Posts Tagged ‘faith’
Standing Tall with Full Integration By Dr. Brian S. Simmons
Standing Tall and Integration in all Areas of Life Leaders who effectively integrate faith with life inspire us! Hobby Lobby has become one of America’s favorite arts and crafts stores! In his book, More Than A Hobby, David Green recounted a foundational story from the early years of his business. Every year at Christmas and…
Read MoreFaith Before Work By Dr. Rob McKenna
The Leap of Faith That Changes Us If faith is that leap to believe something we can’t prove and trust in something beyond ourselves, what are the implications for developing leaders? Our faith is the start and then the work begins. Once we understand where our faith is grounded, all of the working parts of…
Read MoreFaith in Action By Dr. Brian S. Simmons
The Power of Putting Faith in Action A few years ago, I was blessed by the opportunity to get to know a man of great faith, Jerry Bridges. Jerry wrote several books for the Navigators including, The Pursuit of Holiness, which sold more than 1 million copies. As Jerry mentored me one day over lunch,…
Read MoreRevisiting Oswald Chambers By Dr. Rob McKenna
My Utmost for His Highest and Oswald Chambers In 1996 my parents, David and Janet McKenna, gave me a copy of My Utmost for His Highest by Oswald Chambers. If you didn’t know this already, this powerful little devotional book is actually a compilation of many of his talks and writings over his lifetime, and…
Read MoreFlourishing in Faith and Work By Dr. Zenet Maramara
Learn to Flourish in Faith and Work We recently hosted a webinar called “Flourishing in Faith and Work” wherein the participants came from various backgrounds and understanding of the theology of work. One of the ladies in my breakout group says that she works for economic reasons. She is a young single mom who works…
Read MoreA Daring Faith By Ken Harrison
A Daring Faith in A Cowardly World This week marks the release of Ken Harrison’s newest book, A Daring Faith in a Cowardly World: Living a Live without Waste, Regret or Anything Left Unfinished. Today we present a blog adaptation from the five-day reading plan that was designed so you can practically apply the key…
Read MoreLearn to Integrate Your Faith By Martha Brangenberg
Integrate Your Faith and Work Do you want to integrate your faith at work? God has placed you right where you are to do exactly that! And we have all the encouragement you need to take those first steps. I want to introduce you to, iWork4Him: Change the Way You Think About Your Faith at…
Read MoreOne Simple Question By R. Scott Rodin
A Simple Question in a Complicated Age Let me start with the simple question, “Where are you now with Christ?” Looking Back This is the final CLA blog for 2020. What can we say about it all? It would be tempting to do a retrospective of the year and try to reflect on it all,…
Read MoreAn Invitation to Greater Things By Paul Swamidass
Jesus invites you to witness greater things. When Jesus called Nathanael, he promised him that he would see even greater things. It remains an invitation and promise he extends to each of us. Let’s go to the other side. One day Jesus said to his disciples, “Let us go over to the other side of…
Read MoreThe Power of Hope By Howard Rich
Hope as a Believer Hope, as a central theme for the Christian, is peppered throughout the New Testament; faith is “being sure of what we hope for” (Heb 11:1), “our hope” is in Christ (1 Tim 1:1), the believer’s devotion is to “the God of hope” (Rom 15:13), hope is “an anchor for the soul”…
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