The Career Planning & Adult Development Journal has asked Bob to be a contributing columnist that specializes in “faith in the workplace.” Below are the columns that Bob has contributed thus far.
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Article Three… No guts. No glory. I’m convinced that when I get to heaven and come face-to-face with my Creator, there’s going to be a final exam, and as I visualize it, two questions will sum up the part of my life lived on earth: (1) “What did you do about Jesus?” and (2) “What did you do with what I gave you to work with?” One question about belief and one question about action—not action in lieu of belief (the old word is “works”) but action that grows out of belief. It’s both/and not either/or. read more…
Article Two…Is There Something More? (a lunch conversation to remember) If I could pick one person to ride along with me as a coach on the deeper things in life, it would be Dallas Willard. Dallas is on the faculty at the University of Southern California, in Los Angeles, where he has been a professor of philosophy for nearly forty years. In addition to his work there, he has taught at the University of Wisconsin and held visiting appointments at UCLA and the University of Colorado. Dallas has had a profound impact on my faith and approach to life. I find him both deep and approachable— at heart he’s a plaid-shirt type of guy you would love to sit with over lunch and ask big life questions. At my invitation Dallas agreed to break bread together and share his wisdom with me (and now you) over lunch. Success in midlife is a paradox. read more…
Article One…Ten Principles for Life from Peter Drucker Success and significance offer many of the same benefits but one brings a better nights sleep and a true level of contentment. For well over a decade I have been pouring resources into helping churches, organizations and individuals accomplish significance in my own search for significance. Through these experiences I have learned that success is fleeting—it is always relative and short-term in nature. Significance offers contentment because it can only be accomplished outside of ones self through efforts to improve other peoples lives. read more…
