On Christmas Eve 1968 our nation was reeling from a very bad year. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert Kennedy had been assassinated, and the Vietnam War raged on. But a bright spot surfaced as three brave astronauts orbited the moon. As the world observed Apollo 8, Astronaut Bill Anders read from the Bible. "In the beginning, God created the ...
Halloween is a strange holiday that seems to have a tension between good and evil. Some historians believe it began with Christian roots tied to All Saints Day. Others speak of Halloween’s pagan roots. Today, however, it seems that there is very little sign of Christianity in this holiday. In the workplace, Halloween can spark conversations. I wouldn’t rob the ...
My friend, Sean Kouplen, recently released a new book called 94X with a simple concept. The average employee spends 160 hours in the workplace each month, while the average American only spends 1.7 hours a month in church. Sean realized that when you do the math, 160 hours divided by 1.7 hours, employers have the attention of their employees 94 ...
God is up to something special, and this provides us a great opportunity to share about Jesus in our workplaces. In the last several months, we’ve witnessed the Chosen series reach millions, the Asbury Revival spilling over into dozens of colleges, the He Gets Us campaign becoming one of the top Super Bowl ads, and the Jesus Revolution movie becoming ...
A Gospel Coalition article by Miranda Carls provides four steps to improve your experience at work and to represent Christ more fully. The final step in this series is keeping work in perspective. So many of our waking hours are consumed by work. This can eventually give us a distorted view of life making work problems bigger than they need ...
A Gospel Coalition article by Miranda Carls provides four steps to improve your experience at work and to represent Christ more fully. The third step in this series is to engage in fellowship. Having a group you can turn to for accountability, encouragement, and even ideas on how to better model your faith at work, is invaluable. Finding a trusted ...
A Gospel Coalition article by Miranda Carls provides four steps to improve your experience at work and to represent Christ more fully. The second step in this series is to defend your faith. The workplace is full of skeptics of the Christian faith. If you’re not prepared to defend your beliefs, you may inadvertently undermine your credibility. You don’t need ...
Something I love about the events we host is the different ways God works. Pennie, one of our sponsors in Des Moines, recently shared how she had prayed and loved on her executive assistant for 15 years. Last year, however, Pennie invited her assistant to come to an Unconventional Business Network event. At that event Pennie’s assistant received one of ...
Each year for Christmas, John hosts a Christmas party for his employees that has become known for the generous gifts he raffles. Last year, John’s Bible study group asked John why he gives such extravagant gifts. John said he wanted his employees to experience the love of Jesus. Then John was asked, “Do your employees know that?” Due to that ...
According to Gallup, in 1980, 87% of the US population considered themselves either Christian or Catholic. According to a new poll by Pew, that number has since fallen to 63%. In general, acceptance of Christian beliefs was far greater decades ago. This makes our workplaces a bigger and bigger mission field. In Acts 1:8, Jesus told the disciples, “You will ...
Equipping Others to Do Work Differently
