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fair wages

Posted by pohfangchia on April 30th, 2012 | 11 responses
That’s not fair. Why did she get a raise and I didn’t? I do just as much work as she does!” “Why was he chosen to lead the project when I’ve been here longer?” I should get what I deserve is a work ethic that... read more »

faith and work

Posted by Jeff Olson on April 17th, 2012 | 10 responses
One of my favorite quotes from John Wesley is, “Pray like it depends on God; work like it depends on you.” I don’t always live it, but it echoes something an old wise king once said. As King David was nearing the end... read more »

opportunity

Posted by mike wittmer on April 11th, 2012 | 5 responses
A cave-in left 33 men trapped deep underground in a copper and gold mine in northern Chile. The men battled despair during the initial hours, when dust from the collapse choked their lungs and cloaked the mine in darkness.... read more »

working hard

Posted by pohfangchia on February 28th, 2012 | 2 responses
My dad is a hard-working man. He works 6 days a week. During his off-days, he’s always tinkering with something in the house—fixing the fan or cleaning something. Colleagues of mine who also know my dad have remarked... read more »

intercepting entropy

Posted by marvin williams on February 2nd, 2012 | 8 responses
John Ortberg, in one of his sermons, told of an interview with Max Dupree, the former CEO of Herman Miller, a renowned office furniture company. “Max is asked to speak a lot about leadership, and at one session somebody... read more »

January 9, 2012

Posted by Today's Conversation on January 9th, 2012 | 6 responses
John Stott once wrote, “Too many Christians see their work as no more than a painful necessity.” How do you view work?   ... read more »

let’s get critical

Posted by mike wittmer on December 18th, 2011 | 5 responses
In The Last Lecture, Professor Randy Pausch described a particularly bad day when his hardnosed football coach yelled at him and made him do push-ups for messing up some moves. Afterward, an assistant coach helped Randy put... read more »

lead on

Posted by regina franklin on November 7th, 2011 | 2 responses
Spending much of my childhood in the cool north of the US, I always thought of palm trees as something exotic. So when we traveled down to South Carolina to visit family every few years, I felt as if I was somewhere near... read more »

in the arena

Posted by tim gustafson on October 5th, 2011 | 7 responses
Theodore Roosevelt got things done. He was the driving force behind the completion of the ambitious Panama Canal project, won the Nobel Peace Prize, and served as Assistant Secretary of the US Navy. Oh, and he also became... read more »

pray to God for caesar

Posted by mike wittmer on July 4th, 2011 | 5 responses
The Roman emperors demanded that their citizens demonstrate allegiance by kneeling before their image, pinching a bit of incense, and declaring, “Caesar is Lord.” Tertullian, a writer in the early church, would have none... read more »
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