Embracing Personal Accountability & Living a Life of Purpose
God, faith and the power of prayer are truly remarkable. My unwavering relationship with our Heavenly Father has kept me going during my lowest of lows, and has emboldened my hope of brighter days...
View ArticleYour Creativity & The Trinity
Everyone’s job requires creativity, but we often take it for granted. Entrepreneurs need it to start companies, solve problems, and find audiences for their products. Scientists need creativity to...
View ArticleBiblical Truths I Wish Someone Had Shared with Me After Graduation
Some of us never really got any good advice nor had good mentors early in our careers. We were left to fend for ourselves and as a result, made many mistakes. After a lifetime of work, here are five...
View ArticleRemembering Those Who Gave the Greatest Sacrifice
As we celebrate Memorial Day, I am proud to say that I have served in the U.S. Army, especially now. Over the past several years, I have been impressed by the actions of our military leaders at all...
View ArticleFive Timely Reminders About Work & Vacation
Much of our focus here at IFWE revolves around the meaning and purpose of work. While we believe that our vocations are a gift from God, we also understand that rest is an essential ingredient to a...
View ArticleA Call to Humble Work
I love the joke I heard as a child about the boy who received a medal for being humble, then had it taken away the next day because he pinned the medal on his jacket. Growing up, I knew that humility...
View ArticleBeing Content in the Life I’ve Been Given
“I could be the next C.S. Lewis,” I brazenly told my college professor. At the time, I was as unique as any one of my classmates, thinking the world was at my fingertips, primed to be shaped for the...
View ArticleThree Prayers To Renew the Way You Work
In the rush of our professional lives, we often create artificial divisions between our faith and our work. We compartmentalize Sunday worship and Monday meetings, seeing them as separate domains...
View ArticleWork Reveals Who We Are, What We Are & What We Believe
A popular bumper sticker in my current home state of Michigan reads something like this: “A bad day of fishing beats a good day at work,” which prompts (for me at least) the question: “What if fishing...
View ArticleThe Importance of Running a Rigged Race
The words we use to describe our work say a lot about who we’ve become, what we expect from the world, and what the world demands from us. “Busy” might be the first word that comes to mind, as busyness...
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