Faith and Work News ~ Links to Interesting Articles
- Retirement Mentor: A New Type of Mentor. Hilda R. Davis writes “Consider the idea of connecting to a “retirement mentor” who could influence your next steps and encourage you to flourish and bear fruit as you age.”
- A Leader Worth Following. My new book A Leader Work Following: 40 Key Leadership Attributes and Applications to Masteris available on Amazon in paperback and Kindle editions. Read a sample of the book (found under the book cover in the above link).
- A Reflection on Job Security. Russ Gehrlein writes “Work is always going to be harder than we expect. Major job changes can cause us to be anxious about our loss of income or make us afraid of the unknown. The only thing we can do is to remember that God is with us and has promised to provide for our need to support our family.”
- What We Need to Learn and Unlearn About Work. Renita Reed-Thomson writes “After teaching about the theology of work for twenty years and struggling to truly convey to people the importance of what they do every day, I have found it immensely helpful to compare their work to the understanding of common and saving grace.”
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- Faith and Work Book Review ~ Never Stop: Life, Leadership, and What It Takes to Be Great by Dan Hurley and Ian O’Connor
- Quotes from the book Creation Regained: Biblical Basis for a Reformational Worldview by Albert Wolters
In our series on leadership attributes, we now look at kindness. All Christians should demonstrate kindness as it is a fruit of the Spirit. In Galatians 5:22-23, Paul tells us what the fruit of the Holy Spirit is:
Faith and Work News ~ Links to Interesting Articles
In our series on leadership attributes, we now look at decision making. Good leaders take responsibility and know that when those important and difficult decisions have to be made, “the buck stops here”. They gather all information that is needed to make an informed decision, and they lead with sound judgment. But not all leaders are good at making decisions when it counts the most. Sadly, we saw how poor decision making on our country’s evacuation of Afghanistan resulted in the deaths of thirteen Americans.