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60 Days…How Much Do You Care?

Posted in 60 Days of Prayer, Attitude, Encouragement, Excellence, Influence, Prayer, Relationships on December 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Friends, Over the past week I have found myself in a unusual setting.  I have spent the past five days caring for my Father in a hospital and as of yesterday in a skilled nursing facility in southeastern Ohio.  These kinds of facilities are unique in that you get to watch people doing their work [...]

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Witnesses @ Work?

Posted in Excellence, Faith and Work, Integrity, Jesus, Seven Pillars of Faith and Work on September 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Most of our companies have a mission statement don’t they? But, do you have a personal mission statement? It seems that Jesus did. What do you think? “But you will receive the power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and [...]

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A Teacher’s Work

Posted in Excellence, Heart, Serve on September 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

I am reminded that we can honor and glorify God in many ways. My friend Kelsey is doing it through her work. Can you imagine the joy God feels when he watches Kelsey serve “the least of these”? NOTE: I received the following email from Kelsey’s proud husband. Make sure you read the last paragraph. [...]

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Inspiration!

Posted in Excellence, Hope on June 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Early this morning, I jogged out of my neighborhood. The sun was just creeping over the horizon. And then…I heard it. It was sweet music. It was a song I had not heard in two or three years. Instantly I was inspired as I heard…the sound of hammers pounding nails. Then I heard the rugged chorus [...]

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Easy Doesn’t Do It!

Posted in Excellence, Faith and Work, Goals, Leadership, Vision on April 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

WorkMatters is blessed to share office space with a great company, NorthStar Partnering Group. Each Monday morning, the NorthStar team starts their week with a worship/business meeting. This morning, Henry Ho, NorthStar co-founder, shared a powerful poem that he had heard at a recent WorkMatters Eight-to-Five event from Ms. Susan Barrett, Retired President/CEO of Mercy Health Systems NWA . Read this when you [...]

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A Master Workman

Posted in Excellence, Integrity, Seven Pillars of Faith and Work on December 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Monday morning I had the blessing of participating in Northstar Partnering Groups’ weekly worship/business meeting held in Fayetteville, AR. Northstar’s mission is “building profitable businesses that advance the Kingdom”. My long time friend and Northstar leader Clay Bell has been an advocate of bridging the gap between faith and work long before I got involved with WorkMatters. Clay shared [...]

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Awesome Christmas Music

Posted in celebration, Christmas, Excellence, Heart, music on December 13, 2009 | 3 Comments »

Friends, One thing you will learn about me is that I am passionate about  music.  I know that everyone will define good music differently, but  those of the original rock and roll generation have to acknowledge that Jethro Tull was GOOD MUSIC!  Yes , it was defintely out there with Ian Anderson and his flute [...]

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TeamMatters

Posted in Excellence, Relationships, Team on October 12, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their work.  If one falls down his friend can help him up.  But pity the man who falls and has no one to help him up!  Ecclesiastes 4: 9-10 In our work we sometimes talk about “working as a team”  or maybe “taking [...]

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What’s Your Story?

Posted in Excellence, Faith and Work, Honesty, Integrity, Servant Leadership on October 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

The heartbeat of WorkMatters is to bridge the enormous gap between faith and work. One of the most effective ways we equip men and women in the marketplace is through sharing real life stories. I hope that you will take the time to read this compelling story from an awesome servant leader, who I had [...]

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Day 22–Mastering Your Craft

Posted in 31 Days of Proverbs and Prayer, Excellence, Influence on July 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will serve before kings; he will not serve before obscure men.  Proverbs 22:29 (NIV) A good friend of mine seems to constantly find himself being asked to serve the “kings” of our present age.  He is one of the hardest workers I have ever known [...]

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