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The Business of Calling (Part 2)

By Rudolfs Dainis Smits This year Christian history celebrates 500 years since the Reformation in Europe began. The Reformation changed the Church, impacting Western civilization and its teachings on calling. This view of work revitalized the marketplace. It is worth considering how the Reformation revolutionized the way we can approach work.
Category:  Monday Manna
Tags:  Vocation, Work

More Than ‘Just A Job’

By Robert J. Tamasy Why do you go to work? To earn a paycheck? We all do that – it is good to have the money to buy food and clothing, put gas in our cars, pay bills, maybe invest a little for the future, and hopefully have some cash left over for fun activities. But is that the only reason you go to work?
Category:  Monday Manna
Tags:  Job, Business, Career

Ambition, Egos and Leadership

By Robert J. Tamasy These days we seem to assume that ambition, inflated egos and leadership go together like a yolk, egg white and shell go together to comprise a fresh egg. Leaders want desperately to advance their organizations and themselves, so strong, even overbearing egos appear necessary if their ambitions are to be realized. In fact, their boards and stakeholders often encourage a “whatever it takes” mindset for governing their leadership tactics.
Category:  Monday Manna
Tags:  Ambition, Egos, Leadership

Evangelism is a process; simple but not easy Part I

Evangelism is the dirty business of the Church. At least that’s how it gets treated. Few argue that the responsibility for making Jesus known to the world is the work of the Church. How and who does this work has been debated. However, when something is everyone’s responsibility then usually it becomes no one’s responsibility. CBMC has owned the responsibility to make Jesus known in the world.
Category:  Newsletter
Tags:  Evangelism

‘Cowboy Logic’ About Calves – And People

By Ken Korkow Even though I have spent many years in the business world, some of my greatest, most profound lessons about life – and work – have come from my time as a “cowboy,” spent on a family ranch in South Dakota, U.S.A. For instance, I have learned a lot about relationships with people while working with young cows – and observing other people working with them. Experience have taught me that in working calves, there are three places to be:
Category:  Monday Manna

Success and Self-Control

By Robert J. Tamasy “At no time is self-control more difficult than in times of success.” I do not know the originator of this unattributed quote, but it seems to carry a lot of wisdom. Success has an annoying habit of feeding egos, puffing up those who succeed with pride and overconfidence.
Category:  Monday Manna

Who Will Remember Your Name?

By Robert J. Tamasy Patrick Morley, who wrote the best-selling book, The Man in the Mirror, and became a pioneer in the Christian men’s movement a few decades ago, is an astute observer of humankind. Recently he began a blog post by reflecting on “an enormously successful businessman and iconic philanthropist” in his city:
Category:  Monday Manna