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Why do we want to keep God at arm's length in our work? Is it because we're afraid of what might happen if He really showed up? What can we learn from Mark 5 and the way people responded when Jesus began to demonstrate his power?

When the boat is rocking, when it feels like we've lost our moorings, how should a leader respond? When everyone is looking to us to right the ship, what should we do?

As we continue our journey through Mark, Eric draws two simple principles from the end of Mark 4 that will help us lead through times of chaos.

In today's podcast, Eric explores just who is invited to participate in God's kingdom work. No matter what your vocation, kingdom work is for those who hear and apply God's word, not just now and then, but over the long haul.

Join us as we explore the parable of the sower and what it means for how we lead and work in our businesses.

Welcome to season two. Today, we go back to the heart of our message at Footnote: our work, our business and the way we lead there is ministry.

Join Eric as he leads us through Mark 3:7-34, and the exposes the false dichotomy we fall far that separates ministry from business. Involvement in the kingdom of God, according to Jesus, is simply an issue of are you or are you not doing God's will.

This week Eric jumps back into the book of Mark.  He builds upon last week's reflection from the book of Exodus as he teaches from Mark 2 and 3 regarding Jesus' interaction with Sabbath.

Eric pauses from our journey through Mark to takes us back to Exodus 16 where God introduces the concept of a Sabbath. What was his purpose and what do we so often get wrong as busy executives?

Eric walks us through Mark 2 where we see Jesus pick all the wrong people to follow him and lead his work. This insight should make us incredibly grateful. 

Why is biblical leadership too often viewed as anemic? 

Eric walks us through the end of Mark 1 and shows how scripture has been twisted to skew our view of compassion and disease. Then he goes further to show us how are we undermine biblical leadership when we start with the principal then prooftext it with scripture. How can we do better?

Your problem isn't the problem. Your problem is your thinking about the problem.

When Jesus showed up, the Israelites had a problem. They thought the problem was Rome, but that's not the way Jesus saw it.

Eric guides us through the opening chapter of Mark and challenges us to gain a new perspective on the problems and opportunities facing our businesses and organizations.

Eric looks at the beginning of Jesus' ministry in Mark 1:9-13 and talks about the first lesson Jesus models for leaders.