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  • Don’t commoditize what God made unique

    Commonly leaders refer to (and treat) individuals within organizations as "resources" as if they're a commodity like grain or corn. You'll hear management refer to their people as their "most valuable resource". They establish Human "Resource" departments. They also refer to them as a "work"-force or ...
    Posted to Daily Concerns (Weblog) by  csimmons  on March 7, 2007

  • We’re Sheep in Human Clothing

    Jesus referred to us as a lot of things, but the most common analogy he used was "sheep".  Jesus always chose his words carefully (I suppose that shouldn't surprise me since he was perfect) so I try not to be offended that Jesus so accurately portrayed us as sheep because I know it's true. Like sheep, we're heavily ...
    Posted to Daily Concerns (Weblog) by  csimmons  on February 15, 2007

  • Perception is 9/10ths of the law

    There’s no getting around it, our choice of words matter.  They have the power to heal and to harm, to bless and to blame, to inspire and to insult.  The Book of Proverbs has plenty to say about this subject , here are just a few of the references (10:19, 12:18, 13:3, 15:1, 15:2, 15:23, 16:21, 16:23, 16:24, 17:27, 18:7, 18:21, ...
    Posted to Daily Concerns (Weblog) by  csimmons  on February 13, 2007