Rob Hey continues to share his powerful insights regarding how we can more effectively serve those we work with. This is a powerful story! A few weeks ago, one of my fellow co-workers experienced some unexpected major health issues and ended up needing open heart surgery. It was a shock to everyone at the office [...]
Archive for the ‘Adversity’ Category
Showing Up to Serve
Posted in Adversity, Encouragement, Faith and Work, Friendship, Serve on February 1, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Lessons Learned from the Tornado
Posted in Adversity, Faith and Work, Leadership, Planning, Plans, Serve, Team on January 23, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Rob Hey continues to share his thoughts this month on how we can serve more effectively at work. It is amazing to see people around the office that will step up and serve when the time calls for it. We all have talents and gifts that can be used in powerful ways if we will [...]
Inspiration for Relationship with God at Work
Posted in Adversity, Faith, Faith and Work, Family, Fear, God, Hope, Influence, Jesus, Perspective, Relationships, Seven Pillars of Faith and Work, tagged Abide, Encouragement, Faith, God, Inspiration, Relationship, Seven Pillars, Work on September 20, 2011 | 1 Comment »
We are blogging this month on the first of Seven Pillars…Relationship. Specifically, how we can walk with God all day, every day, but especially in our work. But it’s hard, isn’t it? The menial tasks. The grind. Deadlines. Worry. Money…and the list goes on. But God calls us to see it differently, doesn’t he? He [...]
Finishing Strong
Posted in Adversity, Job Search, The Joseph Project on June 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Finishing strong is something all of us want to do. Finish strong each day. Finish strong in our job. Finish strong in our faith. As a valued partner of WorkMatters, we want you to be aware of a significant shift in our marketplace ministry. Wednesday morning we formally announced that the time has come to retire The [...]
Dogs and God (and Work?)
Posted in Adversity, God, Relationships on March 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I read this message this morning from a “young professional” friend of mine (his profession is pouring into Jr High and High School students). Read his message…and then consider how perfectly applicable it is to our work! The only time I ever cry when watching a movie is when something bad happens to a dog. It’s absolutely gut wrenching, like a paper [...]
60 Days…Big Decisions?
Posted in 60 Days of Prayer, Adversity, Encouragement, Hope, Job Search, Perspective, Prayer, Relationships, Trust on December 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A buddy stopped by today and had some interesting news about a couple of people we both knew. It seems major decisions in one friends life had occurred that resulted in a downstream change of direction for the other person. As a result, one friend seemed to now be taking on a much greater risk [...]
60 Days….A Story from the Battlefield
Posted in 60 Days of Prayer, Adversity, Faith and Work, Influence, perseverence, Wisdom on November 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I was shocked to find myself in the CEO’s office that afternoon. One of my “trusted” co-workers had apparently gone to HR and inquired about his options resulting from a conversation we had late one Friday afternoon. He was a total non-believer and we were having one of those talks about what we were doing [...]
60 Days….A Battlefield Prayer
Posted in 60 Days of Prayer, Adversity, Patience, perseverence, Prayer, Trust on November 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
In response to my post a few days ago regarding the use of pre-written prayers, a friend sent me a note saying that the following prayer sits on his desk and he prays it daily. He told me he would not mind if I shared it with all of you as well. “Lord, I need [...]
60 Days….No Matter What!
Posted in 60 Days of Prayer, Adversity, Encouragement, perseverence, Prayer on November 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
1Thessalonians 5:17-18 “Pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances…” We have all known someone who has lived out this verse in almost incomprehensible ways. We observe that even through the most challenging of times, certain people seem to be able to still pray and “give thanks” no matter what their circumstances may be. I am often [...]
60 Days…”Man Down”
Posted in Adversity, Encouragement, Prayer, Relationships, Workplace Groups on November 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A close friend of mine recently sent me an email that sadly described the circumstances of a mutual friend going through a very tough time. Our friend had apparently made some poor choices resulting in pain and suffering for himself and his family. Thankfully, our friend reached out and wanted to talk and try to [...]