Spiritual Renewal 공개
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Welcome to the Faith and Enterprise Podcast, hosted by Rob Tribken. We seek ways to promote spiritual renewal in our work lives, and focus on topics such as spiritual practices that can help you in your work, developing a deeper sense of purpose and mission (your business or your work as a calling); overcoming stress and other aspects of a toxic workplace (burnout, anxiety, boredom, interpersonal conflict, unethical behavior, a bad boss); the spiritual aspects of leadership; and the ways tha ...
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In this program, we will talk about a time when Jesus went off and prayed by himself in the early morning hours, while it was still dark, and emerged with a very clear and powerful sense of mission. This might tell us something about a potential connection between prayer and our work and maybe between prayer and the sense of mission and purpose we …
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This week we talk about the story of Norman Borlaug and his fight against famine. We also note some of the theological implications of Borlaug's work. Borlaug was a Nobel Prize winner who died in 2009. His work in the field of agriculture may very well have saved hundreds of millions of lives from famine. He and his teams accomplished this by devel…
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In this episode we talk about financial crisis, and how our faith and our spirituality can help us prepare for and survive such crisis. As we go through our lives most of us encounter financial ups and downs, sometimes very serious ones. This is true for both individuals and societies. And in the interconnected world of today, the global economy as…
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This week we talk about everyday heroes – the people who show up for work every day, doing work they do not particularly like, in order to support others for whom they care. Twenty years ago, Robert Bellah observed that we tend to think of our work in one of three categories: as a job, as a career, or as a calling. To say that our work is a job, un…
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Most of us encounter both risk and opportunity in our work lives – and sometimes a great deal of both. How we understand and respond to these can make a big difference in our work lives and in how we live. This was true for Abraham many thousands of years ago when he willingly faced great risk, responded to a great opportunity, and did so in the be…
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Most of us know that we could benefit from periodically taking time off from our work and responsibilities, and enjoying a time of rest and renewal. But that does not make it easy to do. The Biblical idea of the Sabbath, of taking one day of rest each week, can be a great gift to us – a day of rest and refreshment, a day when we can recharge and re…
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The creation story found at the beginning of the Bible, Genesis 1, had special meaning for the people of Israel during the period known as the Babylonian captivity. In the years leading up to 587 BCE, Jerusalem, it's Temple, and several other cities were conquered and destroyed by the Babylonian Empire. Many of the people were taken into captivity …
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Cultivating a sense of gratitude can have important benefits for ourselves and for the people with whom we work. It is an important and beneficial quality, but few of us think much about it, and even fewer of us work at cultivating it. Psychologist Robert Emmons has made a strong, researched based case that gratitude makes a very beneficial contrib…
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Solomon was one of the greatest kings in the Bible, perhaps second only to King David. And he had a reputation for having great wisdom. But there is another side to the story, one involving the misuse of power. In this episode we will explore this story and draw insights that can help us in our work lives. The story, as told in the Bible, begins we…
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Many of us encounter anxiety, stress, and even fear in the workplace. There is a large amount of literature devoted to ways to cope with these problems; but instead of just coping, as though we were mere victims, what if we were able to move forward into the future with more courage? What if we could live more fully, with more vitality, in the face…
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The word "toxic" has taken on special meaning when applied to the workplace. When we hear someone speak of toxic bosses, toxic coworkers, or toxic working environments, we usually have a pretty good idea of the character of the relationships to which they are referring. We might not know the details, but we certainly know that something has gone wr…
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There are great many products and services, and a great many jobs, that are needed to build and maintain a flourishing society: those who produce food and other goods, distributors and retailers, communicators of various kinds, accountants, lawyers, and administrators, and many, many others. And here we have a problem – – a problem of perception. T…
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Humility, properly understood, can make an important contribution to our spiritual and psychological flourishing, and can have very important benefits for our work life. It is helpful to think of humility as having to do with a reduced focus on one's own self. The person with humility is less concerned with maintaining a high degree of self-importa…
