Making Space for Others at Work
Week 42
In the workplace, it is easy to find cultures shaped by fierce internal competition. When the prevailing attitude is every person for themselves, the environment can become unhealthy and people begin to build walls to protect themselves, withholding information and competing for recognition to safeguard their own position…
The Person You Tend to Ignore at Work
Week 41
In The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Frodo Baggins and Samwise Gamgee set off on the grueling quest to destroy the One Ring in the fires of Mount Doom, the only way to defeat Sauron and save Middle-earth. Yet, amidst this perilous journey, a crucial moment arises: upon encountering Gollum, a wretched creature consumed by greed, Frodo chooses to give him a chance, discerning a glimmer of redemption in the former Sméagol whom everyone else deemed lost…
When People Are Difficult
Week 40
What do you do when someone you work closely with begins to get under your skin? It is easy to be gracious when a relationship is going well. The real test often comes when we feel misunderstood, dismissed or hurt…
The People God Places in Our Path
Week 39
The Bible has many stories of people who meet by what seems like chance. But look closer, and you will often see God's hand behind the meeting. It is as if he brought two people together without either one realizing it…
Sharing Christ Around the Table
Week 38
"Did you bring food today?" That's how we ask each other about lunch where I work. I work in the city center of a big city, and few of my colleagues go home for lunch. So, I get to enjoy good times around the lunch table with them nearly every day…
What Is in Your Hand? God Can Use What You Have
Week 37
Have you ever looked at what you have and thought, “This is not enough”?
Perhaps you have a skill that does not seem particularly special, a job that feels ordinary, or resources that seem too small for what you believe God is asking you to do…
The People God Puts in Your Path
Week 36
Most days are full before they even begin. There are meetings, messages, deadlines and decisions waiting for us, and it is easy to move through them focused on what needs to be accomplished. In the process, the people around us can become almost invisible: colleagues we pass, clients we speak to, neighbours we barely know…
Missionary, Expat, Professional, or Tentmaker? Understanding the Differences
At a missions conference, a young business administrator mentions he's moving to Vietnam for work. Someone asks, out of genuine curiosity, whether he's going as a missionary. He hesitates, because it isn't quite that, but it isn't just an ordinary job either, and the question, which seems simple enough, catches him without a ready answer…
Tentmaking Is Not a Plan B for Missions
A young woman senses a call to serve God in a Central Asian country. She spends two years preparing, applies to a traditional missionary agency, goes through the whole application process, and fails to raise the financial support she needs. Months later, she finds a different path: a work visa as an English teacher, in the very country where she felt called…
What Is Tentmaking?
A Mexican engineer works for a multinational company in Dubai. A Canadian university lecturer teaches in a country where openly preaching the gospel could mean deportation. A Brazilian IT professional relocates to South East Asia, not as an "official" missionary, but as an employee hired by a local company. Three different stories, three different professions, but one thread running through all of them…
When Serving Costs You Time
Week 35
Serving God has a cost. We often think about that cost in terms of money, comfort or security. But there is another cost that can be particularly difficult for those of us who are used to working, producing and carrying responsibility: time…
Trusted With Little, Trusted With More
Week 34
What is “little” to you? And what is “much”?
The answer often depends on what we compare it with. A modest salary may seem like very little. A simple job may seem insignificant beside a prestigious career. A routine task may feel unimportant because no one notices it…
Faithful at Work, Whatever the Circumstances
Week 33
The story of Joseph in Egypt is well known for its grass-to-grace transition. The dreams, the palace, the power. This side of the story is inspiring, but there is more to it…
Called to This City, Not the One I Wanted
Week 32
Have you ever wondered what you’re doing in your current job, or why you accepted to work in a place like this?
For twenty years, I worked for a multinational insurance company. During that time, I served in different departments and experienced both good and difficult seasons…
Does God Care About the Work I'm Actually Good At?
Week 31
Few words have become as popular in recent years as purpose. Companies want employees who find meaning in their work, books promise to help people discover their calling, and many of us long for our jobs to be about more than simply paying the bills…
Open Hands, Open Heart: Surrendering Your Whole Life to God
Week 30
If someone asked you what belongs to God, you would probably answer, "Everything."
Yet if we are honest, there are parts of our lives that we still hold tightly…
Biblical Humility at Work: Choosing the Way of Christ
Week 29
Everybody wants to go up. Up the ladder, up in title, up in salary, up in how people see us. There is nothing wrong with wanting to grow. But many of us have quietly started measuring our whole life by how fast we are climbing compared to the next person…
Who's Really in Control? Surrendering the Need to Have All the Answers
Week 28
A few years ago, I lost both my parents within two years of each other. It was the kind of loss that shakes everything. Why now? Why like this? Where was God in it? I searched for answers and found that many of them were either not enough or not there at all…
When God's Plans Interrupt Yours: Learning to Surrender with Mary
Week 27
In 2016, during our holidays, my wife and I spent a month in a country that completely captured our hearts. That experience planted a dream in us. We decided we wanted to move abroad, seeking not only a better quality of life but also opportunities to live out our faith among people from different nations…
Begin Again
Week 26
The alarm goes off. Another day begins...
Something exciting is to come. A new beginning!
You jump out of bed and there is a fluttering in your stomach. A new opportunity, a new challenge, a step into something they have been hoping and praying for. Or...