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: Do you know what the best coaches do? They push you. Any athlete worth mentioning, has had a coach, or likely many coaches, that pushed them beyond what they would have ever done themselves. Coaches made us get up early, and put more weight on the 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: 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: 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. We 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…
Taking It to Work: If you had all the power in the world, what would you do with it? What kind of person would you be if you were able to acquire anything you want? How about the ability to read the thoughts of others? You may not agree, but Read more…
Taking It to Work: When can you get somewhere faster, by stopping and going in the opposite direction? The answer: whenever you have made a wrong turn. In the story of the prodigal son, that son made a very wrong turn, and his best way forward, was to go back. Read more…
Taking It to Work: I often think we must look like perpetual teenagers to God. I’ve raised a few of them now, and there is a common desire in each of them for independence from their parents. Some personalities show it a bit stronger than others, but especially in my Read more…