Over the course of my career I have been in more sales meetings than I can remember.  Some have been productive. Many have not been.  My current weekly sales meeting is actually very helpful. We talk about some of the struggles and successes we all are facing with different clients and…

“To learn, you must love discipline; it is stupid to hate correction.” Prov 12:1 (NLT)  Be someone who is teachable, so when someone points something out that you have done incorrectly at work you can take those words and become someone better! It’s not always easy for me to do…

We have been cooped up due to the snow and ice for the last week.  It started last Sunday and hasn’t stopped since.  School has been out all week and although businesses opened up some starting Wednesday, it rained Thursday and on Friday the temperatures dropped so the roads turned…

“Even when we’re at our worst, Our Father is kind; you be kind.” Luke 6:36 (MSG)  It’s easy to put people down when we are not at the top of our game. Remember this when it is happening!  Let’s be kind to one another!

It’s that time of year again.  We all do the same thing.  We submit in our minds or on paper or tell our friends our New Year resolutions. I’ve been making many of these same resolutions each year ever since I can remember!  I don’t do so well at it…

“Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead.” Phil 3:13 (NIV) It’s typical for us to look back at 2023 on all the things we didn’t do or…

Every Christmas since before we were married we have been making the drive to central Florida to visit my wife’s parents (they aren’t snowbirds y’all they actually have worked and lived there for many many years). Each year we go, it seems that the number of people from across the…

“A fortune made by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor and a deadly snare. Prov 21:6 (NIV) Our work always needs to be through honest gain.  In the end we will always be better for it. Just a reminder for us all – Let’s not get caught in a…

I’ve been to my share of office Christmas parties over the years.  From the basic get together during lunchtime in the break room all the way to the large extravagant “throw down” complete with my managers breaking out their instruments and putting on a full fledged, real deal concert (remember…

““But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back.  Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most high, because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked. “  Luke 6:35 (NIV) It’s hard to be…