Grace at Work: The Secret to Getting More from Your Job Than a Paycheck

by Tim Kimmel, Michael Tooker

What do you do for a living? The answer to this question tells people a little bit about your interests, what you’re passionate about, and how stressful you are. Did you know Americans experience stress levels far above the global norm? What if there was a way you could make work more enjoyable and less stressful?

In Grace at Work, Dr. Tim Kimmel, Founder and Executive Director of Family Matters and co-author Michael Tooker educate and inspire workers so they can apply grace-based lessons where they spend most of their time—at work.

Kimmel and Tooker teach readers how

influence others with kindness, mercy, understanding, and patience.be encouraging to your colleagues and create a positive work environment.forgive at the workplace and share hope with others.

You shouldn’t be modeling Jesus in the workplace. You should be following Jesus in the workplace. Grace at Work is for anyone tired of their negative work environment, employees overwhelmed with office politics, and men and women searching for a way to incorporate their Christian values into the place where they spend a majority of their time.

Do you want to feel more secure, significant, and strong in the workplace?

After reading Grace at Work you’

better understand the importance of being different.learn why it’s important to make mistakes.strengthen your faith, integrity, and courage.possess a better understanding of the three key takeaways about grace.

Dr. Tim Kimmel is the founder and Executive Director of Grace Based Families, whose goal is to see families transformed by God’s grace into instruments of reformation and restoration. Tim has developed resources, conferences, and media tools to equip and encourage parents, grandparents, churches, and couples.

Tim and Grace Based Families conduct marriage and parenting conferences across the country and the world on the unique pressures that confront members of today’s families.

252 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 1, 2022

About the author

Dr. Tim Kimmel is one of America's top advocates speaking for the family. He is the Executive Director of Family Matters, whose goal is to build great relationships by educating, equipping and encouraging families for every age and stage of life. Tim conducts conferences across the country on the unique pressures that confront today's families. His conferences include: Home Improvement: Building a Great Marriage, Basic Training For A Few Good Men, Raising Kids Who Turn Out Right, and Parenting 101. In addition to conducting Family Matters' conferences and keynote speaking, Tim and his wife, Darcy, are speakers for FamilyLife Ministry's Weekend To Remember conference.

Not only is Tim a well-known speaker, he has authored many books including: Little House on the Freeway (featured in the Billy Graham crusades), Gold Medallion Winner Grace Based Parenting, Raising Kids for True Greatness, 50 Ways to Really Love Your Kids, Raising Kids Who Turn Out Right, Why Christian Kids Rebel, The High Cost of High Control, and Basic Training For A Few Good Men. He has also developed several video studies including The Hurried Family, Basic Training For A Few Good Men, Raising Kids Who Turn Out Right, and Grandparenthood: More Than Rocking Chairs.

Tim has been a featured guest on radio and television programs such as Dayside on FOX News channel, Dr. James Dobson's 'Focus on the Family', 'The 700 Club', Moody Broadcasting's 'Midday Connection', and 'Family Life Today.' Tim also hosted his own nationally syndicated talk show for five years called 'Tim Kimmel Live'.

Reviews

[Emma Roland · Rating 4 out of 5]

“The bottom line is that the best use of your life at work is love, the best expression of love at work is time, and the best time to show that love at work is now.”

Love and treat others the way God treats you! Amazing.

[Derrick · Rating 3 out of 5]

I heard about this book on a podcast, I started listening to Dr. Kimmel's podcast halfway through this book. This is my first Tim Kimmel book to have read but I have grace-based parenting and grace filled marriage queued up to read soon. I think - without having read anything else - this follows the same prescription as his other grace-based books series. Identifying people's inner needs, letting them be people, building your own character and aiming for true greatness. I'm not sure what I expected from this book and I'm on the fence about it but I would recommend it to people who want to know how to live out grace at work. I guess I was surprised with some of their sentiment of your purpose at work is to work and make a wage, not Bible thump. I'm not a Bible thumper but I believe also we need to make our faith be known in the workplace and I felt this book discouraged it until the last chapter. The last chapter brought it all together and it's about building the relationship capital and trust that your coworkers will come to you with their problems because they've learned to trust you, not received judgement from you overall receive the same love and grace God has extended you, you will extend to them. That is when you have the opportunity to share the gospel and answer their questions in ways that might simply baffle them.