Do you know the first corporation to grant sabbaticals? McDonalds. Does your church or company grant sabbaticals? They should. If you are in leadership in a church or company, this post explains why sabbaticals are not an indulgent luxury, but deeply beneficial for the employee and the organization. As I mentioned in previous posts thisContinue reading “Sabbaticals should be required for employees in any organization – The Sabbath Year, Part 3”
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Do you view your work as worship? – 1 Thessalonians 4:11–12; 5:14, Part 4
This week on the blog, we’re studying a few verses in 1 Thessalonians chapters 4 and 5 that refer to work. In this post, I want to mention 1 Corinthians 10:31, which is in another letter of Paul. There Paul writes, “Whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do it all to theContinue reading “Do you view your work as worship? – 1 Thessalonians 4:11–12; 5:14, Part 4”
People are watching how you work – 1 Thessalonians 4:11–12; 5:14, Part 2
It has become a fairly common experience of contemporary life, saturated as it is by devices that are tracking us, to say something in a conversation and within hours or days receive advertising about that very topic. How often do you think about the fact that people are watching you? I’m not talking about governmentContinue reading “People are watching how you work – 1 Thessalonians 4:11–12; 5:14, Part 2”
Important biblical teaching for students, workers and retirees – Colossians 3:22-4:1, Preview
How do you work at your job in a way that is honoring to God? How about school? What does it look like to be a student that is honoring to God? Or think about retirement? Did you ever think that it matters to God how you retire? Two weeks ago, in our study throughContinue reading “Important biblical teaching for students, workers and retirees – Colossians 3:22-4:1, Preview”
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