Integrity Moments

Knowing God

2025-08-25T16:05:21-05:00September 5th, 2025|Tags: , , |

Prior to the Jewish people entering a period of about 400 years with no new written words from God, Daniel was given a vision of what evil was to come. But the Jews had to know God to have the wisdom to resist the evil that was coming, not just know of God.   In Daniel 11, an angel shared with ...

The Layaway Plan

2025-08-25T15:54:18-05:00September 4th, 2025|Tags: , , |

When I was young, I remember shopping for school clothes. With five kids needing clothes, my mother often used a “layaway” program.   We selected the clothes we liked, then she paid a deposit to hold them. From each paycheck, she made payments until we could take our clothes home.   This was a debt-free way to make large purchases, but delayed ...

Religious Freedom for Government Workers

2025-08-25T15:42:18-05:00September 3rd, 2025|Tags: , , |

The United States Office of Personnel Management recently issued a memo to all federal department and agency heads about religious freedom.   According to the memo titled "Protecting Religious Expression in the Federal Workplace," federal employees are allowed to display religious items at work and engage in prayer during non-duty hours. They also can discuss their religious beliefs and attempt to persuade ...

AI Discrimination

2025-08-25T15:26:28-05:00September 2nd, 2025|Tags: , , |

According to the Dallas Express, a lawsuit against the software company Workday may establish significant precedent regarding the use of AI for hiring practices. Workday’s AI hiring software called, Hired Score, is reportedly being used by over 11,000 companies and has processed over 1 billion job applications.  In his lawsuit, Plaintiff Derek Mobley claims that Workday’s AI software screened out ...

Rhythms and Routines

2025-08-23T11:04:01-05:00September 1st, 2025|Tags: , , |

As much as I enjoy the summer months, summer feels to me like my routines and rhythms are disrupted at times. But when Labor Day arrives it feels somewhat like a fresh start.   Kids are back in school, families settle down into routines and rhythms, and there seems to be more consistency at work. September has always felt to me ...

Remembering

2025-08-04T15:47:47-05:00August 29th, 2025|Tags: , , |

One of the many gifts that God has given us is the ability to remember. In the business world, remembering our career wins and the losses gives us wisdom and discernment. Remembering past experiences gives us insight into navigating future challenges.  But perhaps the greatest value of remembering comes when we remember where we are in God. Remembering our calling ...

People, Purpose, and Impact

2025-08-04T15:35:37-05:00August 28th, 2025|Tags: , , |

In its 2025 Life@Work Report, Barna Group research company identified three main elements that determined whether work was meaningful to employees: people, purpose, and impact.   The report encourages leaders to build strong communities at work and help team members connect their work to larger, meaningful outcomes. The report encourages workers to find meaning by investing in workplace relationships, continually learning, ...

Partner for Progress

2025-08-04T15:10:47-05:00August 27th, 2025|Tags: , , |

When I was about to take on my first significant leadership role, a friend in Human Resources offered to help me in the transition. She implemented a process to gather insight about the department I was about to lead; the team’s fears, frustrations and proudest achievements. She used her strengths to position me for success.  Romans 12:4-5 says, “For just ...

AI Challenges

2025-08-04T14:49:17-05:00August 26th, 2025|Tags: , , |

Artificial Intelligence is fraught with ethical dilemmas, especially for those with a Biblical worldview. Without Christian voices speaking into those ethical concerns, we’re likely to regret the direction Silicon Valley drives us toward.  According to Christianity Today, Bryden Eastman, an applied mathematician, had significant ethical concerns about his part of launching ChatGPT. He wasn’t sure how best to address his ...

Finding Joy: Part V

2025-08-04T13:58:47-05:00August 22nd, 2025|Tags: , , |

In a Harvard Business Review article titled, “How the Busiest People Find Joy,” the authors discovered that a factor in maximizing our joy is to diversify your activities. Finding areas of passion is important, but research also reveals that there is a risk in having one singular focus.  Investing our time in only one passion can create a diminishing return ...

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