Whitestone Podcast

Are you working to stand among the top people in your industry sector? In your community efforts? Is your work impactful and deserving of headlines? Will you be remembered fruitfully in the eyes of history? By Jesus? Join Kevin as we delve into the topic of every Christian’s reachable life of greatness!  // Download this episode's Application & Action questions and PDF transcript at whitestone.org.

So, what’s the essential ingredient to widespread prosperity for a large nation? The truth is, a nation’s policies regarding people’s personal freedoms are a major determining factor…if not often the major determining factor…undergirding the financial prosperity of a nation! So, is there a “perfect” policy for a country’s leader to deploy? Or, if a desired perfection is not attainable, just what is the best approach? Join Kevin as we delve into talking about the essential ingredient for widespread financial prosperity of a nation’s citizens! // Download this episode's Application & Action questions and PDF transcript at whitestone.org.

Just what is the morality of your daily work? Can you readily answer that off the top of your head? To satisfy yourself? To satisfy others? To please God? Well, the question of the morality of your work goes to the heart of practical stewardship for other people and your fruitful stewardship of the gospel for God Himself! And, hey, since Jesus was routinely found with sinners, some of whom were considered cultural scum by others, should Christians readily work for a perhaps-ungodly organization that doesn’t really measure up to the highest moral standards? Join Kevin as we take a fascinating dive…into the fascinating morality of your daily work! // Download this episode's Application & Action questions and PDF transcript at whitestone.org.

Many people are shackled by their own deeply-entrenched perfectionisms that are unattainable…and, frankly, unfruitful! So, do you take thoughtful action even if the action might fail—and do that in order to still create better processes and results? What can we learn from the famous inventor Thomas Edison…and from Japanese manufacturers…and from Microsoft executive Steven Sinofsky? What we’re looking for is ever-fruitful high standards without falling prey to debilitating perfectionism—for us and for our enterprises! Join Kevin as we dive into the truth that action is research!  // Download this episode's Application & Action questions and PDF transcript at whitestone.org.

Carl Yankowski. Do you remember who he was? Well, the answer to that is: “very likely not.” But Carl Yankowski’s life as a business person can hold some very valuable lessons for us in our personal and  professional lives. Join Kevin as we delve into a portrait of Carl Yankowski and how his life can inform ours!  // Download this episode's Application & Action questions and PDF transcript at whitestone.org.

Hey, how do you feel about your circumcision? You know, your “circumcision in Christ” as a believer? (Colossians 2:11-12) Do others see evidence of your circumcised heart? Have you been transformed into relentlessly loving your neighbors…your co-workers in the workplace…perhaps “even” loving your enemies as that radical Jesus commanded His followers? Just how are Christians overall doing in their workplace dynamic in this highly-politicized season? Join Kevin as we dive into the topic of “a circumcised heart in the workplace.” // Download this episode's Application & Action questions and PDF transcript at whitestone.org.

One of the most popular movie series of all time—The Godfather series—has a telling dialogue in the second movie when the local mafia kingpin wants to “wet his beak”—that is, to take a generous cut from the activity taking place. But modern organizations of all types face a similar problem: lots of folks who “wet their beaks” with a monetary cut…but with little to no value being added to the supply chain. Join Kevin as we dive into the stewardship necessity of “drying some beaks” in your workplace enterprise’s supply chain! // Download this episode's Application & Action questions and PDF transcript at whitestone.org.

It’s simply amazing! One-to-one connections have been around since the garden of Eden, for better and for worse—but the extent of believers’ enabled opportunities for one-to-one connections are simply extraordinary! And that’s true for both our workplace enterprises and the Kingdom of God! Join Kevin as we journey through the realities and opportunities of 21st-century one-to-one connections! // Download this episode's Application & Action questions and PDF transcript at whitestone.org.

Pivoting…again! Many truly great enterprises have made great organizational pivots at crucial times—you know, when an organization radically changes the way it does something that’s very foundational to its survival…or its future success! But what about great personal pivots, too? Those are thee actions taken to steward our gifts from God in order to best serve our workplaces and beyond. And what about the greatest personal pivot of all? Join Kevin as we explore the world of great personal pivots! // Download this episode's Application & Action questions and PDF transcript at whitestone.org.

So, are people generally as excited about working with you in your workplace specialization as they are about going to Chick-fil-A? Just what is your specialization at work and how does that delivery manifest Christ’s love in the workplace? No, not kidding here—that’s the starting place of workplace ministry for every believer! Join Kevin as we dive into the amazing daily opportunity of “the accretive love of neighborly transactions.” // Download this episode's Application & Action questions and PDF transcript at whitestone.org.