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Joseph: From Pit to Prime Minister

Like the other heroes of Hebrews 11, Joseph is a man of hope.  Before he dies, he arranges for his body to be embalmed, Egyptian style, and entombed in Egypt until the family moves as a people back to Canaan, God’s land of promise.  Despite all his success, Joseph remembers this life is not all there is (Hebrews 11:22).

Joseph teaches us hat the life of faith requires trusting God through the obstacles of both adversity and prosperity.  It demands obeying God despite the soul-wrenching hurdles of family betrayal, sexual temptation, bitterness, despair, compromise and pride.

Joseph also demonstrates that in living by faith we may hit a spiritual wall.  But faith recognizes God’s good purpose in all things, even when we may thirst for vengeance. Like a successful marathon runner, we can overcome the “wall” and finish the race. 

While Joseph is an unlikely hero of faith, we can use the same resources he used—knowing the Word of God, hearing the voice of God, and harboring a holy fear of God.

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The Long-Distance Leader

Last week—the second week of October—was “National Work From Home Week.”  The week recognizes the seven million people in the United States who don’t commute to work every day and focuses on the way technology changes the ways we approach remote work and its benefits.

From 1995 until 2018, I worked at NASA’s Johnson Space Center, where there was a strong culture of in-person teamwork.  I started as an entry-level HR professional and progressed to an executive-level HR Director position.  Then, in 2018, I was selected as NASA’s Director of HR Services, responsible for supervising executive-level HR Directors across the Agency.  I immediately sought an executive coach with experience leading other executives remotely. 

Then in September 2018, I found Kevin Eikenberry and Wayne Turmel’s book The Long-Distance Leader through our on-line learning management system.  The book provides “rules for remarkable remote leadership.”

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