One of the joys of nonprofit work is to see God working through generous people. Many years ago, Luke was in town and asked to have lunch. During lunch, Luke asked, “How many miles does your car have?” When I replied, “160,000,” Luke said, “Rick, meeting with influential business leaders, you should drive something nicer. Fly to Texas, and I’ll […]

Our “Ask Rick” section on our website invites people to seek counsel about their workplace issues. Recently, Carolyn emailed about her new job at an automobile dealership. After a few weeks, Carolyn questioned whether some of the business practices common to the industry would be problematic with her faith. Her ultimate question was, “Are there some industries that Christians should […]

People sometimes easily send me their thoughts after reading our email versions of Integrity Moments. But it’s far more difficult for our radio listeners to respond. Therefore, sometimes it feels the radio version is less effective. Unless I have encounters like I did recently. The property manager who cares for our building recently stopped me to say, “I walked by […]

The meaning of Christmas has been highjacked before. According to Wikipedia, in the 17th century the Puritans banned the celebration of Christmas, because it became known for drunkenness and other mischief. Although Christmas was restored in 1660 as a holiday it still was in disrepute and not a prominent celebration until the 19th century thanks to Charles Dickens and other […]

This week we’re discussing the topic of Unconventional Business Leaders. Unconventional Business Leaders pursue excellence God’s way. The world often strives for perfection and personal glory, while an Unconventional Business Leader strives for excellence and deflecting glory to God. A local company was known for providing an excellent service to the community. Their true motive was for God to receive […]

This week we’re discussing Unconventional Business Leaders. Unconventional Business Leaders are people who cherish relationships. Paul was a business owner who admits he used to be a tyrant. Over the years he developed a philosophy that his employees owed him, and that Paul didn’t owe them anything, but, a paycheck. After working through our “FIRE in the Workplace” study, Paul […]

This week we’re discussing Unconventional Business Leaders. Unconventional Business Leaders are people with integrity. While the world often focuses on doing only what’s legal, God’s standard is much higher. He desires our ethical decisions to be moral and beyond reproach. A friend of mine had a minority stockholder in his business that had accused him of shortchanging her financially on […]

This week we’re discussing the value of becoming what we call an Unconventional Business Leader. Unconventional Business Leaders are people with courageous faith. Their faith drives their decisions, and also impacts those around them. When challenged by God to deed his entire company over to a foundation to fund evangelism, although this plan didn’t make sense, Stanley Tam took that […]

The Barna Group’s research discovered that 20% of practicing Christians believe that their meaning and purpose are based only on “earning as much as possible so you can make the most of life.” God wants more for us. Yesterday, we discussed that only 8 million people have a biblical worldview at work. That leaves 147 million working without the timeless […]

When we apply Barna’s research, out of 155 million people now in the workforce, only 8 million approach life with a biblical worldview. For almost 20 years I worked in a variety of workplaces before I ever experienced a boss who not only had a biblical worldview, but also applied it to business decisions. Because that man applied God’s Word […]