A Harvard Business Review article titled “Creating Space for Religious Diversity at Work” highlights ways companies may respect those with different religions in their workplace. The authors identified two principles to help build what they call an “elastic hybrid organization.” The first principle includes cultivating vagueness around how the organization’s purpose relates to religious practice. An example might be a […]

The Religious Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Index (REDI) was developed to determine the level of faith-friendliness of the Fortune 200 companies. This index ranks large companies on three factors: promotion of religion on their website diversity page, the number of company-sponsored religious employee resource groups, and whether public trainings on religious diversity are hosted. For 2021, Intel and Texas Instruments […]

Theodore Roosevelt said, “Comparison is the thief of joy.” Comparison, wishing and desiring the gifts others possess leads only to a life of emptiness. Deuteronomy 5:21 says, “You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife. You shall not set your desire on your neighbor’s house or land, his male or female servant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to […]

Even if you agree with the merits of doubling the minimum wage to $15 per hour, in my opinion, the timing of this mandate should be seriously considered. The industry that uses the most minimum wage labor is the leisure and hospitality industry. The most devastated industry by the pandemic is also the leisure and hospitality industry. If we dramatically […]

In Matthew 20, Jesus shares a story of an employer who went to the marketplace and hired laborers for his vineyard. He agreed to pay the ones who worked a full day a denarius, which was equal to a day’s wage. At five in the afternoon, he hired additional laborers who had been unsuccessful in finding work. Out of generosity, […]

As the politicians debate the merits of a $15 an hour minimum wage, it’s a good time to examine the Biblical approach to wages. Business owners take significant risks and deserve an adequate return on investment for that risk. The dilemma is determining how much the business owner deserves as compared to how much is due his or her workers […]

After Jesus’ resurrection, Jesus’ disciples were confused by His death. Their hope for Jesus was that he would redeem Israel at that time. Although these disciples had spent time with Jesus for up to three years and were likely well trained in Scripture, they were confused by the death of Jesus. Jesus, however, joined them on the road and began […]

This last year has felt more solemn and intense than any time I can remember. Laughter and joy seem harder to find. I haven’t thought much about April Fools Day since I was a teenager, but now might be a good time to bring some laughter into your workplace. Practical jokes can become dangerous if you get carried away, but […]

Highlighted by Jessica Kennedy’s Harvard Business Review article, a study of over 11,000 participants revealed that job promotions may make it more likely you will be blinded to the unethical behavior within the organization. Their study specifically found that when an organization wanted to lie, 39% of low-ranking employees would dissent. But only 14% of high-ranking employees were willing to […]

In 2000, at a Billy Graham Conference on Evangelism, God divinely hand-picked the ministry leaders seated at table 71. This group of leaders each had a passion for reaching the unreached people groups in the world with God’s Word. That table of leaders began a collaborative effort that has advanced the Bible translation movement years ahead of what could have […]