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"When we acknowledge God, we acknowledge the good in our circumstances, even if they are not the ones we would have chosen."

Timeless Cautions For Your Day-to-Day Work - Tim Challies I have so much and give thanks so little. God has blessed me tremendously in all areas of life, and I return thanks to him so sparsely and so half-heartedly. This is my conclusion as I continue reading through John Flavel’s classic work The Mystery of Providence. In chapter 4 Flavel instructs the ...

"We please God—we thrill God—when we live as ordinary people in ordinary lives who use our ordinary circumstances to proclaim and live out an extraordinary gospel."

Ordinary Christian Work - Tim Challies Of the many legacies of the Protestant Reformation, few have had greater and wider-reaching impact than the rediscovery of the biblical understanding of vocation. Before the Reformation, the only people with a vocation or calling were those who were engaged in full-time church work—monks, nuns, or...

"Work may not be as certain as death and taxes, but it has been around longer."

Your Work Is a Cursed Blessing Justin Dillehay reviews James M. Hamilton's book 'Work and Our Labor in the Lord' (Crossway, 2017).

Include a company value with each bit of employee feedback you provide.

Why Regular Feedback Is a Leader’s Best Conflict Management Tool Workplace conflicts can become valuable teaching opportunities, if you approach them properly.

man-pleaser vs. God-pleasers

Working Well - Tim Challies It seems appropriate that during a season when so many of us—myself included—are enjoying times of vacation, we should pause to consider matters of work and vocation. I was recently brushing up on some of these things myself, especially as they are laid out in the book of Ephesians. There we fin...

"The work we do now prepares us for the work we will do forever."

3 Transforming Truths About Your Work Tom Nelson on three transforming and biblical truths that inform our work.

When people know your interests lie int the good of the organization and not personal advantage, you will gain their loyalty.

Do These 7 Things If You Want to Become a Leader You have the potential; develop it.

"Put it all together and we’ve got this."

Three Productivity Tips That Actually Work - Three-Minute Thursdays #6 - Tim Challies We’re nearing the end of the year, which means we’re already beginning to turn our attention to the next year, aren’t we? Now for most of us, that means we’re evaluating the year that was, and starting to determine, how can we do better in the year ahead? In this edition of 3 Minute Thursday...

In our work, we can become the hands of God.

12 Basic Principles for Faith and Work Dan Doriani discusses why the 'why' matters in faith and work obedience, offering 12 basic principles to inform our faith and our work.

No two job interviews are quite the same, no matter where you are in the world.

7 Things Immigrants Should Know About Job Interviews in the U.S. Are you interviewing for your first job in the United States? Here are seven things you need to know:

"on those days when I know I have to accomplish my least-favorite tasks, I challenge myself to simply love."

Procrastination Is a Failure to Love - Tim Challies I am, for the most part, an organized person. I actually wrote a whole book on productivity in which I laid out the system I used (and still use) to remain organized and, hopefully, effective in what I do. I have begun my days in roughly the same way for many years now, and have found that quick, da...

"we must remember that in spite of the less-than-ideal work we might do—and in spite of the less-than-optimum environments of labor we inhabit—we’re called to be agents of redemption, doing good work as an act of worship, while seeking to further the common good"

The Best Workers Are the Best Neighbors An adapted excerpt from Tom Nelson’s new book, The Economics of Neighborly Love: Investing in Your Community’s Compassion and Capacity (IVP Books, 2017)