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March 30, 2021
Fran’s company is requiring all employees to attend a training session on LGBTQ employees, what their rights are and how they are to be treated. Fran’s good friend, Louise, seems to be very concerned about being required to attend this...
March 29, 2021
Following is another episode of Fran and Jesus on the Job, my fictional story of a single mom who is learning to let Jesus guide her and use her as an ambassador for him in her working world. As she...
March 27, 2021
Do you remember how Jesus acquired the use of the donkey for the most important parade ever—as he entered Jerusalem on what we now call Palm Sunday? I would love to have been the proverbial “fly on the wall” to...
March 26, 2021
Would you have ever guessed that a man from the Old Testament could offer us a godly role model for Christians in the marketplace today? If you haven’t read the book of Daniel lately, I encourage you to do so,...
March 25, 2021
Do you thoroughly like and enjoy everyone you work with and for? I hope so; that would be ideal. But the facts are, there often are certain coworkers who aren’t so easy to like. Daniel had some very difficult coworkers...
March 24, 2021
Do you sometimes feel very out-of-place in your work environment? Because we live and work in a fallen world, we are often painfully reminded that as disciples of Jesus Christ, we just don’t fit in socially and culturally where we...
March 23, 2021
Did you ever think that an Old Testament saint could be a great role-model for you as a Christian in the marketplace today? I can assure you that Daniel is that man. We’re looking at workplace principles from the life...
March 22, 2021
As Christians in the marketplace, we face a continual challenge of walking that fine line between pursuing our careers and seeking success and being a strong witness for Christ where we work. Integrating our work and our faith is not...
March 20, 2021
Fran had another unpleasant interaction with the administrative assistant in her department, Joyce. Joyce is usually sour and less than helpful, and Fran gets upset with her lousy attitude and work. But Jesus has prompted Fran to pray for Joyce...
March 19, 2021
Can you remember the last time someone wronged you? My guess is you can remember it very well, even if it happened years ago. But by God’s grace, we can be set free from the bondage and pain of wrongs...
March 18, 2021
What are some steps you can take to be set free from the bitterness and resentment caused by wrongs done to you? Here is step one: Do good to the person who wronged you. If you are willing to make...
March 17, 2021
One of the deceptive results that can happen to us when we’ve been wronged is that it can cause us to become walled in by bitterness and that can make us to blind to our own personal failings. It creates...
March 16, 2021
Has someone wronged you recently? There are several common wrongs: betrayal, broken promises, broken confidences, abuse, false accusations. These are just a few, but what about the power that a nurtured wrong can have over us? Dr. Erwin Lutzer writes...
March 15, 2021
Have you noticed how selective our memories can be? You and I can remember the wrongs done to us forever, but so easily forget good things! How do we begin to deal with the wrongs done to us? Let’s identify...
March 13, 2021
On this particular day Fran is rushing to get a proposal finished for an early meeting tomorrow with a new client. She talks to the Jesus, as she has learned to do throughout her day. “You know, Jesus, I’ll be...
March 12, 2021
Are you a “people person”? Whether or not you consider yourself a people person, all of us need to have very good people skills and know how best to deal with others. Here’s our fifth basic people skill: 5. Put...
March 11, 2021
Would you like to have very good people skills? All of us can practice these skills if we want to. Here’s number four: 4. Be willing to go the extra mile. Extra-milers are few and far between. Certainly Jesus taught...
March 10, 2021
There are five basic people skills we should have. These are simple things each of us can do to improve our ability to get along well with others. And here’s skill number three: 3. Develop a reputation for dependability. If...
March 9, 2021
Here’s the second people skill we need: 2. Give people the respect you would want them to give you. Practical ways to do that are: Avoid bad-mouthing and gossip. It’s so easy to get caught up in company gossip or...
March 8, 2021
Would you like to improve your people skills? As believers, we should truly want to have the best people skills possible, because every person is important to God and therefore should be to us. Here’s skill number one: 1. Give...
March 6, 2021
You know, one of the characteristics of a godly, truly humble person is to be continually teachable. I’ve often said that I admired this trait in my mother more than any other. She died a few years ago, at the...
