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Leading in Times of Uncertainty - Laura Whitaker (Podcast Episode 29)

Making It Work Podcast

The COVID-19 pandemic presented many organizations with levels of uncertainty that they had never seen before. How do...

David’s Disobedience to God Causes a National Pestilence (1 Chronicles 21:1-17)

Bible Commentary

David also suffers another failure that, to us in the 21st century, may seem strange. He takes a census of the people of...

The Israelites Ask For a King (1 Samuel 8:4-22)

Bible Commentary

Seeing the unsuitability of Samuel’s sons, the Israelites ask him to “appoint for us, then, a king to govern us,...

Suffering With Christ in Order to Be Glorified With Christ (Romans 8:15–17)

Bible Commentary

Paul contrasts life in the Spirit with life under the Jewish law. Paul says believers have received a “spirit of...

Noah’s Fall (Genesis 9:20-29)

Bible Commentary

After his heroic work on behalf of humanity, Noah falls into a troubling domestic incident. It begins—as so many...

People Work in a Fallen Creation (Genesis 4-8)

Bible Commentary

Because of the fall, our work is even more important to God's plan for the world.

Working Within a Fallen System (Esther)

Bible Commentary

The Book of Esther begins with King Ahasuerus (known to history outside the Bible as Xerxes) throwing a lavish party to...

Discipleship in Process (Mark 4:35-41; 6:45-52; 8:14-21)

Bible Commentary

The Gospel of Mark, more than the other Gospels, highlights the ignorance, weakness, and selfishness of the...

The Twelve (Mark 3:13-19)

Bible Commentary

In addition to the accounts of the calling of specific disciples, there is also the account of the appointing of the...

“Blessed Are the Merciful, for They Will Receive Mercy” (Matthew 5:7)

Bible Commentary

If you are blessed with sorrow for your own failings (the second beatitude) and with right relationships (the fourth...

Embarrassing Work Stories: May 23 Newsletter

Newsletter

Everybody has an embarrassing work story: a mistake we made, an unhappy accident, or a time we did something we regret....

“How Is Failure Part of Life?” - Andy Crouch

Video

All creativity requires the willingness to fail, and I don't know any creative endeavor where you don't fail before you...