Anxiety and uncertainty about finances are part of most people's lives, even followers of Jesus. Guest Katrina Miles started her own company...
You can trust in God because God is completely trustworthy.
When the Lord restored the fortunes of Zion, we were like those who dream. Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and...
Philippians 4:13 (NIV) “I can do everything through him who gives me strength.” Central Truth: Salvation is...
Many of today’s jobs didn’t exist in 2012. Did you grow up imagining you’d be an Uber driver? Social media manager? Drone...
Philippians 4:4-7 (NIV) “Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! Let your gentleness be evident to all. The...
Text: Matthew 6:25-34: Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will...
How do you get people at work to dislike you and trust you? Listen as Will Messenger preaches on Jesus' parable on...
Founder and partner at a Seattle law firm, Chi-Dooh “Skip” Li, talks about the power of honesty.
"You can't be too busy to show people they matter to you. As a leader, there's nothing...
Robots on assembly lines. Cars that drive themselves. The gig economy. Political uncertainties. Economic downturns. The news is full of troubling predictions...
"Why do we work? If you don't know why, it doesn't matter what you do." In his keynote address at the Believers in Business (BiB) MBA Conference at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on February...
The story is told by Thomas Lane Butts about a television circus show that highlighted a Bengal tiger act. Like the rest of the show, it was done "live" before a large audience. ...
Our team is always looking for stories of God working in the lives of marketplace professionals. We...
But Moses said, "Please do not leave us. You know where we should camp in the wilderness, and you can be our eyes."
Moses said to the Lord, "You have been telling me, 'Lead these people,' but you have not let me know whom you will send with me.
The Lord said to Moses, "Command the Israelites and say to them: 'When you enter Canaan, the land that will be allotted to you as an inheritance is to have these boundaries ...
"I put my trust in your mercy; my heart is joyful because of your saving help."
My youngest son has prayed using the word “hope” for years: I wondered if I should correct him, until I learned the biblical definition of hope from the Old and New Testaments.
God rejoices when his people are made whole. Our joys become his joys.
A few years ago, a powerful hurricane put my city, my neighborhood, and my house in the dark for nights on end.
It’s not that God “might” or “could” fulfill the promise, but that he “will.”
On Mondays, I plan the week’s meals.
My heart softens when I recall that Mrs. Job has suffered the same losses as her husband.
If we rely only on our feelings, circumstances, or other people as our source of communication from God, we’re left vulnerable to...
When trouble overcomes you, take a walk outside. The light that greets you is really God's wardrobe. The clouds that drift overhead...
Every time I placed my foot, I prayed that it would hold, and, honestly, I was frightened.
You can wrestle with God, you can struggle with God, but you will not have power over God to define who God is.
In your desert moment, don’t fear, but look instead to the promise of a refreshing, rehydrating God.
From experience, he could tell them that the desire to change also unleashes the power and courage to act.
None of us, really, wants to walk on water. We’re not supposed to. It’s against the rules.
This week we are highlighting some favorite posts from our faithful community of writers.
Paul must have been sitting near an open window as he wrote to the Ephesians. Every word crackles with infinity.
God's covenants promise great and immutable things from God, but they require surprisingly little from us in return.
Jazz lovers know about Dave Brubeck; his album Time Out is one of jazz history’s all-time best-sellers. But do they know that his music also earned him an honorary doctorate of sacred theology?
Donald needed surgery. But if he left, who would run the store? Give orders? Solve problems?
Israel couldn’t imagine a servant-king who would honor the reign of God more than worldly power.
We are fearful of getting sick, getting hurt, losing money, or losing it all. But we don’t need to be.
What does it look like to live as if everything, including our work, depends on God?
Sometimes it takes a reduction in our own abilities for us to begin to really trust God.
God’s own witness is above anything we could ever muster up ourselves.
One circle contained the words “comfort zone”; the other circle contained the word “faith.” Then, the challenge: “Which circle do you want to live in?”
Fulbright Fellow Sarah Aziza walks to the edge of despair and back as a teacher in the Middle East.
David Zimmerman has survived leaps of faith, but will this one work out? Read about his recent job change and be encouraged.
Margaret Feinberg urges us to consider what we mean when we pray “in Jesus’ name.” Are we asking for what we want...
When Jesus forbids swearing falsely, he isn’t referring to cursing, but to making deceptive promises. Human beings are experts in the fine...
The Old Testament ends with a curse!
