Paul had a wonderful opportunity to speak at the ICF Zurich Business Fellowship on Jan 27, where 75-80 business executives and CEO meet monthly. It was very well received. Also, the Business Fellowship at ICF Aarau on Feb 10 (around 35 attended) was eagerly received. Plans are being considered to have God-in-Work full training. ICF Zurich Business Fellowship
In the last post we briefly talked about Jesus’ business/work life… so what about your business/work life… what does it portray to the people around you? Is it telling them that you are obsessed with your job or position, and do they observe you idolizing yourself through your work. Maybe they see you being careless in your work and disrespectful toward your…
When our Lord walked this earth, His association with work and a professional job was stunning, to say the least. The people who knew Him identified him as “the carpenter” (Mark 6:2-3), meaning He did more than part-time carpentry work every so often. Rather, the use of the definite article “the Carpenter” clearly pointed to it as His occupation and even operating a…
“God in Work” seeks to help people understand how their spiritual and professional life work as one. The Christian faith gives work its greatest purpose, and in the most practical ways. Our training gives people the opportunity to gain a greater perspective of a Biblical view of work and see how in practical ways this is lived out at work. This four-session…
There are many seminars and marketing schemes today that offer us the ability to be successful. It all points to the temporal and constantly changing idea of success, and how it is determined. You are thought to be a success if your post goes viral, or if you reach a quota or break a record. So if someone else can do more, get more… what is the true meaning of success and what should we use to determine the success of a person, a business, or a ministry?
God’s standard of measuring success can simplify our lives and point us to what profoundly matters. So we will consider a few points: (more…)
We often use the word “workforce” to describe a number of employees working together to carry out a specific activity in a company. Together their cooperative efforts accomplish a bigger purpose than our individual responsibilities. For instance, a flight leaving Atlanta and going to Munich requires a coordination of employees and equipment. This workforce is made up of people in flight operations, ground people, mechanics, airport/gate agents, baggage handlers, and finally cabin and flight deck crews, all of which work together to carry out this purpose.
Do you realize that there are also other forces constantly working around you in your workplace? I don’t mean the company workforce, but spiritual forces that are trying to form your attitude and actions toward a purpose quite contrary to the Christian faith? It can happen when employees around you join together to show their disgust over the company, toward a supervisor, or maybe toward an employee with a troubling life, or maybe even you. Their joint coordination is like an energizing force around you creating a general attitude or response toward a person or a company policy. Some Christians think that if they just ignore such things, or distance themselves, it will eventually go away and not affect them. But this is furthest from the truth. (more…)
