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The Christian Working Woman
The Christian Working Woman with Mary Lowman exists to encourage, equip and empower workplace Christians in the marketplace.
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- The Christian Working Woman
Biblical Strategies for Healthy Relationships – 4
Presented by Julie Busteed Humility may not be the first trait that comes to your mind as an essential element in healthy relationships. That’s what I will…
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Biblical Strategies for Healthy Relationships – 3
Presented by Julie Busteed I’m looking at some strategies to help grow and build relationships—principles that apply at work, home, church—with everyone. The…
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Biblical Strategies for Healthy Relationships – 2
Presented by Julie Busteed Are there people in your life you find difficult to get along with or really understand? I am examining biblical strategies to help…
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Biblical Strategies for Healthy Relationships
Presented by Julie Busteed Have you ever said or thought this? “I’d love this job if it just wasn’t for the people!” I know this is a sarcastic saying—it’s…
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Why Jesus Was a Great Leader – Part 1
It seems like many people don’t think of themselves as a leader because they don’t hold a position that identifies them as a leader. So, when they hear…
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Fran & Jesus on the Job – Dealing with a Jealous Coworker – 5
How would you like to work with someone who resents you, is jealous of you, and treats you rudely? That’s what our friend Fran is facing on her job. Jenny, a…
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Fran & Jesus on the Job – Dealing with a Jealous Coworker – 4
Jealousy can cause any of us to do and say things that are hurtful and wrong. Fran is learning first-hand how the jealousy of a coworker can be very painful…
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Fran & Jesus on the Job – Dealing with a Jealous Coworker – 3
We continue our most recent story of Fran and Jesus on the Job. Fran finds herself on the receiving end of a jealous coworker, who is very vocal and very…
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Fran & Jesus on the Job – Dealing with a Jealous Coworker – 2
Solomon wrote: Anger is cruel and fury overwhelming, but who can stand before jealousy (Proverbs 27:4). Who indeed? Fran is discovering just how dangerous it…
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Fran & Jesus on the Job – Dealing with a Jealous Coworker
Have you ever worked with someone who was jealous of you? In Fran and Jesus on the Job, Fran discovers a coworker is not only jealous of her but seeks to ruin…
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Five Things You Can Do to Reflect Christ on the Job II
I don’t know about you, but I find I can easily make commitments. I can decide I really want to do something and set my mind to do it. But if I don’t have a…
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Community of One – 5
Presented by Lauren Stibgen In this digital age, it feels like our community is giant! Some days it feels like I have a community of a thousand friends…
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Community of One – 4
Presented by Lauren Stibgen As we talk about social connections and community at work, I have been talking about some of the more difficult aspects of this…
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Community of One – 3
Presented by Lauren Stibgen We have been talking about how much time we spend at work—one-third of our waking hours—and the social friendships and connections…
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Community of One – 2
Presented by Lauren Stibgen With one-third of our life spent working, it is no wonder we seek friendship and connection from our colleagues. A recent Forbes…
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Community of One
Presented by Lauren Stibgen We all spend so much time at work. In fact, on average, we will spend about 90,000 hours working over the span of our lifetime…
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Five Things You Can Do to Reflect Christ on the Job I
What does it mean to “reflect Christ”? It’s a rather unusual use of words. Has anyone ever said to you, “You reflect your mother”? No, usually we say something…
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Dealing with Toxic People – 5
Are toxic coworkers driving you crazy? First, just remember workplaces will be workplaces—people will be people. In most workplaces, you have a lot of…
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Dealing with Toxic People – 4
For many years, I’ve been sharing the privilege and importance you have as a Christian in the marketplace to let your light shine before others, that they may…
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Dealing with Toxic People – 3
I can remember times when I worked with or for someone who was toxic. I think of one man who was never pleasant, always complaining and demanding, had no…
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Dealing with Toxic People – 2
Are toxic coworkers driving you crazy? These are people you are forced to be with daily, and their habits or attitudes are driving you—well, crazy! What are…
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Dealing with Toxic People
How often do you say something like: “It’s driving me crazy”? Or “He’s driving me crazy”? It’s a way of expressing frustration and impatience with something or…
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Designed for Connection
Presented by Lauren Stibgen Forming relationships is foundational in every aspect of our lives. From early relationships formed with family and childhood…
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Connecting with Others – 5
I’ve been examining how we can do a better job of connecting with people. Offer hospitality to one another without grumbling (1 Peter 4:9). How do we show…
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Connecting with Others – 4
Do you approach your relationships as a host or a guest? We can improve our ability to connect with others. And the attitude that helps is to think of yourself…
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Connecting with Others – 3
Think of yourself as a host or hostess on your job—initiate conversations, volunteer help, keep your antenna up for anyone who needs a word of encouragement…
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Connecting with Others – 2
Do you know the name of the person who cleans your office or who delivers your mail? An important connection skill is to consider everyone significant, and to…
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Connecting with Others
I am often asked: What is the main issue people in the workplace are struggling with today? I’ve been broadcasting this program a long time, and I can tell you…
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What If All Your Prayers Were Answered? Part Two
In part one, I challenged you to enlarge the way you pray for yourself, using some biblical prayers as guidelines, and I want to follow up on the power of…
