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: 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: When we are given something of value from someone generous, we often feel a strong desire to give back to them, something they would appreciate as much as we appreciated what was given to us. It is a natural reaction for most of us, and a Read more
Taking It to Work: Repentance is not a workplace word. It’s a church word right? It seems that way, and I believe the enemy of our souls would like us to keep those places separate, but not our Lord. Like He did for His apostles, He taught them in the Read more
Taking It to Work: Work is full of tasks, and deadlines fill much of our calendar. Our focus is often on what we must get done today, but from a heavenly perspective, there’s more. Jesus had a few things to do as well; to be the sacrifice for sin was 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
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
Taking It to Work: If you are a Christian, you likely remember the day you knelt before the Lord and promised to follow Him. It was heartfelt. It was likely very freeing, and it made a real difference. He applied His suffering to your sin, sent the Holy Spirit to Read more
Taking It to Work: When I was a young engineer, I was assigned a problem. It was an intermittent issue with a bare wire that sometimes shorted against a metal cover of a torpedo. The design was such that we could not put an insulator in-between the cover, and for Read more
Taking It to Work: Personally, sometimes I hesitate to bother my boss with details. I know he is busy, and it seems often I should be able to take care of things myself. It could also be pride, in the fact I want to look competent and not needy. After Read more