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An interview of Executive Editor Leslie Bianco in EntreWorshippers: Conversations with Artists, Entrepreneurs, Business Leaders, Change Agents, and Risk Takers who Work by Faith and Impact Culture.
http://www.entreworship.com/leslie-bianco-embracing-prayer
Let us pray for those seeking and providing the greatest solace of all
Rescue and Protect: Staff Sgt. Edward Rosa reads the bible and extends a cigarette to Pfc Jorge Rostran Obando, who was stunned by an explosion in Afghanistan's Arghanab Valley. One comrade was killed and two injured in the blast. Pfc Rostran asked the sergeant to read Psalm 91, a favorite from his childhood.This weekend I pray for those I work diligently for--my first faith community--the family
Above all we need, particularly as children, the reassuring presence of a visible community, an intimate group that enfolds us with understanding and love.Let us use the summer months to really reflect
Countless noise and restless spirits: They go together. The continual barrage of images, information and virtual voices keeps the mind racing, always trying--but failing--to 'process.' We simply don't have time to think or reflect. It makes us edgy on the one hand, and bored on the other. It's addicting, while at once mentally tiring but not really satisfying.On those occasions when all seems hopeless, may I receive a reminder that it is not
There is hope in your future.For today, I give thanks
Come now, you who say, 'Today or tomorrow we shall go into such and such a town, spend a year there doing business, and make a profit.'--you have no idea what your life will be like tomorrow. You are a puff of smoke that appears briefly and then disappears.Lord, let me find the extraordinary in my workplace today
One of the greatest mistakes in history has been to go off looking for God in the extraordinary. God occasionally uses the extraordinary to get our attention, but since the beginning, his favorite place has been amid the very ordinary things of life. A child in a manger--what could be more ordinary?Lord, help us, and help us to help each other to press on and try again today
Four words: Be gentle with yourself. It turns out they are some of the wisest words anyone has ever shared with me. It doesn't mean be soft with yourself, and it doesn't mean undisciplined. Being gentle with yourself consists of realizing your faults, failings and weaknesses and dealing with them appropriately.I pray that I lead the charge for ethical behavior in my organization that goes beyond mere appearances
One of the reasons for focusing on appearances is that it's just easier. Ethical problems are by nature hard.Let us pray for those struggling through personal heartache while continuing to work
We could never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in the world.Lord, may all those who come to our place of business feel the safety of your presence within it
To an unusual degree people now feel they have to protect themselves from each other. You have to put forward the rules of behavior, every day. But such vigilance is tiresome. Most of us give up and accept the thousand daily breaches and violations. In a service economy in the age of no manners, everyone gets on everyone's nerves.Almighty God, help me to reflect on you as I do my best to represent you today
Someone has said that the greatest sin is to make God unattractive. Unfortunately, we can do this not only by the words we preach but more so by our demeanor. Today we ask ourselves, 'How approachable and kind am I to the people I live with, work with, serve or meet on the street?' Do I reflect the amiable God I believe in?Let us lighten up this weekend and appreciate those we love, but with whom we differ
What Donnie and Marie were really saying was, if you noticed, Donnie would be singing about how he's rock-in-roll and she would be singing about she's country. But Donnie would never say, 'Hey Marie, you're lame for being country.' They'd start out harmonizing together and at the end it would be this country rock sort of thing. In today's day and age that would be, 'Forget you, I'm not going to sing with you.For those who never got a break, let us pray
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Loving and Gracious God, you are indeed the giver of all good gifts and we come together this day to seek your wisdom, guidance, courage and strength. Be with us in our deliberations and help us to be wise in the decisions we make for the good of all those who have placed their trust and confidence in our leadership. Give us insight to lead with integrity that our decisions may reflect what is right and good. Keep us from shortsightedness and pettiness. Help us to make decisions that strive to be for the good of all and guard us from blind self interest. Finally, dear Lord, grant us the humility to always seek your will in all that we do and say. All Glory be to you, loving God, now and forever. Amen.
Reverend Arthur A. Holquin, Pastor
Mission Basilica San Juan Capistrano, California
www.missionparish.org
Today O God we ask for your spirit to be at work in our midst, that you might stir up in us the gifts that we need to lead this company/organization with integrity and focus to the tasks at hand. Give us the courage to not only consider ourselves; but all those who are affected by the decisions we make. Help us to remember those who labor on our behalf, our employees and vendors and all those whose livelihood is connected to this company/organization. We give you thanks for our investors/stockholders who have placed their trust in us and we ask for courage and wisdom to be good stewards of both their trust and their resources. Help us in the midst of difficult decisions to have peace of mind, trust in your guidance, and look toward the long term goals of all whom we serve. Finally we give you thanks for this company/organization and ask that you might so guide us and our decisions that we might continue to serve you and the world through the work you have given us to do. In Jesus name. Amen
Pastor Jeff Frohner
Our Savior's Lutheran Church, San Clemente
California (www.oursaviorsonline.com)
Almighty and gracious God. We your children gather here to share, for the good of this organization, and the common good, the gifts and graces you have given us. As we plan the work of this organization, help us be mindful of your charge to us to be wise stewards of this world and its resources. We are responsible not just for money or success, but for the well being of all whom we employ, and all who use our products. Guide us so we think wisely, plan carefully, and act diligently for the life of our organization. Lead us always to make choices based on your teachings; let us remember that you wish us to practice justice and walk humbly with you. With your guidance we will Lord, work to serve you as we serve each other through the various agencies of this business. We acknowledge that all we have is a gift from your almighty hand. Direct us to make only those decisions and plans that honor the law you have given us, serve those people we represent, and establish an organization that has a moral and social conscience.
Reverend Elizabeth Griffin
United Church of Fairfax/St. Albans Bay UMC
Fairfax, Vermont (www.gbgm-umc.org/fairfaxvt)
Start a "time of prayer" in silence. The time of silence should allow people to open their hearts to God and to feel what it is that they need or are thankful for (or both) that day and for any other needs that may be directly associated with the upcoming meeting. The silence should be about one minute in length. Allow another minute for people to express "briefly" prayers of petition or thanksgiving e.g. "Lord, please bless my daughter and son in law expecting their first baby." The conclusion of this time can be closed simply with words similar to the following: "Lord, we pray that you hear these and all the prayers of our hearts this day and all the prayers of all people who call on your love, aid and mercy."
Fr. Bill Watson
President and Founder
Sacred Story Institute (www.sacredstory.net)
Seattle, WA
Direct, we beg you, O Lord, our actions by your holy inspirations, and carry them on by your gracious assistance, that every prayer and work of ours may begin always with you, and through you be happily ended. Amen
From "Timeless Prayers for Busy People,"
Legatus (www.legatus.org) an international
organization of practicing Catholic CEOs,
Presidents, Managing Partners and their spouses.
