fear of disappointing others. Most of the time it’s Read more
Taking It to Work: Many of us have a love/hate relationship with polices and procedures. Depending on how you’re wired, getting forced to follow all the company rules can really leave you feeling a little empty or frustrated, knowing that you could have gotten the job done much quicker or Read more
Taking It to Work: There’s a great book on my shelf by John Ortberg called, “When the Game Is Over, It All Goes Back in the Box.” What a great title and great reminder of the truth of today’s devotional. One of the world’s most popular board games, launched in 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