Donald Shampine

I needed to get up extra early if I was going to get my steps in this morning. I had an all day training that is preceded by almost two hours of driving, so my normal morning routine would look different. I set a mental alarm for 4:30 and hoped that I would wake up in time to get this done. I decided not to wear my spikes as I was going to run the roads. They are mostly clear and there is almost no traffic at 4:30. I wasn’t sure if it was a good idea, but I didn’t want to run the trails or sidewalks that early. I put on the wrong shoes. I left the house in shorts and a t-shirt. It was 37 degrees with a slight but chilly wind pulling it down to 34. I was a block away when I realized I was not wearing my gloves. I took all of these things as a sign to quit. Run a quick mile and go home. But my goal was three miles and I was determined to get it done. The one smart decision I made was starting the morning with the daily devotional in the Bible app. It was 1 Corinthians 10:31, and th...

  I Pray for My Team   I pray for my employees and their families. I pray for their relationships with their spouses. I pray for their children and any struggles they may be facing. I pray they find the success they are seeking both personally and professionally. I pray for my team.   I recognize that there are complications to bringing religion into the workplace, and this has created obstacles that I have not properly faced over the years. But I no longer want to feel like I must apologize for my belief. If I deny my faith it allows for poor decisions both personally and professionally. I will not force my religion on other people. I will not ask my team to pray. I will not use scripture to train them in their work, but I will pray for my team.   Christianity continues to take criticism in this modern day where a fickle and ever-changing society tries to dictate what is acceptable to talk about and what is not. Religion is often part of the latter, and peop...