We were made to be salt — to preserve what is good, restore relationships and enhance the lives of others. We were made to shine light — to point to a better way to work. Watch and see how necessary and practical being salt and light can be.

There is a great advantage in being distinct. To be distinctive means to commit to differences and to be clear with everyone about what the differences are and the benefit they provide. Differentiation is critically important for organizations and individual leaders. What most sets you apart from common everyday work?

“What must I do to get?” The world is a performance shaping machine, but faith does not work the same as the world. Watch as Howard explains the practical value of deconstructing our engrained paradigm of achievement for independence (which leads to stress) and points us to the lasting, satisfying life Jesus is offering us.

What do you want? What do you want for your work? What do you want for the people you lead?What do you want for your life both now and in the future? These are incredibly important questions. Answering these questions will help you reveal the deepest parts of your heart, especially if you keep asking yourself, “why do I want this?” 

Elliot Cherry, a pastor in Nashville, gave a remarkable sermon on the Rich Young Ruler by pointing to a series of important questions that Jesus and the other people in the story asked in Matthew 19:16-30. “He's doing everything right. He was crushing it and he was miserable…“That should terrify you!”

God gives us His word and prayer so that we will draw close to Him. When we combine reading the Bible with our prayer time, we are communicating with God.

The beatitudes are a blessing bestowed on you from Jesus himself. They are not an ethic to keep, but a blessing to receive. The more we understand all Jesus is offering — how we're blessed, how we're chosen, how we’re meant for life with Jesus now — the more we understand His invitation to walk and work with Him. 

The terms of true peace have been announced and completely executed, yet we have conflict every day on matters that are settled. We also tend to avoid conflict where we have the opportunity to be a peace maker. Jesus — who was and is — the terms of peace personified, bestows a perfect peace on His followers and calls them to “go and do likewise.” Watch and see how practical becoming a peacemaker is to your daily life and work.

Conflict is all around us. We get entangled in conflict very easily. We forget that Peace has conquered conflict. When Peace sets you free, Peace calls you into the conflict as an agent of Peace so that you will free others with Peace for the sake of their souls.