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Jun 13, 2013

What Does it Mean to be "Radical"?

Bob Robinson

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 –...

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Jun 6, 2013

Working for God’s Best

Paul Sartarelli

Mark comes home from another exhausting night in the pediatric emergency room. In his mind he reviews the children’s faces, the difficult cases, the pained parents, and the good that he and his medical team were able to accomplish. It was a very hard night and yet a fulfilling night for all of the comfort and healing he was able to administer. There...

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Jun 2, 2013

In God's Hands

Howard E. Butt, Jr.

That afternoon, every employee in Jenny’s department watched the clock nervously.  At 3 p.m., emails would go out to those getting laid off.  At 3:01, her inbox dinged. Jenny was out of work. From other cubicles, someone pounded a fist, another shouted. One person even cried. Jenny felt like doing it all. Instead, she walked to a coworker and said,...

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May 31, 2013

What The Office Teaches Christians About the Workplace

Bob Robinson

The finale of “The Office” had me laughing and even close to shedding a tear. For nine seasons, we watched as a PBS documentary crew filmed a bunch of people working in the Scranton office of the Dunder Miflin paper company. As we peered into the lives of these ordinary office workers, we could identify with them from our own office experiences. We...

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May 30, 2013

The High Calling of Everyday Ordinary Living

Bob Robinson

Being a “radical,” “missional,” Christian is slowly becoming the “new legalism.” We need more ordinary God and people lovers (Matt 22:36-40). That was a tweet sent out earlier this month from Anthony Bradley, Associate Professor of Theology and Ethics at The King’s College in New York City and a Research Fellow at the Acton Institute.   Can a 

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May 1, 2013

The North Wind and the Sun

The High Calling

An ancient storyteller named Aesop told a fable about the north wind and the sun. It opens with a challenge about a traveler's cloak. The north wind bets the sun that he can get that cloak off the traveler.

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Apr 25, 2013

Calling vs. Occupation: Six Helpful Ideas to Help You in a Difficult Job

Bob Robinson

So, it’s another Monday, and as you hit the snooze button for the second time, you find it hard to get out of bed again to go to an occupation that you find mundane and a waste of your gifts and talents. In this economy, it’s all you could get, and you need to put food on the table (let alone pay for health insurance and pay off the school loan!). You...

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Apr 21, 2013

Successful Dead Ends

Howard E. Butt, Jr.

If you pay attention to business failures, you may start to perceive what some call “dead ends onto right paths.” Here are a few Harvey McKay gave in his classic business book: 1) Walt Disney was once fired by a newspaper. For what? For lack of ideas. 2) MGM’s memo after Fred Astaire’s screen test said: Can’t act. Slightly bald. Can dance a...

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Apr 7, 2013

Keep Swimming

Howard E. Butt, Jr.

Florence Chadwick was the first woman to swim the English Channel . . . in both directions. Now she would swim from Catalina Island to the California Coast. The year was 1952. The day was dense with fog. The cold water was numbing. Florence could hardly see. She could hear rifles-shooting at sharks nearby. After more than 15 hours, it all became too...

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Mar 31, 2013

Power of Perspective

Howard E. Butt, Jr.

A friend of mine was dissatisfied with his job and the company he worked for. He felt mistreated, underused . . . and his anger simmered. But that was years ago. Today my friend works for the same company—even has the same job—but he loves it. What made the difference? One conversation. A woman asked him whom he prayed for most—himself or other...

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