Have you ever had a day go haywire? Customers revolt . . . competitors up to tricks . . . colleagues at cross-purposes? Be assured: God is close by.
Abraham Lincoln told the story of an Eastern monarch who commanded his wise men to create a sentence. This sentence would be cut in stone and always be in view. It must be...
A few weeks ago, I turned 50. As I was approaching 50, I began thinking a lot about all that has happened since I arrived at an American boarding school as a scared fifteen-year-old from Iran.
The summer of 1952 we went to Cape Cod. In all of my five years, we had never traveled so far from home. Summer vacations, up until that time, had meant a visit...
Arthur Andersen, the auditing firm handling Enron, began to unravel as a result of the Enron scandal. Robert Wright was a senior...
The heading of Psalm 102 identifies this psalm as “A prayer of one overwhelmed with trouble, pouring out problems before the LORD”.
My first thought when I began pondering the fraught duo of potential and performance was, “Hang potential.” I’m so tired of hearing about it, of worrying whether I’m living up to my potential,.....
At the end of the Sermon on the Mount, we are told, “Now when Jesus had finished...
In the late 1800s, an ancestor of mine traded a horse and saddle for 2,100 acres of land in the Texas panhandle. Over time, some of his heirs sold their portions of the...
Horatio Spafford suffered three major traumas. His only son died of scarlet fever at age four. In the great Chicago Fire of 1871, the then-prominent businessman was destroyed financially. Soon...
It's easy to praise God when life is good. It's a gorgeous spring day . . . praise the Lord! I just...
Psalm 88 aches with dark despair.
Hebrews chapter 13, verse 5, says “I’ll never leave you nor forsake you.” But when difficult circumstances...
Paul Abbott takes Matthew 6:33 to heart as he fulfills his calling to be a Christian businessman: “Seek ye first the kingdom...
“For me, my faith is I treat every lawn mower that I’m making like Christ is going...
When my children were young, I loved to go hiking with them in the High Sierra of California. They were energetic hikers...
As they were crossing the lake, Jesus warned them, “Watch out! Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and of Herod.” Mark 8:15 In Mark 8:11, the Pharisees began arguing with Jesus. “Testing...
When we realize that we've messed up, it can be easy to get caught in the vicious cycle of self-blame. We analyze...
Shame is a burden for many people who struggle with mental illness, but for leaders it can be especially intense, says Dr...
That afternoon, every employee in Jenny’s department watched the clock nervously. At 3 p.m., emails would go out to those getting laid off. At 3:01, her inbox dinged. Jenny was out of work. ...
At the age of 14, Scott Mooney was bitten by the entrepreneur bug. He started selling horse equipment out of his father's barn, then from a rented a location on a main street...
Dr. Neil Clark Warren is not the type of person you think of when you hear the word, entrepreneur. He has degrees from prestigious schools, he was a counselor, writer and academic for...
Have you ever been really thirsty? I’m not thinking about ordinary thirst, the kind you can quench with a quick drink of water. Rather, I have in mind an aching, desperate thirst. Have...
So much of the "calling" aspect of our work consists in simply seeing people as people—not numbers, or performance statistics, or problems...
“Is it making any difference?” ...
An editor from my newspapering days telephoned the other day. My memory snapped like a rubber band back to the newsroom. I could practically hear the crackle of the police scanner over the urgent...
About a year ago I learned about an amazing organization called The A21Campaign. Its purpose is to protect victims of human trafficking through rescue, prevention programs and prosecution. Its...
But I trust in your unfailing love. I will rejoice because you have rescued me. I will sing to the LORD because...
When my wife became pregnant with our second child, she and I were overjoyed.
It was one of those days…one of those weeks…one of those months! Shelly would have bet money it would turn out to be one of those years. The markets were a roller coaster...
The Daily Reflections are based on a commitment to the Bible as the truthful Word of God...
Perhaps you really can't answer the question I asked in the title of this reflection: Where do...
Growing up in the church, I always heard the opening verses of Psalm 121 as an invitation to gaze upon the mountains...
He turned the rock into a pool of water; yes, a spring of water flowed from solid rock. Psalm 114:8 Do you...
Transcript The New York Times recently polled American scientists about their belief in God. The majority said “Yes, we do believe in God” and the story got prominent play. Before long, the paper...
Transcript Lucas and Joe hiked the entire Appalachian Trail. From Georgia to Maine—on foot—they covered two-thousand one hundred and seventy-six miles. Along the way, at various times, they saw another hiker enter and...
