Sometimes our work is threatened by external conditions. But often the dangers come from within; we can become our own worst enemies and unintentionally sabotage our own efforts with slipshod...
There's a thin line between perseverance and stubbornness. Where you eventually land depends on the outcome—if you fail you were just stubborn...
Jim Collins' Good to Great metaphor has much to say to us as we discover our gifts, talents, and our day-to-day vocation. The truth is, God has created us as multifaceted creatures with interests...
Many occupations don't guarantee Sundays off. I happen to work in the maritime industry, and I'm here to tell you cargo ships...
"Nothing is impossible with God," says the angel Gabriel to Mary, the young woman whom God had chosen to bear his Son (Luke 1:37). Mary needed encouragement. The angel had just told her that:she...
How can it be that those who lived with Jesus for three years—hearing every word he taught and seeing every miracle—could betray, deny, and abandon him? It must be that past reliance on...
Author Leigh McLeroy has a passion for God and a keen eye for His presence in everyday life. Her career has taken...
Everyone talks about the importance of teamwork, but we often forget the importance of the individual in the workplace.
It's a cliché in business circles that there's no "I" in "team." Whenever I hear this, I want to respond, "Yes, but without the individuals, there would be no team." I'm still left...
I knew Wes as a fellow student at Providence Bible Institute in the mid-1940s. To put it bluntly, Weston Taylor was our resident character, an endearing oddball. Although burdened with a variety...
Jesus said to Simon, "From now on you'll be fishing for men and women." They pulled their boats up on the beach, left them, nets and all, and followed him. (Luke 5:11, The...
We often think of successful, creative people as those who chart their own course and advance smoothly along a path that they themselves have determined. While this does happen for a happy few,...
“For Mordecai the Jew was in rank to King Ahasuerus, and he was powerful among the Jews and popular with his many kindred, for he sought the good of his people and interceded...
Simple pencil sketches became charcoal drawings. From charcoal, the media evolved to pastels. But watercolor emerged as her true love. While juggling time with her kids, full-time work, widowhood,...
A tourist visited the bell tower of a great cathedral. From a distance, she had heard the bells' glorious music. Inside the tower, instead of music, she heard a cacophony of clanging metal. Instead...
A great storm mercilessly lashes a small island. The clouds pass, and a father and his son walk down to the beach where the sea’s surge has washed tens of thousands of starfish...
“Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men.” Colossians 3:23 What does...
Taking personal initiative at work can have its rewards—but it can also be risky. I’ll always be grateful to one of my...
I was recently having lunch at a fast-food restaurant and happened to watch the busboy clearing and wiping tables. Suddenly he stopped and stared at a glass door across the room. Taking a...
To teach his class about perspective, a journalism professor stood with his nose pressed against the whiteboard. He said: "In a tragedy or a breaking crisis, we are THIS close to the story. We...
