Work Core Values
Work is more than a job and a paycheck. It's a calling to deal honestly, keep our word, and put people before profit. We're guided by the conviction that how we work matters as much as what we achieve —
Our core values aren't just principles we admire — they're commitments we live out. Rooted in a faith that calls us to honesty, stewardship, and service, here's what guides how we work with every client, every deal, every day.
Feel free to download our Core Values document.
Industry-Specific Reading
Navigating the Needle’s Eye by Judson E. Childress (Founder of NEM)
Are you a workplace Christian who desires to purposefully live out your faith at work? Has the concept of calling personally affected you even though you are not a vocational minister? Are you interested in tried and true methods of impacting a city through marketplace ministry? If you can answer yes to one or more of these questions, Navigating the Needle’s Eye is a must-read for you. It is the story of Needle’s Eye Ministries in Richmond, Virginia, one of the earliest marketplace ministries, and its founder, Buddy Childress. Personal, insightful, motivational, and visionary, this book will touch your heart, excite your mind, and motivate you to action.
Every Good Endeavor: Connecting Your Work to God’s Work by Timothy Keller
Tim Keller, pastor of New York’s Redeemer Presbyterian Church and the New York Times bestselling author of The Reason for God, has taught and counseled students, young professionals, and senior leaders on the subject of work and calling for more than twenty years. Now he pulls his insights into a thoughtful and practical book for readers everywhere.
With deep conviction and often surprising advice, Keller shows readers that biblical wisdom is immensely relevant to our questions about work today. In fact, the Christian view of work—that we work to serve others, not ourselves—can provide the foundation of a thriving professional and balanced personal life. Keller shows how excellence, integrity, discipline, creativity, and passion in the workplace can help others and even be considered acts of worship—not just of self-interest.
Workplace Discipleship 101 by David W. Gill
Workplace Discipleship 101 contains encouragement and practical advice for Christians who are serious about living out their faith in their daily work lives. This book is packed with simple, practical suggestions organized in an intuitive format with straightforward language.
Answering questions such as “How can I serve Jesus while I’m at work?” and “What does it look like to follow Jesus in my field of work?”, this book provides Christians with practical insight and biblical inspiration no matter where they work.
The book is split into three main sections: “Preparation” (how to get ready), “Presence” (what we do at work), and “Post Workplace” (beyond the workplace).
Key points and features:
Biblically and theologically based.
Presents information in an easy, understandable way.
Discusses the importance of work and discipleship.
Offers insightful questions for application.
Fills a hole in the growing “faith at work” genre of literature.
Space to Breathe Again by Tommy Thompson
Are you tired of the never-ending relentless pace? Do you feel constantly exhausted?
Create Space to Breathe Again.
We suffer from “too much.” Everyone seems overwhelmed and overloaded by saturated lives, yet we keep on striving for more. Just keeping our head above water is a perpetual challenge. Getting ahead seems a fantasy. No matter how fast we run or how hard we drive, there's simply not enough time, money, and overall bandwidth to juggle the many balls we must keep in the air. So we feel stressed out, worn out, burned out.
It doesn't have to be that way Author Tommy Thompson, in Space to Breathe Again, reveals life-tested wisdom that will refresh our spirit without sacrificing impact. Truths based on the Word of God. Filled with compelling true stories, practical lessons, and insightful applications, Tommy shares the tools that will help us move from continuous distraction to focused contentment.