ALL RESOURCES BY Gary Klingsporn
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Love in Action at Work and in the World >
American culture is a culture of narcissism.
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God Calls Us to Be Leaders Wherever We Are >
"My job description as I've known it for the last twenty years is coming to an end."
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God's Beloved at Work >
In baptism, we are set apart as God's people. Our everyday work is God's work.
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Don't Separate Success and Failure >
Give thanks in all circumstances.
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Her Work Helped People See God >
Bezalel and Oholiab? Who are they? Most people have never heard of them.
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We Need Each Other >
We've worked closely together for eighteen years, and we're as different as night and day.
Face to Face with God >
How did Moses go from self-doubt to a "prophet unequaled"? God's compelling call and powerful presence transformed him from a man of fear to a leader of great strength. God enabled Moses to lead effectively and to endure years of trials and discouragement.
A Martyr's Daily Work >
"I'm here for some purpose, and I only hope that I may fulfill it," Bonhoeffer said. Think about your life: What's your purpose? Why are you here?
When Did We See You? >
"Lord, when was it that we saw you hungry and gave you food,
or thirsty and gave you something to drink?" Matt. 25:37
I still remember when Louise died. Few people knew her. We didn't know her well. But we knew she was…
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Look to the Ant >
Destroy an anthill and see it rebuilt in no time.
For Thou Art with Me >
Hilma Untinen was born October 8, 1910, in a log cabin in Northern Minnesota—the ninth of eleven children born to poor Finnish immigrants. When she was 13 years old, her mother died. Hilma's father wanted her to work the meager homestead, but she left…
The Star Thrower >
"Father, forgive them; for they do not know what they are doing." (Luke 23:34)
Anthropologist Loren Eiseley was walking on the beach at Costabel. Among the professional shellers and collectors hurrying along with bundles…
Faith in the Race >
Each fall, thousands of people gather in New York City at the Verrazano Bridge, which runs from Staten Island into Manhattan. Five hours later, most of them complete the New York City Marathon.
Across the United States, the marathon is a popular…
Amid the Sounds—Silence >
Be still and know that I am God . . . Psalm 46:10
We are at war in Iraq, in Afghanistan—in the global war on terrorism. Open the newspaper, turn on the television . . . we are barraged by sounds and images…
Basement Stairs and Dark Corners >
The basement was dark, damp, musty—a forbidding place where my mother kept our canned fruits and vegetables. As a young boy I dreaded, "Gary, would you please go down to the basement . . .?" Was a jar of pickles or green beans worth this? I didn't…
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The Wisdom to Admit the Obvious >
What you're doing isn't a good idea. You'll burn out. This is way too much—you can't handle it by yourself. You need help.
Upward Mobility and the Mind of Christ >
In the 1950s, observers coined "upward mobility" to describe the lower- and middle-class rise to better conditions: more money, nicer houses, higher social status, early retirement, and financial security.
Who wouldn't love it? Upward mobility…
The Face of Endurance >
Phyllis is amazing. Day after day she shows up for volunteer work. She cooks for people, visits them, cares for them. She's slowing down, a bit weaker. Chemotherapy takes its toll. But she keeps going.
Until recently, she regularly visited her…
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Of Missing Shoes and Sacred Moments >
"I can't find my shoes!" my daughter Kari yelled. Her older sister and I were waiting in the car, already late, but I ran back into the house. We turned her room upside down. Time ran out and I took sister to school.
Be Whole >
I was fourteen when my brother taught me to play chess, and I couldn't get enough of it. For hours on summer afternoons, I played in the shade of our backyard maple tree. I loved the pieces, loved how they looked and felt—the endless combinations…
Creative Team >
There is something beautiful in work well and precisely done. It is a participation in the activity of God, who makes all things well and wisely, beautiful to the last detail.
Jean Vanier (Community & Growth)
God…
We Call It Integrity; God calls It Righteousness >
"Enron." The name now represents an American corporate tragedy. Inflated stock values, lost jobs, lost savings, shattered lives. Enron's collapse sent shock waves through America. And questions: How could it have happened? Who was responsible? …
Suffering, God is Faithful >
At age sixty-four, Mary had a wonderful sense of humor, a contagious laugh, and mischievous eyes. She had survived breast cancer at age forty only to discover ovarian cancer eight years later. She knew more surgeries, radiation, chemotherapy, and hospital…
A Servant's Heart >
Mother Teresa was known worldwide for her care of the poor and outcast on the streets of Calcutta. Yet she said, "I do nothing of my own. God does it. I am a pencil, a tiny bit of pencil with which God writes what he likes."
God uses people to love…
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Finding Your Voice >
In our culture, my personal identity typically is measured by what I produce, my position in the workplace, the wealth I accumulate, my social status.