Transcript There was no denying that Ken had a tough assignment at work. And there was no doubt that Ken was dodging that assignment. He had a hundred excuses—and he used them—to delay...
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"When he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders and rejoices." Luke 15:5 When I reflect upon Jesus' story of...
Oh, please help us against our enemies, for all human help is useless. Psalm 60:11 American culture prizes self-reliance. We admire those people who pull themselves up by their bootstraps and forge ahead...
Then Jesus turned to his disciples and said, “God blesses you who are poor, for the Kingdom of God is yours. God...
Last week I stood up in front of 50 business leaders and spoke, in excruciating detail, about one of my biggest failures...
God is jerking me around. ...
Psalm 144 begins with a call to praise the Lord, "who is my rock." But what does it mean to call God a rock?
Justin's football skills were so-so . . . and the coach made him second-string kicker. In other words, Justin warmed the bench. But Justin could heat up practice. Day after day, he teed up and...
When life goes in directions we didn't expect, and when those directions include suffering and frustration, we can easily become discouraged.
Larry was late for an interview. In his panic, he grew reckless. He put the pedal to the metal and rocketed down the highway . . . in the wrong direction. Now Larry...
Our dedication to Christ makes us look like fools, but you claim to be so wise in Christ! We are weak, but you are so powerful! You are honored, but we are ridiculed...
When I was a young child, I suffered from terrible nightmares. Every couple of months, I’d start crying out in my sleep...
I recently tracked down Charles H. Green to talk about his experience connecting trust, spirituality and business. ...
When I was a boy, I loved playing “Hide and Seek.” Little made me happier than when I found the perfect hiding place, a secure enclave where no “seeker” would ever find me...
Chris threw down his bike and ran off with his friends. Minutes later, a repairman climbed into a truck, unaware of the boy's bike lying just behind his tire.The next sound was a...
Talk about no options! The Children of Israel were fleeing Egypt. Before them lay the Red Sea. On either side were vast deserts. Coming up from behind: the most powerful army on earth. Every...
For twenty years, Tom ministered to the poor. Now he writes musicals. His second musical recently went to the Lincoln Center's showcase of new works.
Paul bought his daughter a dog: a purebred from a respected breeder. But first, Paul made sure the pup saw the vet and had her shots.Then, two days later, the dog fell deathly...
Do you remember the 45 American missionaries thrown into foreign prison for sharing their faith? These men and women faced years in harsh conditions. While waiting to hear about their appeal, the...
"I will go with you down to Egypt, and I will bring you back again. But you will die in Egypt with Joseph attending to you." Genesis 46:4 As Jacob offered sacrifices to...
At the highest level of professional football, one skill separates the best from the rest—the ability to make good decisions. Bad decisions lead to interceptions or broken plays. Good decisions...
David composed Psalm 57 when he was surrounded by his enemies, who were like “fierce lions” (57:4). Thus he cried out to...
Psalm 55:22 was one of the first verses of Scripture I memorized as a child: “Cast your burden on the LORD, and...
God led the Hebrews out of Egypt, and he led them through the Red Sea. Then he instructed them to build a traveling tabernacle. They were about to begin a 40-year road trip...
My children like to ride roller coasters. So, as a dutiful father, I often join them. I actually enjoy some roller coasters...
Several years ago, a friend took me and my children rock climbing. I had never done anything like this before, and, to be honest, it wasn’t my favorite activity. I have some fear...
It’s hard to imagine better news than this: God is for us! This means God is on your side. God is there...
Jesus spoke to God as his Father, using the Aramaic term abba. This expressed shocking intimacy with God, something virtually unknown among...
Because we have been adopted into God’s family, we are privileged to call him “Abba, Father.”
In the original sense of Psalm 11:3, the foundations are the pillars of social order. Yesterday’s Daily Reflection focused on this meaning...
Nobody has prayed in more presidential inaugurations than Billy Graham. (Note: If you’re interested in these prayers, you might visit a series...
This verse reflects an image from the Old Testament. In Exodus, the Lord delivered the children of God from Egypt, and then led them through the wilderness by a pillar of cloud during...
Throughout Britain these days, buses are displaying signs paid for by donations to the British Humanist Association. The signs read: “There’s probably no God. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life....
If you were reading Psalm 6 in the original Hebrew, you might be shocked by the opening imperative of verse 4 (which happens to be verse 5 in Hebrew). The verb “to return”...
Thus, the Lord is David’s glory in a double sense. David lives for God’s own glory, and God glorifies David, his faithful servant.
