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You Care? You Serve!

Posted in Encouragement, Faith and Work, Friendship, Hope, Influence, marketplace ministry, Relationships, Servant Leadership, Serve on February 7, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

Rob Hey continues his outstanding and practical teaching on what Serving looks like at work.  Print this and and put it where you will see it everyday when you get to the office! This week at work, I took a close look at what I actually accomplished in serving others. My personal goal has always [...]

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The Intention in Influence

Posted in Influence, Leadership, Mentoring, Serve, Seven Pillars of Faith and Work, tagged , , , , on December 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

We have been teaching, writing and talking about Influence this month, one of the Seven Pillars of Faith at Work. As leaders, walking (sprinting is more like it) through the end of 2011 and into a fresh new year, Influence has to be omnipresent. I am reading Leadership is Dead: How Influence is Reviving It by Giant Impact CEO Jeremie Kubicek. Jeremie [...]

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The Time for Influence

Posted in Encouragement, Faith and Work, Influence, Time on December 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

During our discussions on Influence we covered intentionally aligning the sources of what influences us with how we want to influence others.  But, we also need to talk about the time for influence. Jesus said “It’s urgent that you listen carefully to this: Anyone here who believes what I am saying right now and aligns himself with the Father, who has in [...]

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The Source of Influence

Posted in Faith and Work, God, Influence, Trust, Wisdom on December 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Influence is the pillar we are focused on this month.  Spencer Frazier, SVP for Sales at J.B. Hunt brought a powerful message to our Eight to Five gathering last Friday.  He continues his teaching in our blog for the month of December. Workmatters first pillar of faith at work is Relationship…abiding with God at work. [...]

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Leading the Next Generation

Posted in Influence, Seven Pillars of Faith and Work, tagged , , , on November 2, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

A quick off-ramp from our Integrity focus for a word on Influence from our close friend, Steve Toth. As an up-and-coming young professional, I just wanted to fit in.  Specifically, I wanted to fit in with the president of the company, and the rest of the over-achieving workaholics he ran with.  Work was my #1 idol, and [...]

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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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60 Days…The Next Generation

Posted in 60 Days of Prayer, Faith and Work, Influence, Leadership, Planning, Team, tagged on December 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Yesterday, our team spent some time praying, planning and preparing for this upcoming new year.  We are so pumped about how God is using WorkMatters and the opportunities he has provided.  I was thinking about all the wonderful places that God led us this past year and my thoughts kept going to our new ministry [...]

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60 Days…Paul on Prayer

Posted in 60 Days of Prayer, Goals, Influence, Peace, Planning, Prayer, Wisdom on December 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Friends, Consider these words of the apostle Paul from his first letter to Timothy: “I urge you, first of all, to pray for all people.  Ask God to help them; intercede on their behalf, and give thanks for them.  Pray this way for kings and all who are in authority so that we can live [...]

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60 Days…Speak Up!

Posted in 60 Days of Prayer, Encouragement, Friendship, Honesty, Influence, Mentoring, Prayer, Relationships, Uncategorized on December 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Friends, Often times I have felt at a loss for words.  A situation presents itself and it feels like I should say something, but I don’t  because I am scared that I will not say the right thing.   Good intentions and all, but the word of encouragement or the word of thankfulness does not ever [...]

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