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One question from the forum described in the previous blog asked: "What is appropriate in workplace witnessing?” There is, of course, no bumper-sticker answer to that. God has given us his Holy Spirit as teacher and guide to make us able to navigate all areas of our lives—including our witness at work.But two statements by Jesus—which at first seem to cancel each other out —may help us hear the Spirit of God more clearly as we seek to make our workplace witness "appropriate.”
read more...Imagine the difficulty in doing your work wholeheartedly if you’re afraid focusing on the job distances you from God. To think that way pits your work against your walk with God. It seems as if the job competes with your faith for your attention.
read more...Believers from the work world gather Sunday after Sunday to listen to their pastors. What if pastors could listen to those believers describe the challenges, opportunities, frustrations, and questions they face on the job? For the past several weeks Leroy Hurt and I have been planning a county-wide forum to create just such an opportunity.
read more..."Will we work in heaven? If not, what will we do?” Pete Hammond (see last blog) ends with these questions on the "Jobs Are:” page in his Lessons, Prayers & Scripture on the Faith Journey.
read more...I met him only twice before his death in 2008—once when he spoke in our church gathering, and again when he visited our hometown. But God, through Pete Hammond, encouraged and affirmed me all out of proportion to those rare in-person meetings.
read more...Why work? The question has several answers, some on target and some off. Bottom line: we work because God is a worker—and he made us in his image. So working becomes one of the main ways we reflect God’s likeness in the world. But that raises a question.
read more..."We shape our buildings,” said Winston Churchill; "thereafter they shape us.” It’s also true that we shape our words—and then they shape us.
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