by Rob Tribken | Aug 9, 2019 | Workplace Stress
At La Cañada Presbyterian Church On June 18, the third Work Life Forum featured Dr. Sam Alibrando speaking on the subject “Working with Difficult People”. The event was held at La Cañada Presbyterian Church in La Cañada, California. The video of Dr....
by Rob Tribken | Mar 29, 2019 | Role of the Church, Spiritual Practices
A powerful revival occurred in North America in 1857 and 1858. Sometimes known as the “Businessmen’s Revival” by its contemporaries, a distinctive aspect of this revival was the extraordinary popularity of well-publicized noon prayer meetings led by business people....
by Rob Tribken | Nov 6, 2017 | Markets, Enterprise, and Wellbeing, Podcasts
And the Fight Against Famine. 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...
by Rob Tribken | Oct 24, 2017 | Markets, Enterprise, and Wellbeing, Podcasts, Spiritual Aspects of Leadership
Insights from the story of Joseph 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...
by Rob Tribken | Oct 14, 2017 | Markets, Enterprise, and Wellbeing, Podcasts
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...
by Rob Tribken | Oct 5, 2017 | Finding Purpose, Podcasts, Workplace Stress
And the Call of Abraham. 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...
by Rob Tribken | Sep 26, 2017 | Podcasts, Spiritual Practices, Working Well
The Gift of Rest and Renewal 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...
by Rob Tribken | Sep 21, 2017 | Podcasts, Working Well
A Vision of Hope, Freedom, and Dignity in the Face of Oppression. 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,...
