Like many courageous leaders, the prophet, Elijah was a pioneer. Until Elijah, many had seen God perform amazing miracles, but no one had seen the dead revived. Elijah had been staying with a gracious widow and her son, when the son unexpectedly died. Few would have ever considered that someone could bring him back to life. But not Elijah! He […]

The prophet Elijah’s faith was fortified when God provided for him during a long drought. Ravens brought food to Elijah daily, to a brook that seemed to have endless water. Then one day, the water ran out! In 1 Kings 17:9 Elijah was told, “Go at once to Zarephath in the region of Sidon and stay there. I have directed a […]

The Lord gave Elijah many assignments that would frighten the strongest of leaders. Imagine being directed to go to the most powerful, wicked king of the land to rebuke and curse him for his evil! It would have been easy to overlook that directive from God as a very bad idea. Instead in 1 Kings 17:1 we read, “Now Elijah the […]

College graduates who desire to please God in their vocation are at a disadvantage. First, most of them are learning from books and teachers who have no interest in teaching a biblical perspective on work. Secondly, many students enter the workplace working for bosses who seem to only model improving the bottom line. That’s why we launched Legacy Impact Network. […]

In 2001, I spent time fasting, praying and journaling. Through my journaling, God directed me to form Integrity Resource Center and take some courageous steps outside my comfort zone. One of those steps was to host events to introduce people to faith at work stories. Since I had never hosted an event, it was very uncomfortable and required courageous faith. […]

I thought it was time for me to retire. I was sixty-one years old, and I thought our twenty-nine-year-old company was going strong. I’d come to work each day and sit in my office bored. Playing on emails and Facebook. However, our next financial report revealed we were more than a hundred thousand dollars in the red and sinking. What […]

A 2014 study conducted by Mike Norton of Harvard Business School discovered an interesting answer to the question, “How much is enough?” When Norton asked wealthy clients of a large investment bank how much was enough, they typically answered with a number 3 times greater than their personal net worth. Yet, according to the Wall Street Journal, other research indicates […]

As a teenager, one of the jobs I despised most while working on my uncle’s farm was cutting thistles. It was hard work that seemed unnecessary. Then I learned if you didn’t eliminate the entire weed’s root it would just grow back, putting the sheep and cattle at risk of dying if they ate too much of this toxic weed. […]

Some customers are ungrateful and unreasonable, regardless of what we do for them. The Apostle Paul says to remain under them, enjoying the freedom Christ gives us to serve well. Show them kindness and respect, even as others abuse and take advantage of us. In 1 Corinthians 7, Paul wrote, “Each of you should remain as you were when God […]

In John 4, Jesus spoke profoundly to a Samaritan woman. His words ended up rippling through her community. In verses 28-30 we read, “The woman left her water jar beside the well and ran back to the village, telling everyone, ‘Come and see a man who told me everything I ever did! Could he possibly be the Messiah?’ So the […]