WorkMatters Messages

Steve Blair, Walsworth Publishing

Mike Rusch, The Cobblestone Project

Elise Mitchell, Mitchell Communications

Pastor Tom Frase taught this month on the pillar of Balance. One of the most difficult problems we face as professionals is the struggle for a workable balance between our work life and home life.  Tom Frase provides his insights as to how we can look at this dilemma and find a way of maintaining proper balance...and the answer is NOT how I can figure it out all for myself.  Maintaining proper balance will require us to allow those around us to help and advise us because we often become so accustomed to being out of balace that we don't even realize it, much less know how to correct it.

David Roth, President of WorkMatters shares his thoughtful teaching about how to truly discover the calling that God has given you for your work.  He provides some highly practical application that will aid you in seeing more clearly what the will of God is for you, especially when you are in those challenging times of thinking God may be calling you to new work.

Rob Hey, V.P. for Staffing and Development at America's Car-Mart taught this month on the pillar of Serve.  We have so many opportunities to serve.  Starting small and just doing it are key elements to develop a habit of serving.  Opportunities abound for us at work to serve those we work with if we will just open our eyes and allow ourselves to be used by the Lord for what we were created for.

Spencer Frazier, Senior Vice President for Sales at J.B Hunt Transport discusses about what Influence in the workplace is all about.  We must realize that no matter what, we are having an influence on those around us.  How can we be intentional to make our influence for Christ be what those around see when they watch us at work.  

Pastor Tom Frase spoke this month on the pillar of Excellence. What do you think of when you think about doing your work with excellence? Does excellence really mean perfection in todays vernacular?  Can someone really do everything with excellence without falling over from exhaustion? Who's definition of excellence should we use.  

Tom Frase, Founder of WorkMatters offers a great teaching that will answer these questions and provide you with solid scriptural basis for backing up his thoughts.  

Steve Toth teaches about one of the most important aspects of our faith at work journey is how we are living out a life of integrity. Is our walk and our talk consistent? Do those we work with know that we can be counted on to do what we say we will do?  

We are very excited about this year's Eight to Five.   This is the fifth season of presenting a powerful monthly opportunity for marketplace professionals to gather and hear about ways that their peers are living out their faith at work. 

This year, we want to go to a deeper level.  So many of you have told us that you really enjoy the talks, but you want to learn more about faith and work principles.  You have said you want to talk about real world issues that you face every day in your job that challenge you to live out your faith. 

Our plan is to use each monthly event to focus more on teaching “how to do it?” which is an often asked question.  We are not saying that we have all the answers to every question you might have, but we want to focus on some of the most important issues and questions that you might have regarding what does living out my faith really look like.

Using the WorkMatters Seven Pillars of faith and work as a framework, our goal is to address real life issues we face every day and for you to leave our meetings with solid application points to take back to your workplace.