What time do you get up each day?  I usually get up around 5:00 AM, while the rest of my family gets up around 6:00 AM during the school year.  My plan has always been to use this uninterrupted hour for a devotional time and also to do some work for my…

“ Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.” Phil 4:8 (ESV) My good friend Terry reminded me of this verse just last…

I have been working a lot lately.  There have been some projects due that have caused me to stay at work late for the past several weeks in order to get them completed. Working late has happened many times over my career.  There was a season about a year and a…

Weekly Ration It’s been raining a lot in the metro Nashville area this year, with flood watches and warnings popping up almost every other day related to all of this water we have received. “To start a conflict is to release a flood; stop the dispute before it breaks out.”…

Have you had to travel on business lately?  When I travel, there are waaaay too many distractions.  The airports are full of people pushing their way by to get ahead of you, bouncing your eyes is all the more difficult as women are having to remove much of their clothing…

Weekly Ration A reminder this week that we are a light in this world – and a light at our workplace!  People see our deeds and how they glorify God – and they get to experience the knowledge of where they came from because of our light.  Don’t be afraid…

Sometimes we have the best ideas – the ones that will take our company’s objectives to the next level.  Help us reach our strategic goals.  Take our company to new heights in the industry we are in. Yet sometimes these great ideas seem to be ignored.  Have you ever been in this…

“The one who walks with the wise will become wise, but a companion of fools will suffer harm.” Prov 13:20 (CSB) Just a reminder this week to make sure you walk with the right “folks” at work. Remember, it makes a difference who your companions are!

Well, not really. Not anymore. I used to be though – several years ago.  And I still have relapses from time to time. I used to be the first one in the office every day (this was before smartphones had taken over and I could check my messages as soon as I woke…

Weekly Ration We see everywhere and in everything, people who are always talking about what they have done and about how great they are. Excessive self-promotion is not the way of the Lord! “So let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.” 2 Cor 10:17 (CSB) Remember this week…