A Community Transformed
Fresh out of college, Kevin began working for an international industrial conglomerate that designs and manufactures aerospace parts. After a number of years and positions of greater responsibility, he was given the opportunity to become General Manager of a plant located in a town in the Southwest called Redmond. What he found was not good. (Note: the details of this story are factual; however,...
A Community Transformed
Fresh out of college, Kevin began working for an international industrial conglomerate that designs and manufactures aerospace parts. After a number of years and positions of greater responsibility, he was given the opportunity to become General Manager of a plant located in a town in the Southwest called Redmond. What he found was not good. (Note: the details of this story are factual; however,...
Don’t Let Your Workplace Divert You from God’s Plan
Too many people never reach their goal which they set for themselves in their workplace. They entered their workplace with a clear sense of mission and a high determination "to make a difference." Along the way there is a trembling, or a sorrow, or even a sense of failure that the highest and best of ideals are not and may not be reached. Get Your Free e-Book HereWant to learn more on what the...
Meeting Jesus at Work
Read John 21:1-12 What is My Workplace Like? A long night on the water. Acrid smoke fills the air from torches lit to draw fish to the light and nets, burning eyes that have been awake all night, straining to see through the dark. Waves slap against the boat. Hour after hour nets go out and are pulled back empty. The men on the boat say nothing. Working together in silence, each is...
Calling and Work
In many churches, and in the lives of many Christians, the Christian faith does not seem to have that much to do with work. A survey estimates that: 75% of Christians have never been asked by their minister or pastor about their witness at work, only 50% had ever heard a sermon on work, and only 25% had been taught a theology of work. Get Your Free e-Book HereWant to learn more on what the Bible...
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