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Jun 18, 2013
"What role does art play in the Christian life?" - Leigh McLeroy
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I think art matters a great deal . . . it's another way for us to tell our story. It's another way to communicate. It's another way to invite people in. Read More + |
Jun 18, 2013
Telling the Truth Upward
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A senior executive has made a request, something impossible to achieve, born of a lack of understanding and rising frustration. It’s passed down until it lands in my email. I understand the frustration, and I share it, so I respond politely, directly to the executive. I explain why it’s impossible. One of the people copied on the email stops by... Read More + |
Jun 17, 2013
Books on Work: Decisive, Part Three
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During the years I was home schooling my children, I threatened to quit nearly every year during the month of March. After spending seven months practicing math drills, grading tests, and correcting papers, I found myself emotionally spent. Having been trapped indoors together throughout the long winter months, we all began to experience cabin fever.... Read More + |
Jun 14, 2013
"What Do You Consider When You Let Someone Go?" - Boyd Clarke
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Being direct and transparent is often the best managerial technique. Read More + |
Jun 14, 2013
When Dreamer Becomes Employee
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My first day was a rush of paperwork, welcome signs, and smiles. "We’re so glad that you are here!" one teacher exclaimed, lipstick smeared crookedly across her lips. I smiled back and shook her hand. I was her new boss; this was my new job, serving as the academic director of a small ESL school. I had been married for less than two weeks, and we had... Read More + |
Jun 13, 2013
What Does it Mean to be "Radical"?
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A business manager wants to live a radical Christian life – a life for which Jesus will say, “Well done, my good and faithful servant.” But he is frustrated because he is inundated with so many everyday urgent decisions concerning product and distribution, supply chain, and personnel that he doesn’t have time for what his pastor says really matters –... Read More + |
Jun 13, 2013
Leaving a Creative Legacy
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On my mother’s side, I come from a long line of “creatives.” Which is a nice way of saying our family is a little whacked-out. My great-grandfather Pappy wrote many unpublished short stories. His daughter Nanaw was an artist and writer, as well as an art teacher. Her husband Dadaw was an amateur inventor and held several patents before he died. And my... Read More + |
Jun 12, 2013
"Does My Career Matter to God?" - Andy Crouch
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We have to ask, "What am I making of the world here? Am I contributing to flourishing in what I'm doing with whatever level of choice and freedom I have? And am I finding ways to bear witness, not always explicitly, but clearly bear witness that there is a Lord of this world, and He has a name?" So every sphere of our life matters for that . . . very... Read More + |
Jun 12, 2013
Monday Nights With Dad
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When I was growing up, I loved Monday nights. Those were our nights alone with Dad. Mom taught a Bible study to 300 working women, and Dad made sure he was home, since my brother and I were too young to be left alone. At first, Mom made food for us, something easy like Pour-A-Quiche. But Dad — thank goodness — rebelled. Mondays became our nights for... Read More + |
Jun 12, 2013
Three Reflective Questions to Improve Your Job Performance
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I recently spent a couple of hours thinkingabout my job instead of actually doing it. I mulled over the current state of affairs at work, my priorities, my recent accomplishments, where my time is being spent, and so on. I guess you could say I was reflecting. To some of you, this may sound like a colossally assinine waste of time, but Read More + |
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In yesterday's post, I talked about my friend John, who, in his preaching, often reveals spoilers from popular movies or books. If you're in his church and you don't see a hit movie on opening weekend, there's a good chance John will spoil the ending in his sermon. In light of our passage from Ephesians 3, God uncovers his mystery at just the right time. He is not... Read More + |
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