Isaiah 64 is a prayer in which the prophet acknowledges God’s greatness and Israel's great sinfulness.
Do you ever feel like the “restless sea, which is never still but continually churns up mud and dirt”? I do, though...
Yet Jerusalem says, “The LORD has deserted us; the Lord has forgotten us.” “Never! Can a mother forget her nursing child? Can...
When I was in my early 20s, I jogged for exercise on a fairly regular basis. One day I thought I’d try to run a marathon. There wasn’t an official race. I just...
In the midst of promising to judge his people for their unfaithfulness, the Lord offers a surprising word of hope.
When the eleven disciples of Jesus met Jesus in Galilee, “they worshiped him—but some of them doubted!” What a stunning statement!
Once again in Matthew 23 Jesus criticized the scribes (theologians and teachers) and Pharisees (laymen with a zeal for the law). These folks wanted to impress people with their exemplary piety. So...
Joseph was a teenager with grandiose dreams that annoyed everyone.His brothers sold him to slave traders, and he ended up in a foreign country. When his boss’s wife propositioned him, he rejected...
Years before this episode in Genesis 32, Jacob had fled from his home because his brother, Esau, was plotting to kill him. During his sojourn in a distant land, Jacob was blessed by...
Hagar is my unlikely daily-life heroine. Why? Because she encounters God in the midst of a terrible day. Probably the worst day...
Like most of us, Jesus' disciples wanted to be great. Once, they forthrightly asked Jesus, "Who gets the highest rank in God's Kingdom?"
The tongue-in-cheek headline from the Chicago Tribune reads "Spoken with Conviction." The editorial gives a list of colorful quotes by city aldermen later convicted of crimes. On the subject of...
Ever hear of E. W. Scripps? His media empire spread across daily newspapers in 15 states, the United Press Association, and the United Feature Syndicate. But, he worked mostly from his ranch,...
From the time I was born until I was just about to turn eleven years old, my dad was a practicing alcoholic...
U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison graduated from law school at a time when top firms weren't hiring women. After months of fruitless job-hunting, a friend advised Kay to take her knowledge into a...
A farmer had a horse that he depended on to work his farm, but one day the horse ran away into the hills. The farmer’s neighbors came by to comfort him in his...
I had failed. Driving home, I shook my head: how could I have let people down like this?
At a Texas camp for kids with cancer, a chaplain spoke about the 23rd Psalm. Around him stood a circle of children, several bald, some bloated by chemotherapy. ...
John Kavanagh went to Calcutta to work with Mother Teresa. While there, he asked her to pray for him. “What should I pray for?” she asked.
Psalm 46 God is our refuge and strength, a tested help in times of trouble. And so we need not fear even if the world blows up, and the mountains crumble into the...
Paul’s way into his request will sacrifice his position of leadership as an example of what he is about to ask.
How does faith change work and leadership? Lessons on leadership beyond rank and power from Philemon.
The leaders of equipping churches have started to think about the complete mission of God as well...
Truthtelling builds trust and civil cooperation among human beings. Trust is critical for a prosperous society, and being a person of one’s...
Truthtelling treats people with dignity. To tell someone the truth is a measure of respect that is missing when someone is lied...
Humanity does not know everything, and individually each of us knows only a tiny fraction of what can be known. God created each of us with our own unique mind which takes in...
Faith & Co.: Banking on Hope How does the gospel change a bank’s view of people and how they should be treated, especially those of modest means? Inspired by faith that sees the...
Intermediaries are institutions that “remanufacture” lenders’ resources into a form that is useful to borrowers. A simple example is when a bank intermediates between several depositors and one business loan borrower. Intermediaries include...
Not all accumulation of wealth is a result of injustice. However, even when wealth is gained through legitimate means, it still has...
Joshua chapter 9 describes how the people of Gibeon deceived the people of Israel. They wanted the Israelites to believe they lived...
The first humans were directed by God to take care of the Garden and all creatures and plants within it. This is...
Learning to trust God for our provision is an ongoing challenge, particularly if we are prone to compulsive work habits. Gordon MacDonald...
We can seek guidance about provision from God and expect that doing so will help us meet our needs, the needs of...
We are meant to depend on God for provision, meaning that we should look to him to provide for us when our...
By Rev’d Dr. Kenneth J. Barnes, Dean of the Marketplace Institute, Ridley College, Melbourne, Australia In his collected papers entitled, Reflections on...
