Seeing God In The Ordinary: Work
Matthew 5:13-16
Sermon
by Billy D. Strayhorn

I don't think there is anyone alive who likes job performance reviews except maybe the HR people. Even if you are doing a great job, review and evaluation are stressful. A few years ago Preaching Magazine ran a list of some quotes from actual Job Performance Reviews. I thought I'd share a few:

"I wouldn't allow this employee to reproduce, he must have gotten into the gene pool when the lifeguard wasn't looking."

"This associate is really not so much of a has-been but a won't be."

"Works well under constant supervision and cornered like a rat in a trap."

"This young lady has delusions of adequacy."

"Sets low personal standards and consistently fails to achieve them."

"This employee is depriving a village somewhere of an idiot."

"Gates are down, lights are flashing, but the trai…

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