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Are You Courageous at Home and Work?

Posted in Culture, Death, Faith, Family, Friendship, Influence, Integrity, Jesus, Job Search, Marriage, Money, Movies, Parenting, Prayer, Trust, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , on October 6, 2011 | 1 Comment »

Yesterday was the 20th anniversary of one of the most important days of my life. On October 5, 1991, Theresa and I said “I do and I will”! In honor of that day 20 years ago, we spent the entire day together just having fun. We reflected on the past 20 years. We looked at old [...]

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Today you will be…

Posted in Death, Heaven, Jesus, Work on April 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Can you imagine the feeling he had? He was a criminal, a sinner (like you and me), hanging on a cross. Can you imagine the feeling of hearing Jesus say to you, “…today you will be with me in paradise”? This is a perspective we may not often take here on this Good Friday. As [...]

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Heroes

Posted in Death, Leadership on June 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Who is your hero? Maybe you have more than one? Some of us have heroes we know and love personally. Some of us have heroes we have never even met. But we all need heroes. In 1995, I was interviewing with the CEO of a software company I would subsequently work for. He asked me [...]

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Seize the Day!

Posted in Bible, Death, Faith and Work, Influence, Integrity, Leadership, Missions, Relationships, Servant Leadership on April 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

I know this sounds strange, but I sometimes take notes at a funeral. It seems it is a time where all that is good, all that is important, all that transcends a life…gets shared by people who care the most.  Yesterday, we celebrated the life of Carl Carpenter, whose son Rick is a close friend of [...]

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Good Friday?

Posted in Adversity, Death, Jesus, Prayer on April 2, 2010 | 1 Comment »

As I read Matthew 27 this morning, which chronicles the day Jesus died, it didn’t feel like Good Friday. I grappled with what Jesus went through. I tried to imagine how it would feel to be beaten, ridiculed, laughed at, spit on, and mocked. Then, though impossible, I cringed as I imagined someone hammering nails in my hands, then [...]

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He Finished the Race

Posted in Death, Faith, Prayer, Servant Leadership, The Joseph Project on December 7, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Last Friday, he went to work. Like he had for over 60 years. Yes, he retired for a year or so. But he went right back to work, believe it or not…driving a school bus early in the morning. All of the drivers started their buses each morning and awaited a quick safety check before departing. After [...]

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Reset

Posted in Death, Perspective on October 9, 2009 | 4 Comments »

Sometimes God offers us a reset. You know what I mean? An event, typically, that impacts our outlook on life. Yesterday, I attended the funeral of a precious little 10-year-old girl, Olivia Ray. It was held at the church that I am a member of and the church that WorkMatters was launched from…Central Methodist Church [...]

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