I approach life at a fast pace. The Rule of St. Benedict would tell me to slow down, to keep watch, to...
What compelled a rising star of the finance industry to leave his job and start a toy company in Honduras? "First, I've always wanted to be an entrepreneur. Even at a young age...
I attended a Christian college that requires students to abstain from social dancing, alcohol, and— believe it or not—R-rated movies. I had...
When my daughter was six years old, I got an idea for the perfect Christmas for her: a book written just for...
Every time I read the story of Jesus’ encounter with two of his followers on the road from Jerusalem to Emmaus, I...
Maybe Dale Carnegie had it mixed up when he published his classic work How to Win Friends and Influence People. Maybe he...
He came. He gave up the heavens who were not even large enough to contain Him and lets Himself be held in...
We went back to Michigan to celebrate Thanksgiving with my family, and then it seemed like I blinked and we were decorating...
Christmastime, despite the cheer and goodwill to all, is often full of uncertainty when it comes to gifts. Especially challenging is that...
At our house, we love our Christmas movies and Christmas specials. During Advent, we watch Elf and the original animated Grinch and...
In the classic Christmas hymn, Away in a Manger, the second stanza reads, “The cattle are lowing / The poor Baby wakes / But little Lord Jesus / No crying He makes.” ...
He placed in me a deep passion and calling to help the masses of Sunday Christians who are struggling to be the same person at work they are trying to be in their...
I was speaking with a group of entrepreneurs recently about their experiences during the early stages of launching their companies. They began...
"Work should be honored for allowing us to focus our otherwise scattered energies on some achievable goals, for giving us a sense of mastery, for making us respectably tired and for allowing us to...
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Is Poetry at Work, a life-changing book? ...
Several years ago a popular song celebrated the fact that "God is watching us from a distance." From his far away perch, God sees the beauty and harmony of this world, rather than...
In an attempt to honor what God was planting in the fertile soil of her life, Jean Fleming started what she calls “an old woman file” in her fiftieth year. The file blossomed...
The other night, as I tucked my youngest son in, I couldn’t help noticing how completely he filled up my arms. I...
The truth is this: your business decisions glorify your truest values. How you make decisions expose what you believe. Once we follow biblical principles, when faith and sight are married together...
