Ever stop and wonder what is it that we’re really trying to accomplish as individuals in the workplace? Better jobs? More authority? Nicer titles? More money? Sometimes it’s good to take a step back and evaluate where we’re heading and why.
This week I’d like to use some great Christian songs from recent years as inspiration for my posts. [...]
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I’m tired. Our youngest child was up for hours last night with what I can only assume was a teething problem. As a result, I’ve felt like a zombie all day.
This isn’t the first time that I’ve dragged myself through a workday. There are those inevitable unexpected demands (Red Wings games) that come up in the [...]
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Most of my blog posts are about what it’s like to be a Christian in corporate America, but today I’d like to touch briefly on something even more specific – Christian companies. There are a small number of entrepreneurs that have started these organizations - companies that have explicitly Christian missions - who try to balance profits with purpose.
I’ve [...]
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We had some good news today – my mom got a great new job. We’d been praying for some time that God not only provide her with a job, but that it would be one that put her many talents to good use and that she would enjoy. He generously delivered on our requests – [...]
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An odd thing happened the other day – I told someone that I work in brand strategy. Why is that odd? Because in January I stopped working in branding and now work in sales strategy. I didn’t forget which department I worked in; it was something else. It seems that despite spending most of my career in [...]
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Happy Monday! I hope each of you had a blessed and reflective Easter. I was reminded by a very fine sermon at our church that the resurrection is just as important as the cross. Jesus died for our sins on the cross, but resurrection became real for us three days later. I’m glad that God is still in the resurrection [...]
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Well, it’s been nearly six weeks of blogging and somehow I’ve managed to not mention the Detroit Red Wings. Of course this blog is about faith at work, but those of you who know me know that I’m obsessed with hockey. I thank the Lord regularly for the joy that I experience watching the Red Wings (you [...]
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“The godly offer good counsel; they teach right from wrong.” – Psalm 37:30
As you can probably tell from most of my posts, I think a lot about God’s role in our work lives. But what I don’t write about as much is the other secret weapon in my career arsenal – my wife. She’s my [...]
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I suspect that our daydreams can tell us a lot about the condition of our hearts. They can reveal our motivations, our dissatisfactions, our hidden desires, our idealistic aspirations, and sometimes our corrupt nature.
Today I caught myself daydreaming about what it would be like to manage the brand of a small, creative company. I suspect that I [...]
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Listen. Do not have an opinion while you listen because frankly, your opinion doesn’t hold much water outside of Your Universe. Just listen. Listen until their brain has been twisted like a dripping towel and what they have to say is all over the floor.” – Hugh Elliott
Have you ever had one of those moments [...]
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