Occupations and preoccupations

Note: we’re continuing this week’s look at the writings of noteworthy theologians and applying their ideas to our work lives.
I took a walk tonight by myself, which being an only child with a few kids of my own, is a rare indulgence. As I walked by a beautiful pond, the song Long December by Counting [...]

Like a good wine

Last week started off with about a dozen key unresolved issues at work. By late Tuesday, I found myself getting more and more frustrated that resolutions seemed nowhere in sight. But as the week wore on, many of the issues that had been stressing me out seemed to get resolved, often in just the manner I had hoped [...]

Where’s the fruit?

Remember Clara, that old lady in the “Where’s the Beef?” commercials. I loved those commercials (I know that I’m dating myself here). Well today I had a Clara moment.
I was headed into a meeting that I really didn’t want to be in. I had some frustrations that I feared would inappropriately be visible to others [...]

Sacrificial smiles

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 - [...]

Daydream(ing) Believer

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 [...]

Abby’s thoughts

There is not in the world a kind of life more sweet and delightful, than that of a continual conversation with God. Those only can comprehend it who practice and experience it.” - Brother Lawrence

This weekend my wife and I went back to Chicago for a memorial service. A friend of ours, Abby-Jill Brauhn, passed away [...]

The gift of time

 
Has anyone noticed how longmy blog posts have been this week? Sorry. My hope was to keep these pretty concise so as not to eat up too much of your time, which happens to be a perfect transition into today’s post…
This week’s posts have been dedicated to times of job insecurity and job transitions, and [...]

God’s role - provision for our needs

We continue this week’s look at jobs insecurities - looking for a job, worrying about losing a job, or staying in a miserable job for fear of leaving. And if you missed it, yesterday we looked at how these trials can actually be spirtual blessings because they force us to rely upon God. I know [...]

Loving your co-workers

 
No, this post has nothing to do with Valentines Day or anything that happened at your annual holiday party.  Rather, yesterday I posted about the need to see beyond the routine activities of work to invest in the people in your workplace.
And how should we do this? It should start with prayer, for two important [...]