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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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 Courage, Culture, Death, Faith, Family, Influence, Integrity, Jesus, Job Search, Marriage, Money, Movie, Parenting, Prayer on October 6, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Career Decisions
Posted in Job Search, Judgment, Patience, perseverence on July 14, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Recently, our ENGAGE marketplace ministry for YP’s (Young Professionals) hosted our monthly Gathering. Chuck Hyde, CEO of The Soderquist Center was our featured “mentor” to share with these up and coming marketplace leaders. Chuch shared a provocative message and answered questions on “Four Principles to Guide Career Decisions“. I encourage you to listen to it here on our website. Chuck also [...]
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 [...]
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…2010 Joseph Project
Posted in 60 Days of Prayer, Economy, Encouragement, Job Search, The Joseph Project on December 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
For all of you that have joined us in this 60 Days of Prayer journey, you must read on. One of the highlights of our 2010 was experienced yesterday at the 50th session of The Joseph Project in 2010! It was incredible. Over 80 people between jobs, their spouses, and alumni of The Joseph Project [...]
HR Heaven
Posted in Adversity, Economy, Job Search, The Joseph Project on October 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Do you want to make a difference in someone’s life TODAY? If you know someone who is between jobs, you can do just that. I rarely (never?) promote something we are doing at WorkMatters on this Blog. But today, it’s imperative. If you are located in northwest Arkansas, The Joseph Project is hosting FIVE HR leaders this Wednesday [...]
When God Closes a Door…
Posted in Bible, Job Search on February 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
It is amazing how a relatively obscure verse in the Bible can mean nothing one day, and then say something so specific and clear to you the next. Such was the case with these two verses below from Acts: Then coming to the borders of Mysia, they headed north for the province of Bithynia, but [...]
2010 ADVANCE Workshop–The Joseph Project
Posted in Adversity, Economy, Encouragement, Hope, Job Search, perseverence, Relationships, The Joseph Project, Uncategorized on February 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
What an incredible day it was last Wednesday, February 5th at the Joseph Project 2010 Advance Workshop! There was great anticipation during the weeks leading up to this kickoff event. Seems like what you hear is how the economy is recovering. That may be true in some some quarters, but there are many others who are [...]
Today is…
Posted in Economy, Job Search, Prayer, The Joseph Project, Wisdom on December 2, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Don’t you love talking with a man or a woman who seems to have great wisdom? They are dropping these pearls on you and they don’t even know it. Such was the case Wednesday morning with Springdale, AR Mayor Doug Sprouse. He spoke to a room full of “between jobs” men and women at The [...]
What Can I Do?
Posted in Economy, Encouragement, Job Search, Prayer, The Joseph Project on November 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday it was announced that the unemployment rate in the country is the highest it has been in 26 years, a stunning 10.2 percent. I read that a major school bus plant in Conway is shutting down and that 477 people will be let go. Layoffs are still happening locally as well. We all know [...]