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• My E-book Interview with The High Calling

  Here is an excerpt from an interview with Glynn Young, posted today over at The High Calling, where we talk about my e-book, At Work as it is in Heaven. Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2012 SELF EXPRESSION, SPIRITUALITY

• I’d Like to Rip Off This Photo, But Now I Know Better

  

  Some of you may remember this photo from several years ago as the image for my blog. I had done a random Google search for “Camel Needle Eye” or some such thing... Read more

  Posted on 20 July 2012 SELF EXPRESSION, SPIRITUALITY

• Maybe Jesus Wants You to Stick With Your Career

  

  Here’s an excerpt from my new e-book, “At Work as it is in Heaven” which hopefully entices you to plunk down $2.99 and add this awesome haul to your... Read more

  Posted on 16 July 2012 SELF EXPRESSION, SPIRITUALITY

• Personal Vs. Professional Boundaries: Why I Used a Pen Name for Five Years

  

  Last week I announced the startling blog-revelation that I had been writing under the pen name of Bradley J. Moore for the past four years. Read more

  Posted on 10 July 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• Why Being Vulnerable is Good for Business

  

  I once attended a meeting where a professional services firm was making a pitch to help my company work through a certain business issue. Read more

  Posted on 05 July 2012 BUSINESS, SELF EXPRESSION, SPIRITUALITY

• Some Good News (My First E-Book!) and Some Weird News (Say Goodbye to Bradley…)

  

  First, the good news: Patheos Press has just released my first e-book.Finally! You’re thinking. What took those publishers so long? I know, I know. The uphill... Read more

  Posted on 28 June 2012 SELF EXPRESSION, SPIRITUALITY

• Is Your Activity Aligned With Your Direction?

  

  I once worked with an organization that was not quite as focused as it should have been. Their returns were on a long, slow, decline, and nobody was sure what t... Read more

  Posted on 26 June 2012 SELF EXPRESSION, SPIRITUALITY

• How Micro-Prayers Can Help You Get Through the Work Day

  

  With the advent of ubiquitous mobile social media outlets such as Facebook and Twitter within reach at a moment’s notice, many of us have taken to posting cleve... Read more

  Posted on 14 June 2012 SELF EXPRESSION, SPIRITUALITY

• How One Hour a Day Can Change Your Life

  

  What if you committed just one hour a day to work on that dream project you’ve been thinking about all those years? That’s what Geoff Edgers did. Edgars was a 3... Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2012 SELF EXPRESSION, SPIRITUALITY

• Your Own Private Incubation Period

  

  If you took away the ten best days of the stock market’s history over the past 100 years, two-thirds of the cumulative gains produced by the Dow Jones... Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2012 SELF EXPRESSION, SPIRITUALITY

• Don’t Let These Three Fears Drive Your Decisions

  

  Remember the last time your response to a situation was based entirely on a spiritually grounded, selfless frame of reference, transcending ego-driven... Read more

  Posted on 25 May 2012 SELF EXPRESSION, SPIRITUALITY

• It’s Almost Summer. Are You Having Fun Yet?

  

  I once did an exercise for a leadership coach where he asked me to write out a vivid description of my ideal life in the future. Read more

  Posted on 21 May 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• Do You Have a Job, a Career, Or a Calling?

  The first job I had out of high school was as a dishwasher for a white-tablecloth Italian restaurant during the late seventies. Read more

  Posted on 15 May 2012 SELF EXPRESSION, SPIRITUALITY

• Stop Skimming Through Life

  

  I sometimes feel as if I have been skipping along some superficial turf for the past several years. The frenetic pace of my brain has been like a pinball machin... Read more

  Posted on 09 May 2012 SELF EXPRESSION, SPIRITUALITY

• Working Too Many Hours is Sick. Literally.

  

  A new study was reported recently in the Wall Street Journal which followed the exploits of 24 freshly minted MBA’s over a ten year period as they entered the... Read more

  Posted on 03 May 2012 BUSINESS, CAREER, SELF EXPRESSION

• Becoming a Fully Present Leader

  

  Next week, May 6 and 7, I will be participating in the fourth annual Leadership & Spirituality Summit at Princeton Theological Seminary, sponsored by A New... Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2012 BUSINESS

• Surprising Avocations (Your Career Alone Will Never Fulfill You)

  

  My friend Jeff is a buttoned-up finance guy in his late thirties who manages a business unit for a large corporate behemoth. We go to the same church, I see... Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2012 SELF EXPRESSION, SPIRITUALITY

• The Evolution of Christian Branding

  

  Remember that fish-shaped thing, that cute little symbol that is supposed to be associated with Christianity?It is called the Ichthys,which is an anagram made u... Read more

  Posted on 17 April 2012 SELF EXPRESSION, SPIRITUALITY

• Don’t Mistake Doing What You Love With Doing What’s Important

  

  A couple weeks ago, my wife texted me, “Don’t forget to buy Megamillions tickets!:)”Upon learning of the $656 million jackpot, we couldn’t help ourselves from... Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2012 SELF EXPRESSION, SPIRITUALITY

• Making Amends

  

  My friend George, who runs a substantial company, received a call last week from a former employee he hadn’t seen in thirty five years, right out of the... Read more

  Posted on 06 April 2012 SELF EXPRESSION