Valued and Cared for Creates Loyalty In business, there is a cost to onboard new employees. Employee retention saves money and is good for business. However, there are many businesses that do a poor job of employee retention and consequently are continually on boarding new employees. It is a pretty safe bet that the companies […]
Could have done more
November 13, 2018 by Leave a Comment
Could Have Done More The trip home from my missions’ trip to Papua New Guinea and the Philippines was long and tiring and sweaty hot, and uncomfortable. So, in my “weakened state”, the conversations in my head took a turn for the worse. The little voice started to tell me that I could have done […]
Character and integrity
November 12, 2018 by Leave a Comment
Character and Integrity Integrity is often defined as what we do even when no one is watching. The character of an individual is revealed by his or her actions. Character is a choice and it is something that is developed over time, one decision at a time. We are either following our innate moral compass […]
The world does not owe us a darn thing
November 10, 2018 by Leave a Comment
The World Does Not Owe Us a Darn Thing I was doing a little self-reflection this morning and I saw that buried deep I’ve got some “the world owes me” stuff going on. This belief, the world owes me, is incredibly damaging. It turns us into victims, waiting for an outside force to impact us […]
Young people cracking the code
November 9, 2018 by Leave a Comment
Young people cracking the code On Wednesday, we drove around Buka Island to the village of Kesa where the YWAM (youth with a mission) medical ship, Liberty, was anchored. I saw something there that absolutely filled my heart with joy. I saw a bunch of young people (18 to mid-twenties) and some older people too […]
Seeds of corruption
November 5, 2018 by Leave a Comment
Seeds of corruption They say that power can corrupt. They also say that money can corrupt. However, on the other end of the scale, poverty can corrupt too. There are many forces and circumstances that can lead to corruption, that can have good people behave in ways that are not good. Webster 1828 defines corrupt […]
Laughing at Ourselves
November 4, 2018 by Leave a Comment
Laughing at Ourselves A good measure of self-kindness is our ability to laugh at ourselves. Self-judgment will have us beat up on ourselves. Yesterday I locked myself out which required Kendrick to drive across town and bring another key. Although I did not enjoy inconveniencing him, I did not beat up on myself. (Years ago, […]
The impact we have on others ~ unconsciously offensive
November 4, 2018 by Leave a Comment
The impact we have on others ~ unconsciously offensive I had an overnight flight last night from Manila to Port Moresby. The guy sitting in front of me seemed to need to readjust himself about every 5 minutes. And, he seemed intent on doing it in the most forceful way possible. It was like he […]
Touching their hearts
November 3, 2018 by Leave a Comment
Touching their hearts Yesterday was the Nurse Force Global mission to Indulang in Talakag in Bukidnon. We saw over 220 families. Some treatments were provided, some recommendations were made, some medicines were dispensed, and everyone got fed. And then there will be future follow up on what was started yesterday. So, some people who needed […]
I am the answer to a need
November 2, 2018 by Leave a Comment