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God’s Waiting Room – 5
Presented by Julie Busteed I used to think there were seasons of waiting on God, but now I think there is always something I am waiting on from him. Maybe it’s…
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God’s Waiting Room – 4
Presented by Julie Busteed What happens when you are not patient and run ahead of God and take things into your own hands? That’s exactly what happened to King…
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God’s Waiting Room – 3
Presented by Julie Busteed Waiting on the Lord is hard. But he gives us promises that we can hang on to during this time. But they who wait for the Lord shall…
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God’s Waiting Room – 2
Presented by Julie Busteed When you’re in God’s waiting room do you ever think that if you just pray more or fast more or do something more that this will get…
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God’s Waiting Room
Presented by Julie Busteed Waiting is not my favorite thing! Whether it is waiting in a store line, waiting in traffic, waiting for a doctor’s appointment, or…
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What If All Your Prayers Were Answered? Part One
We all know prayer is our lifeline to God, and we are encouraged to cast all our cares upon God, because he cares for us. We know God is intimately interested…
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God-Confident or Self-Confident – 5
The question today is: How can you become a God-confident woman or man? First, you must continue to grow in your knowledge of Jesus and the Word by making them…
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God-Confident or Self-Confident – 4
What is hindering you from having God-confidence? Being confident in yourself is very risky because pretty soon that self will let you down. But being…
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God-Confident or Self-Confident – 3
As Christ-followers, the Bible says we should put no confidence in the flesh. It’s pretty undependable. But you can and should be totally God-confident…
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God-Confident or Self-Confident – 2
The second tool you need to be God-confident is to know how God sees you. God wants you to be confident in how he has gifted you and how he wants to use you…
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God-Confident or Self-Confident
Here’s an interesting question: Do you think God wants you to face your world, your life, with unwavering confidence? Is there anything to be gained by lacking…
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Holding On While You’re On Hold
Holding on, hanging in there, being patient, sitting in the waiting room—none of those come easy for me. And being put on hold on the telephone is particularly…
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Patience Is Loving – 5
Presented by Lauren Stibgen Do you view patience as passive? Patience is anything but passive behavior. In fact, patience is powerful. Remembering God’s power…
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Patience Is Loving – 4
Presented by Lauren Stibgen Do you have a colleague who gets on your last nerve? Do situations in the workplace just get to you sometimes? How we display…
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Patience Is Loving – 3
Presented by Lauren Stibgen Many things can happen when we are impatient! Impatience brews increasingly when there is a difference between the pre-conceived or…
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Patience Is Loving – 2
Presented by Lauren Stibgen We love it when things happen quickly! Wouldn’t it be great if the dream that came to your mind could just—poof—happen tomorrow? I…
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Patience Is Loving
Presented by Lauren Stibgen For God so loved the world that he gave his only son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life (John…
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Don’t Do Something: Just Stand There!
Do you know what is probably the most difficult command of God's for me to obey? It's: Stand still and see this great thing the Lord is about to do before your…
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Principles for Difficult Relationships – 5
I am giving you five biblical principles, which can help you when you’re dealing with difficult people, particularly on your job. Today, our fifth and final…
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Principles for Difficult Relationships – 4
Have you ever worked with someone who was arrogant? A person who tried to tell you what to do and had delusions of grandeur? I’m examining some of the…
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Principles for Difficult Relationships – 3
Do you have any enemies? Enemies are people who make your life uncomfortable, difficult. They may cause unnecessary hurt or discord, and they are generally at…
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Principles for Difficult Relationships – 2
I am looking at some biblical principles which give us guidance when we have to deal with a difficult relationship—like a coworker who is lazy, uncooperative…
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Principles for Difficult Relationships
Relationships are the sandpaper of life. Isn’t it often true the relationship struggles of your life are used by God to refine and teach and help you grow to…
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How Can We Have Patience?
Presented by Lauren Stibgen Patience is often framed as an outward expression. We are told to have patience with situations and people, timing and…
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Learning to Re-Learn – 5
Proverbs 31 says the virtuous woman is clothed with strength and dignity; she can laugh at the days to come. What does it mean to be able to laugh at the days…
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Learning to Re-Learn – 4
We read in James 4 and again in 1 Peter 5 that we are to humble ourselves. I'm examining four things we need to learn, and here's another one: We need to learn…
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Learning to Re-Learn – 3
Do you give up too easily? Do you keep wishing for the easy way out of whatever you are facing? It's likely you, like me, could use a lesson or two in how to…
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Learning to Re-Learn – 2
I'm examining four things we need to learn. And high on that list is our need to learn how to let go. There are times when we simply must let go and turn…
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Learning to Re-Learn
I am examining four things you and I need to learn—and re-learn and re-learn! For example, how often do we need to learn to be content. Someone once said, "The…
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From “What If” to “Even If”
Life is full of “what ifs”, and often they are negative, right? They are usually full of fear and worrisome imaginations. And when you focus on all those “what…
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A Proverb a Day – 5
This is a very special day for me personally. I’m recording program number 10,000. Each program is 3 minutes long so that’s 30,000 minutes this Monday to…