Excellent insights. I recognize myself and received some great prompts for increasing self-awareness. Thanks.
Steve Roesler
· 1 year ago
Karl, don't we all have a built in mirror if we just take a look or hold it up for a friend?
Thanks for stopping by...keep up the good work there.
Bill Peel
· 1 year ago
Steve, I'm intrigued by Wally's comments about the unintentional influence his father had on his attitude toward business. That's a sobering thought to consider as a father. I believe I read on Wally's Three Star Leadership (to which you introduced me) that his father was a pastor. Not only do fathers unintentionally send negative messages picked up by their children, but pastors inadvertently do the same thing with their parishioners when it comes to the subject of work. Either by negative comments or by neglecting to talk about the connection of faith and work all together, people in the pews get the idea that God is either not too fond of business and work or that he could care less about it. This is amazing since, for example, Jesus spend the bulk of his adult life working in a small business. The Jewish Scriptures talk more about work than worship and see man's labor as a gift of God. No wonder so many adults a have a mental block when it comes to seeing their work as something that is good, eternally valuable, and worthy of passionate pursuit.
Steve Roesler
· 1 year ago
Bill,
Yes, Wally's dad was a pastor with a fascinating ministry in Manhattan.
I'm always taken aback when my adult daughter re-plays a comment from years ago along with what it led her to (innaccurately) believe about me or about a situation. With all of the love and teaching we try to provide our children, it turns out that life can turn on the very kinds of sound bites that we eschew. And that simply increases the importance of family discussions vs. family SUVs passing each other on the way to one more scheduled activity. Misunderstandings as a result of omission are, nonetheless, misunderstandings.
In addition to your highlights of how Jesus spent the bulk of his adult life as well as the Pentateuch view of work as a labor of love, the faithful could have a look at Genesis 2:15 where God gave the man the tasking of working and caring for the garden. This was chronologically before the fall in the following chapter. Yet, many in pulpits worldwide treat work as a result of the fall rather than a gift that had been given during a period of perfection.
To their credit, a number of pastors have asked if they could join me during a consulting assignment or meeting in order to see what the "workplace out there" is really like. For obvious reasons of dynamics and confidentiality, that doesn't work out very often.
Many people are looking, in part, for work to be a satisfying, fulfilling, and spiritual experience. Pastors have the audience and the opportunity to connect in a meaningful way with those who are seeking direction on just how to do that.
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Thanks.
Thanks for stopping by...keep up the good work there.
Yes, Wally's dad was a pastor with a fascinating ministry in Manhattan.
I'm always taken aback when my adult daughter re-plays a comment from years ago along with what it led her to (innaccurately) believe about me or about a situation. With all of the love and teaching we try to provide our children, it turns out that life can turn on the very kinds of sound bites that we eschew. And that simply increases the importance of family discussions vs. family SUVs passing each other on the way to one more scheduled activity. Misunderstandings as a result of omission are, nonetheless, misunderstandings.
In addition to your highlights of how Jesus spent the bulk of his adult life as well as the Pentateuch view of work as a labor of love, the faithful could have a look at Genesis 2:15 where God gave the man the tasking of working and caring for the garden. This was chronologically before the fall in the following chapter. Yet, many in pulpits worldwide treat work as a result of the fall rather than a gift that had been given during a period of perfection.
To their credit, a number of pastors have asked if they could join me during a consulting assignment or meeting in order to see what the "workplace out there" is really like. For obvious reasons of dynamics and confidentiality, that doesn't work out very often.
Many people are looking, in part, for work to be a satisfying, fulfilling, and spiritual experience. Pastors have the audience and the opportunity to connect in a meaningful way with those who are seeking direction on just how to do that.