Years ago, when I was in banking, a CEO named Sam was a customer who was brash, demanding, arrogant, and selfish. Every negotiation ended with him winning and me losing. Years later, when I left banking to start a consulting practice, Sam wanted to meet with me. Reluctantly, I met with Sam. It felt like I was talking to a ...
The 2023 Freedom at Work Survey, performed by Ipsos, identified several areas of concern for many employees in the workplace. Sixty-four percent of those surveyed claim that respectfully expressing their political viewpoints at work would “likely or somewhat likely” carry negative consequences on their employment. Interestingly, for those who were asked about expressing their religious viewpoints, 60% thought it would ...
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 ...
According to the Oxford English Dictionary the word good in the context of “Good Friday” actually references this day in history as being holy due to Jesus’ sacrifice on our behalf. God’s ways, and the Bible, are full of paradoxes. The darkest day in history also begins the best weekend in history as Jesus not only died for our sins, ...
At 16 years old, Patrick was abducted from Britain and forced to become a shepherd in Ireland. It was during his time of isolation in tending sheep that his prayers resulted in his conversion to follow Jesus. Eventually, Patrick escaped and returned to Britain. But then, through a dream, God called Patrick to return to Ireland to bring them the ...
Wilmore Kentucky has been overwhelmed with thousands of people descending upon Asbury University to be part of the Asbury revival that began February 8th. It has now spilled over into several other universities. As I read about the Asbury revival it makes me wonder what a workplace revival might look like. Acts 19 may give us a glimpse of what ...
As I stared at three different proposals, I was tempted to dismiss the most respected firm because of price. Rationally, I didn’t want to spend that much money. Then I remembered the most important factor; who did God want me to use? If God desired me to use the most expensive vendor I needed to trust that He could make ...
While Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) efforts have swept corporate America recently, religion is often overlooked. Brian Grim, Religious Freedom and Business Foundation’s CEO, recently said in a washingtoninformer.com article, “As companies find all diversity helpful, even to their bottom lines, the same can be found with making faith a part of corporate DEI.” Faith oriented groups are becoming more ...
Have you ever kept your faith secret at work? That’s the question that a recent Deseret News poll asked top business leaders. 54% of these leaders responded “yes,” that they had sometime in the past kept their faith secret. When they asked these leaders why, the two primary reasons were “possible tension with colleagues” and “social exclusion.” Basically, they were ...
When the King of Kings was born it wasn’t in a royal palace. The announcement wasn’t first made to the King’s court. Surprisingly, the announcement was first made to the nearby shepherds. Many assumed that the Messiah would be born with great fanfare in a royal setting. Instead, God made His important announcement to on-duty shepherds. In Matthew 2:6, we ...
Equipping Others to Do Work Differently
