13,000 people responded to the Faith at Work: An Empirical Study funded by The Lilly Endowment. One question asked was, “Do you agree that skills and habits you have learned from your faith community help you succeed at work?” 58% agree that what they have learned from their church has helped them succeed at work. For evangelicals, that percentage soared ...
One of the biggest reasons for business failure is due to being undercapitalized. Starting a business almost always costs more than expected. Starting a business usually costs more than many entrepreneurs have in available cash. This typically leads to the entrepreneur trying to borrow significant sums of money, often requiring more trust in the lender than in God’s provision. I’ve ...
Jim, a Canadian leader in the telecommunications field, was leading a cross-functional team on a significant project. One member of the team became antagonistic. Jim started to remove this person from the team when he decided to try to reconcile one more time. As he did, Jim felt prompted by the Holy Spirit to ask if this person was a ...
“Hiding me – Why I don’t discuss my faith with my colleagues” is a raw article posted on chemistanddruggist.co.uk. The anonymous writer, labeled The Dispenser, is a pharmacist who has chosen to be private at work with their faith. The Dispenser fears being judged for going to church and believing in God. The article is sad because you can sense ...
Philip Schwadel and Sam Hardy wrote in The Conversation about the connection between religion and morals. They studied the question, “When someone quits their religion, does it have a residual effect on their morals?” They categorized people into “consistently religious,” the “religious dones” and the “consistently nonreligious.” The “religious dones” are people who have left their faith. When the researchers ...
Some of the deepest emotional wounds come from fathers. Children want desperately to be loved by their father. When they don’t feel loved, their pain can spill over into careers. Sometimes children become workaholics to win their father’s approval. Other times they underperform because they’re convinced they will never win their father’s approval. Fortunately, we have a heavenly Father who ...
The Religious Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Index (REDI) was developed to determine the level of faith-friendliness of the Fortune 200 companies. This index ranks large companies on three factors: promotion of religion on their website diversity page, the number of company-sponsored religious employee resource groups, and whether public trainings on religious diversity are hosted. For 2021, Intel and Texas Instruments ...
When Roger introduced me to his friend, Bob, he forewarned me that “Bob is a firecracker.” When Bob called, our conversation took off like a rocket! For over one-hour Bob talked at a pace and a passion that could easily be exhausting, but instead, his stories of God’s amazing power energized me. He blessed and encouraged my faith journey. The ...
Recently, I felt God encouraging me to take on a new work project. I feel underqualified and do not have the experience necessary for this project to succeed. In my flesh, I want to pass on this new project to avoid the possibility of failure. Encouragement came recently, however, through reading Henry and Richard Blackaby’s Experiencing God devotional. They wrote, ...
Daily COVID news has pounded us for months. For many, this hyper media focus has surfaced many rational and irrational fears. A friend has become overwhelmed with fear about COVID, which has led to hoarding and hibernation. This savvy businessperson has become so gripped with fear that they now plan to sell their business, convinced that the business exposes them ...
Equipping Others to Do Work Differently
