Recently, Alex Kendrick, of the Kendrick Brothers movie production company, shared with our team several stories of the importance of prayer to their movie production. For a two-year movie development process, they dedicate months on the front end to pray as a team to assure they have God’s direction on the story and script for their upcoming movie. The Kendrick ...
When movie producer, Alex Kendrick, produced the movie Overcomer, they had to develop a scene with a train approaching a wrecked car. They rented a train and found a wrecked car. The production team designed a system to take the car on and off the tracks, but their plan didn’t work. Frustrated, Alex rallied the team to pray for a ...
In Bremerton, Washington, Coach Kennedy led prayers in the locker room before football games. He also prayed after games at the 50-yard line. Kennedy’s school district demanded that he stop all prayer. The coach complied with their demands with one exception. Kennedy continued to pray privately at midfield, resulting in his termination. The Supreme Court recently ruled for Coach ...
At 6 am, I received a robo call from AT&T. At first, I was angry about the early call, but then I remembered that I had previously asked God to help me spend more time with Him. Although my plan had been to get up at 6:30 that morning, I realized this was a perfect opportunity to go for ...
Years ago, on a South African flight, I met a young lady named Emma. At the time she was an event planner. According to her Linkedin profile, she is now Vice President of Marketing in China for a significant international company. When I congratulated her, she shared that five years ago she felt God would use her career “to serve ...
Peter Rex, a technology investor, wrote a Wall Street Journal article about the lack of faith in Silicon Valley. He references a 2018 survey which discovered that 50% of tech workers are either atheists or agnostic. Furthermore, a recent Napa Legal Institute report found that social-media platforms increasingly censor religious believers who oppose abortion, assisted suicide and transgender ideology. This makes ...
January is a time when many businesses are in transition. Some businesses have been sold. Others have new leaders or new plans. The book of Acts opens with a dramatic transition taking place. Jesus was captured, crucified, resurrected, and the disciples watched as Jesus, their leader, ascended to heaven. Yet, the disciples found a way to move forward that resulted ...
Over the years, some people have asked if I’ve ever considered taking our Unconventional Business events into Oklahoma City. But it never seemed like the right time. Recently, however, we hired someone who previously lived in Oklahoma City. As she encouraged us to consider moving into Oklahoma City, we began praying. Since then, the Lord divinely introduced me to someone ...
About twenty years ago, a radio executive asked me to develop a daily radio vignette program on integrity in the workplace. When I began writing Integrity Moments, I remember thinking, “Maybe I can come up with enough stories to last a year.” After writing and recording over 5,000 articles, I now marvel at how God works. There are months when ...
A Harvard Business Review article titled, “Creating Space for Religious Diversity at Work” highlights two principles to respect those of different religions represented in our workplaces. The first principle, discussed previously, was cultivating vagueness. The second principle is to create space. The article examined an Islamic bank in Germany that was led by people of different faiths. The bank established ...
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