Posts by Rick Ferguson
Letting It Slide
When I become involved in something I like to know the rules. Whether in a card or board game when gathered with friends or family, in performing my duties on the job, or in a business or legal transaction. Knowing the rules of the road helps me to drive my vehicle safely and legally. Knowledge…
Read MoreNational Rights vs. Kingdom Responsibilities
In the predawn hours, I sat at my desk and thought about the significance of the day. It was July 4th, America would be remembering and celebrating its independence. I paused for several moments and gave thanks to God for sustaining our nation. It is my belief that one of the reasons God established America,…
Read MoreI Have Seen Him!
Every now and then, I will read a chapter, a passage, or verse and encouragement fills my heart. Knowing that this is the Holy Spirit’s doing, I esteem these moments. I am always encouraged by the accounts in the Bible of God’s faithfulness. A couple weeks ago this occurred while reading the account of Simeon…
Read MoreAre You a Drain to Your Leader
In the movie Apollo 13, we saw a fictional account of the rescue of four American astronauts. After suffering severe damage that brought an end to their original mission, and threatened their safe return to earth, we watched as the men and women of NASA worked passionately and diligently to bring our astronauts home safely.…
Read MoreVoluntary Displacement
Some months back, in a conversation with fellow believers I heard these words, “Voluntary Displacement.” In looking at the word displacement, I saw its definition as, “The act of displacing oneself from something, or someone”. I am sure we can all look back over our lives and recall instances of displacement. While many of these…
Read MoreThe Rehoboam Leader
In studying the life of Rehoboam, and his tenure as the king of Israel, which is recorded for us in the Old Testament, I found many lessons for us as leaders today. While this article addresses Rehoboam type leadership in business, we see it in many types of organizations. Today it is prominent in our…
Read MoreJust Look at this Mess!
As a child we all may have heard this from our parents. It meant an end to the fun we had been having, we now had to pick up all of our toys. Or maybe we had wanted to do something nice for our mom and baking a cake seemed at the time a good…
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