Our high school football team continues to do well this season as they are currently in the quarterfinals of the state playoffs.  I don’t have a child playing on the team, but my daughter (who is a junior) and my recently graduated son have been going to school with many…

We had an all day continuing education class at our office last week. In order to maintain my license I along with my fellow loan officers are required to take continuing education ever year for the states we are licensed in. Small talk and table talk always ensues during the class…

““Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.” Eph 4:29 (NIV) If you can’t say something nice don’t say anything at all.  Have you every heard this saying?  My…

Being back in the office more frequently I get to interact with my co-workers in person more than just on Zoom or Teams calls.  It leaves room for chit chat and small talk, as well as the opportunity to get to know my co-workers more on a personal level than…

Several loans I was working on fell through last week. I spent a considerable amount of time with three different families.  I gave them numerous loan options to consider, had great conversations and answered all their questions.  But due to various circumstances none of them moved forward. This can be…

We’ve all done it at some point or another. I found myself doing it again last week. Jumping on the perennial “Bandwagon”. I was headed to lunch in the car with a couple of co-workers.  The conversation started to go in the direction of talking about the poor performance and…

Just a quick reminder this week about how much our words can build up others in the workplace and tear them down just as quickly! What will your speech be like this week? “No rotten talk should come from your mouth, but only what is good for the building up…

Some changes happened internally at our organization last week.  Not big changes, like lots of job losses or huge cuts, just some responsibility changes for particular people in certain departments that I work with.  It happened swiftly and respectfully, but it happened nevertheless.  Whenever change happens, no matter how big…

It happened to me several times last week. I found myself in the middle of a conversation that was very unproductive.  Actually, it was even worse than unproductive, it was nothing but negative as we were verbally tearing down a teammate that we all worked with.  Sitting there talking about…

Weekly ration   “Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.” Eph 4:29 ESV Boy did I need to be reminded of this today. “…only such as is…