Devotional Ventures

There’s a guy who sits in the cube next to me who always comes over and interrupts me. In fact, he’s been in the cube next to me at every job I’ve ever had (and after business school, I noticed he started to become really annoying). He probably sits next to you too. […]

Since completing undergraduate and graduate studies, I have lived on two coasts, worked for six companies (average 1.5 years/ company), and attended a 2-year business school program. I have had roughly 25 managers, and have played witness to numerous downsizing programs.
While my lack of stability at work may seem extreme, instability is […]

No stealing. Check.
No murder. Check.
Honor Mom and Dad. Check.
No adultery. Check.
Remember the Sabbath day and keep it holy. Umm?
Formula One is a sport I know very little about, yet it still captures my attention. As one who is guilt of a heavy foot on back stretches of highway, I love the scream […]

Ten years have past since I began my first job after college, and ten years doesn’t seem time enough to explain how different my life has become. Then I was single and unsure of what the future held, now I am married with two wonderful children; then my job had a clear ministry purpose, […]

During my Junior year in college, I roomed with a teammate who grew up in Vienna, Austria and possessed a proudly secular worldview. Hailing from a Christian home in Wichita, KS myself, I would have been hard pressed to find a roommate whose fundamental beliefs were further from mine. While we both enjoyed […]

One of the most memorable cases I studied in business school was the “5 Whys” problem solving technique made popular as part of the Toyota Production System in the 1970s. The purpose of the “5 Whys” is to repeatedly ask the question “why” in order to investigate several layers of the issue and discover […]

There is a critical leadership trait that even the best MBA programs in the world will not teach you. That is, having an optimistic attitude in all circumstances.
One week after my third child was born; I walked into my VP’s office and told him that the weight of my new job had become unbearable and […]

Inspiration can come from a vision of what God has in store for us down the road. But in the absence of such clarity we can find ourselves lacking diligence and daily motivation. This is especially true when undertaking something new or undefined. We can earnestly desire to do God’s will, but when we don’t […]

1 Corinthians 9:19-22 For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more. And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might […]

I have often been struck with the challenges I’ve had as a Christian in the workplace and how difficult it has been for me to connect my day-to-day activities with what God’s doing in the world. I used to think I was succeeding as a Christian if I had a vibrant devotional life, was […]