While the primary focus of my blog will be on best practices, I want to share some insight into the environment where I work.... Fellowship Technologies. God blessed me with the opportunity to leave my IT Consulting work and join FT in May of 2004. I noticed an immediate difference in just about every aspect of my work. I was surrounded by Christians that shared my passion for both technology and the Lord. Prayer was, and still is, a regular and very visible part of the culture. I didn't find co-workers, I found a group of highly intelligent Christian brothers and sisters that relied heavily upon their faith and each other. Although I have many, many interesting stories there are two events that stick out in my mind.
About six months after I joined FT I was in my office and one of our application developers came in and shut the door. I had seen this situation before, I figured he was going to tell me about a big issue or even possibly resign. Neither happened. He simply looked me in the eye and said "I was praying this morning and felt like the Lord had something to say to me through you". I was blown away. I looked behind me and under my desk to make sure he wasn't talking to someone else. I wish I could say I imparted some biblical wisdom to him that day, I'm not sure whether I did or not. In retrospect, I believe the Lord had more to say to me through that that person than the other way around.
The second event is also relatively small but had a huge impact on me. I was out of town visiting a client and hadn't had a particularly good day. I was at the airport making my way through security and my cell phone rang, I could see the number was from our corporate office and I assumed it was just another issue I would have to deal with. I decided not to answer it. After I got settled into my seat I checked my voicemail. It was a call from the office but it wasn't an issue. In fact it was the furthest thing from it. It was a person that worked for me; he was calling to tell me he was praying for me.
To some of you these events may seem like a small thing, but to someone accustomed to the "corporate" world I felt like I was in a strange new world. Now with time to reflect on these and countless other similar events I realize the corporate world was what was "strange"; Where I'm at now is how "work" is meant to be.
Thanks to everyone at Fellowship Technologies for giving their ALL each and every day, they each exhibit a Colossians 3:23 attitude on a daily basis.
Curtis S