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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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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 , , , , , , , 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 [...]

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Work and Marriage

Posted in Family, Marriage on May 24, 2011 | 1 Comment »

We are constantly teaching and equipping on why and how we can and should live our faith in our work. Most of the time, it is very work centric. However, we must constantly remind ourselves that all elements of our lives are integrated and connected. That is especially true of our work and our marriage. If [...]

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1 + 1 = 2

Posted in Balance, Bible, Faith and Work, Family, Marriage, Prayer on March 16, 2011 | 4 Comments »

We get so strung out with the incredible pace of our lives. I am living through that right now. I just got off the phone with a business leader expressing the same anxieties and frustrations. Our work is demanding and full of pressures. We strive to be the best husbands and wives possible. Many of us have [...]

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Leadership Lessons

Posted in Balance, Excellence, Family, Integrity, Leadership, Servant Leadership, Trust, Vision on February 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Mike Duke, CEO Wal-Mart Stores, is a leader many of us know and respect here in northwest Arkansas. It’s hard to fathom the challenge of leading the largest company in the world. He is humble, faithful and requires business excellence from himself and his associates. Read these excerpts from a recent interview Mike Duke did [...]

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60 Days…Christmas Vacation!

Posted in 60 Days of Prayer, celebration, Christmas, Family, Peace, perseverence, Prayer on December 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

As  vacation days are beginning for most everyone today, please allow me to digress a little from the workplace theme of most of our 60 Day posts.  We all need a break from work from time to time, right? The family started arriving late yesterday afternoon. You could feel the excitement and anticipation growing all [...]

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60 Days…Work/Life Warning!

Posted in 60 Days of Prayer, Balance, Family, Marriage, Prayer, Relationships on November 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Last week I received shocking news about someone I admired and saw as a spiritual giant that a few months ago his marriage had ended in divorce.  Although I did not know this man personally, I have followed him and his ministry closely for a long time.  The details were sketchy, but it appeared that [...]

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60 Days…Work to Live

Posted in 60 Days of Prayer, Balance, Family, Marriage on November 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Following a speech I gave last week, a leader in a local bank came to me and with tears in his eyes, shared this story. It’s long, but very powerful…and it’s important. See my comments following the story: It was very nice to meet you and listen to your inspirational talk…the topic is something I [...]

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Musings on Sunday

Posted in celebration, Encouragement, Family, joy, music, Relationships, Worship on December 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I have almost always looked forward to Sunday.  Going to church has never been much of a struggle for me.  I know that is not the case for some of you, so I don’t say that in any kind of judgmental way.  I just seem to always feel better after going.  Of course we miss from time [...]

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The Most Wonderful Time of the Year

Posted in celebration, Christmas, Family, Hope, joy on December 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »

The sights, sounds, smells and memories are still so fresh.  At this time yesterday morning the anticipation was high and we were still getting everything ready.  All of a sudden the day everyone has been looking forward to for so long has finally arrived.  Then before you can believe it, it’s over.  But what a [...]

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