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"How Important Are Personal Relationships?" - Kimberly Renner

Originally Published: Tuesday, January 27, 2015With clients the work is personal. I want it to be personal. So, being in authentic relationship with my clients really elevates the purpose of the work...

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"What Motivates You in Your Work as a Pilot?" - Norm Goodyear

Originally Published: Wednesday, February 18, 2015I don't work any different than anybody else as a pilot, but there are different degrees of competency you can have as a pilot. I think if you don't...

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What Is It Like to Feel God’s Touch?

1 John 1:1 - 2:2 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked at and our hands have touched—this we proclaim concerning the Word of...

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Share Your Story: Called to the Firing Line

People drive right past God's everyday wonders, missing out on eternity for the sake of the temporal. The freeway is full of people who don't know where they are going, but are making great time....

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Laboring Lukewarm: Our Biggest Danger?

Revelation 3:15-16 I know your works: you are neither cold nor hot. Would that you were either cold or hot! So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of my mouth....

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The Strength of Working Weak

2 Corinthians 12:6-10 That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong. Originally Published:...

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If Only

Originally Published: Sunday, October 7, 2007For several years, Pastor Michael Catt of Albany, Georgia, was haunted by "if onlys."If only I had a church in Atlanta. If only I had a bigger church....

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Do Not Lose Heart

2 Corinthians 4:13 - 5:1 So we do not lose heart. Even though our outer nature is wasting away, our inner nature is being renewed day by day. Originally Published: Wednesday, May 20, 2015Scroll Down...

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Designed to Work: Made in God's Image

Genesis 1:26-28 How has God designed us for work? Bob Robinson explores the implications of our being made in the "image of God." Originally Published: Friday, October 31, 2014Scroll Down Arrow...

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Glorifying God in All Things at All Times

We may not be followed around by a television crew looking for a finger pointing skyward, but we can still give God the glory in our every day lives. In fact, God invites us to do so. As part of our...

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Where Are You Finding Meaning in Your Work and Life This Week?

"What do you want to be when you grow up?" That's the question on the back of Nancy J. Nordenson's new book, Finding Livelihood: A Progress of Work and Leisure (Kalos Press, 2015). And it is one that...

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How a Yes Culture Prepares College Seniors for Their Calling

A “yes” culture releases people to discover their gifts and live out their calling in the world. “At my church,” says college grad specialist Erica Young Reitz, “this isn’t just a tagline—it’s really...

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I’m Leaving My Church

Matthew 28:19-20 Some people are called to stay in places, to plant, to sow deeply over a period of time. But some people are called to go, to leave the comfort and consistency they’ve come to expect....

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Would God Really Ask Me to Do That?

Sometimes it's hard to discern whether our ideas come from God or from our own desires and motives. In this article from our series Risk Averse, we look at some processes of discernment and hear from...

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Our Means for God’s End

What are your guidelines for saying yes when you want a change in your career? Jeff Nelson discovered that, in order to have a Clear Conscience, he couldn't force his desired end to fit a means that...

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What My Employer Gets Right: God’s the Boss

Ephesians 2:10 When we align our actions with God’s thoughts, we get it right. Ultimately, God is in our employer. And we all are his full-time employees in the marketplace. Originally Published:...

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Walking with God

Micah 6:8 He has told you, O mortal, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God? Originally Published: Tuesday, May...

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Right Resource, Right Purpose

Luke 10:25-37 “Without physical resources and knowing how to use them,” claims resource specialist Sam Van Eman, “it isn’t possible to do God’s good work in the world.” In this article from our series...

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Minnows: Finding Purpose in the Sea of Life

In the sea of life, it can feel like we are minnows, small and insignificant. Life is difficult when we compare ourselves to others or hold ourselves to a high standard of achievement. In this post...

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The Purpose of Expanding God’s Glorious Garden

John 20:1-18 In this article from our series on Defining Purpose, Geoff Holsclaw tells the story of how the resurrection restores our place in the garden of God’s creation in order to restore that...

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