Entrepreneur took failures in stride because he never expected success to come quickly.
Everybody has an embarrassing work story: a mistake we made, an unhappy accident, or a time we did something we regret. Where...
2018 is booming for some. For others the new year brings fear of job cuts. . .or another year with no job...
The Text. Genesis 31:44-54 44 Come now, let’s make a covenant, you and I, and let it...
The Text. Luke 13:10-17 Luke 13:10 On a Sabbath Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues...
If Jesus’ parables give us a glimpse about what God is doing in the world, it seems that God appears to be...
Philippians 4:13 (NIV) “I can do everything through him who gives me strength.” Central Truth: Salvation is...
There’s a reason why they call work “the daily grind.” A lot of times we find ourselves dealing with conflict, struggle, and...
Remembering the life, work, and ministry of Howard E. Butt, Jr., who died Saturday, September 11, 2016.
Sometimes work is exciting, engaging, and challenging. We make discoveries, help other people and build something worth...
Maybe you once approached your job with joy and enthusiasm. You found your calling and you poured your life into it. Or...
Katherine Leary Alsdorf is Senior Fellow at the Faith, Work & Leadership Initiative at Redeemer City to City. In this interview with...
Although we usually associate happiness with success and sadness with failure, God teaches us valuable lessons through failure that can increase our...
In our competitive American ethos, it’s hard not to be chosen. So what do you do when you lose?
Conflict and difficulty aren’t unusual for people trying to follow God’s direction. Conflict and struggle associated with taking risks may be signs that we’re exactly where we need to be.
Where in your work life do you feel vulnerable or weak?
It made no sense. Jim had worked at the company longer. He worked hard. And another guy gets promoted! What a blow. Jim gave himself time to stew … and, yes, he indulged...
No word portrays the condition of the homes of this neighborhood better than broken.
We hold on to work we aren't qualified to do for all kinds of reasons—pride, fear of appearing weak, denial—but it takes patience to find the work we are truly gifted at.
“I’m tired,” he said, and the heaviness of his voice pressed in on my chest making it difficult to breathe. “I’m so...
I’m fried. I’m burned out. I need a new life because the one I’ve got is all flamed out. ...
I tucked the envelope under the stack of folders in my arm. It came in the company mail with my name on...
All creativity requires the willingness to fail, and I don't know any creative endeavor where you don't fail before you succeed
In the mid-1980’s, Henri Nouwen, famous author, psychologist and priest, left Harvard and went to live at L’Arche in Toronto, a community...
When we realize that we've messed up, it can be easy to get caught in the vicious cycle of self-blame. We analyze...
Dr. Neil Clark Warren is not the type of person you think of when you hear the word, entrepreneur. He has degrees from prestigious schools, he was a counselor, writer and academic for...
If we're honest, most of us would admit that we tend to talk to ourselves rather harshly. Daily (or even hourly), we...
Jack was ready to quit—and justified in wanting out. Ineffective boss. Deadweight coworkers. No recognition. A struggling business. He dashed off a blistering resignation by email...then hit the ...
Young Winston struggled in school. He failed the entrance exam twice before entering Britain’s military academy. ...
“But I have pleaded in prayer for you, Simon, that your faith should not fail. So when you have repented and turned...
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When you discover that your unmarried teen-age daughter is pregnant, you feel anger, grief, sorrow, and shame among other emotions.
My hope for Jim's fruitful future at our church shriveled on the vine. I felt like a dismal failure as a boss.
Transcript On a recent tour for his book on George Washington, the author was both admiring and candid about the father of our country. He said, “Washington was 44 and had never led...
I had failed. Driving home, I shook my head: how could I have let people down like this?
Gideon’s failures are intensified in the judges who follow. Gideon’s son Abimelech unites the people around him, but only by killing his...
The Bible regards David as the model king of Israel, and the books of Samuel, Kings, and Chronicles describe his many successes...
Regrettably, Job’s friends are not able to endure the mystery of his suffering, so they jump to conclusions about its source. The...
We all know the demons that plague us after failure. We second-guess ourselves during sleepless nights of self-torment. It even feels like...
A life of toil amounts to a chasing after wind, for the results of work are not permanent in the world as...
Perhaps it would be possible to work out what is best to do in life if it were possible to know what...
Paul contrasts life in the Spirit with life under the Jewish law. Paul says believers have received...
Stephen Colbert on Faith and Humor Stephen Colbert discusses how his faith intersects with his humor and why humor is an appropriate...
Face failure with a Biblical perspective and move forward when you've made mistakes.
Sometimes things go wrong. This may be in relation to a particular client and their situation which we cannot control or due to a mistake we have made. Many of us have a...