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In this special edition we interview solar energy professional Tom King. Tom has a very interesting story to tell about finding and following a calling, and the ups and downs this can involve. Along the way he has worked in a variety of fields -- coaching college sports, construction, information technology, a small food start up, produce distribut…
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Have you ever worked in an environment that seemed designed to crush the human spirit and to eliminate any sort of initiative or creativity? Maybe you have also seen working environments that seem to liberate the human spirit, workplaces where people seem to be more alive, more purposeful, more engaged -- and also happier. This raises the question:…
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The story of the Wise Men and King Herod is one of the great stories of the Bible. One way to look at the story is as a conflict between two human drives -- the desire for stability and order, on the one hand, and the quest for the sacred on the other. Either drive can be corrupted, but both are necessary for human flourishing. We discuss the story…
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No matter what we see as the primary purpose of our work, it is clear that if we can find more meaning in it, then we are likely to be more effective, more purposeful, and happier. For some people, this means seeing their work as their calling. In this episode we talk about what it means to have a calling, and how we might develop or find it. While…
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Most of us have had times when we seem to be going backwards in our career or in our work life. Or maybe times when we seemed to be dead in the water while everyone else was moving forward. But in these situations are we really moving backwards? Or might there be something going on, out of sight – – something that is laying the foundation for new g…
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There are spiritual practices that might help us become alert to the spiritual aspects of our daily lives; one especially powerful one is called the Examen. The Examen was developed by Ignatius of Loyola about 500 years ago. He developed as a way of knowing when we seem to be moving towards God, and when we seem to be moving away from God. The prac…
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We all know how painful and dysfunction stress can be. It can damage our health and limit our effectiveness. But there are some things we can do. In this episode, we will begin by focusing on the work of psychologist Richard Lazarus and the importance of how we appraise potentially stressful situations. Lazarus takes what he describes as a relation…
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Robert Vallerand has written a very interesting book called: The Psychology of Passion: A Dualistic Model. In it, he presents research suggesting that there are two types of passion: harmonious passion and obsessive passion. The distinction between the two has important implications for topics such as burnout, stress, flow, and creativity. In this …
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Finding ways to promote spiritual renewal in our work lives is the mission of the Center for Faith and Enterprise. But what does spiritual renewal mean? And how might it effect our work lives? In this week's episode, we consider the deep human desire for the sacred and how this might play a role in our daily lives, including our work lives. Along t…
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Most if us are familiar with the expression being in the zone, and in fact most have probably experienced it at some point. Psychologists usually refer to it as being in a state of flow. It is usually thought of as involving a higher level of alertness, concentration, and maybe skill. Most also remember it as a very positive experience. The state o…
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Burnout in our work lives is an important problem -- painful, frustrating, and damaging. It is usually the result of prolonged stress, often caused by a mismatch between the individual and the work or between the individual and the work environment. But there are things that we can do. Some of these involve organizational or work flow change, some …
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Stress can have important negative consequences for both our health and our effectiveness. Few of us are at our best when we are carrying the emotional burden of stress. In this episode we discuss a spiritual practice known as the prayer mantra that might help; the prayer mantra can help us turn towards God, calm down, place our problems into a mor…
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Most of us would probably like to work with a deeper sense of purpose and mission; maybe prayer can help. This episode provides an example from the life of Jesus and begins with a story about a time when he went off and prayed by himself in the early morning hours. You might find it has something important to say about a possible connection between…
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Collaboration and collaborative relationships are often the key to success in business and most other professions. These relationships are in turn heavily dependent on the values we bring to our work -- values like honesty, compassion, humility, transparency, patience, and courage. These values are also the ones usually taught by the church and mos…
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When we have integrity, our words and actions are in alignment with our values and who we are at a deep level. In this episode, we recount the story of Joseph and Potiphar's Wife, and explore what it might be saying about the power of integrity, even in the face of false accusations. This story is from the Biblical book of Genesis, Chapter 39, and …
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