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Vision and planning are first steps in business thinking and action planning. But Dan Wooldridge wonders if they should be when considered from a biblical perspective.

Solomon West explores how Jesus framed his work through a potent and surprising mission statement (hint: it doesn't begin and end with a guy in the end zone waving a John 3:16 poster).

Recently, Glenn McMahan has caught himself complaining about potholed roads as he drove in a nice car past a man pulling a heavy cart by hand...about the heat as he sat in an air-conditioned office...about the falling value of the dollar as he ate a great meal. That sounds uncomfortably familiar

Dan Wooldridge notes that all our work should be crafted to aim high and strive to change the world, a little bit at a time.

Dan Wooldridge reflects on George Gilder's Soul of Silicon essay. Good parenting is the ultimate entrepreneurial act and the most crucial process of a healthy economy.

Even in the middle of a major economic downturn, most of us, says Glenn McMahan, "enjoy unprecedented wealth and a quality of life that the rest of the world envies. But the statistics show that a lot of people are also tired in their souls."

If you’re in a job transition—whatever the reason—before polishing and upload your resume, take a deep breath and consider these ten principles on career change from the leadership strategist and executive coach Stephen G. Payne.

"What am I trying to say with my life and work?" Bradley J. Moore asks. "If I were to write a book that distilled my entire mission and mad ramblings into one word, could I do it? What would that one word be?"

Bradley J. Moore reflects on the rule of threes, a Gallup poll on job satisfaction, the meaning of work, and a mother's love (OK, not so much the last one, but his mother does make a cameo appearance).

On the long drive to and from the funeral of his mentor, Dan Wooldridge realized what made Charlie so influential.

Charlie was my friend, my mentor, my Best Man, my father figure.

What is a worker's responsibility to provide for his family? Is church work a higher calling than, say, education or finance or plumbing? Geoff Finch wrestles with these questions and a whole lot more.

Reflecting on Psalm 90, Howard Morrison writes: "Moses felt just like I do. I want my work to count. The idea in the original language is to give some permanence to our work. Confirm it; establish it; give it some permanence." Doesn't want that?

"27 Thing to Do Before You Die" struck Bradley J. Moore as irresistibly intriguing, even though it was really just more of your standard-fare motivational crap. Or was it?

Donald McGilchrist reflects on leadership, train schedules, product design, beer and moral purpose in business.