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TSheets Bewertungen
von TSheets4.7 / 5 5.283 Bewertungen
Bewertet am 14.10.2019
Fantastic Customer Service
Carolyn R.
Kommentare: Tsheets has helped me speed up my payroll process (down to about 5 minutes to double check and submit payroll). We use Tsheets project reports to track progress on each job, and invoicing is simple using either Quickbooks or the project reports. Adding Unpaid Time Off to the Scheduling feature has allowed us to retire our shared company google calendar, which we were outgrowing.
Vorteile: Besides the speedy and thorough customer service (thank you BD1 et al), I love the fact that Tsheets integrates with Quickbooks desktop. We use the data for both payroll and invoicing, which saves us hours each week. We also just started using Tsheets for scheduling, eliminating yet another piece of software needed.
Nachteile: The top item on my wish list is for Tsheets to sync with google calendar quickly. Other than that, there are a few minor features I'm hoping Tsheets will add, such as the ability for a manager to approve a single shift instead of an entire day, which will be great for companies with employees that work for multiple clients.
Bewertet am 10.10.2019
Great software for creating schedules and tracking time
William B.
Being able to track my employee's time, to manage payrolls in a faster way and keeping in touch with everyone's schedule are some of the benefits TSheets has given me ever since I started implementing it in my work. And not only it works to keep track of other employees but also for myself; I can track the time that I work in a certain project for a client that needs me to give a report of my time spent on each ongoing project.
In general, TSheets has been an amazing tool that keeps making my life easier and free from the stress of having to do everything manually and by myself. With this software, the amount of work is decreased and I am given a helpful tool to help me go through my day without any issues regarding employees' arrival time.
I've been using TSheets since I started working in management, and it has been a great resource for my job, to the point that it has saved me hours of work that can be spent in something different. TSheets is amazing for checking times of every employee in a digital format that is displayed uniquely on the site's main page. Its GPS tool was not something I knew I needed until I tried it, and it works perfectly to match the employees' time and their locations. When it comes to money-saving, I think TSheets does an amazing job being in charge check-ins and outs, instead of us having to do everything manually, and it surely has made me save money that was being wasted by carefully analyzing my employee's work.
TSheets has been a very devoted software since the start, continuously giving reports in real-time and bringing great answers to my questions every time I contact their customer support. In terms of functionality, I like that it supports diverse devices that work amazingly no matter in what type of network I'm in; it has the reliability I want to find in every software because it's important for me being able to access the softwares that I need for my work everywhere.
It is a program that combines multiple tools to give amazing results tracking-wise, one of my favorite tools being the scheduling that I can do before any project starts along with the payroll option that allows me to estimate how much it's being wasted on everything, to eventually process it successfully.
TSheets can come off as pricey, especially for a small business like me. Its prices range from free to a large amount of money but in my opinion, its benefits are worth it and I'm not sure there is another software as supportive of their customers as TSheets.
Another thing that could be improved a little bit more are the way the reports are made, I would like to be able to go deeper into a report instead of keeping it simple. But it's not that much of a problem.
Bewertet am 27.9.2019
Solid Platform Excellent Customer Service
Tad S.
Kommentare: TSheets has been a excellent tool that has provided us with metrics that are invaluable. The customer service has always been very responsive and knowledgeable.
Vorteile: Ease of use. Ability to track jobs, tasks and employee location and hours. We are able to run several useful reports on jobs or employees. For any given day you can find out where your employee is as well as what he was doing specifically. The employee can also add notes to their time card.
Nachteile: There really aren't many cons. If Tsheets offered a foreman's daily report function , that would be great.
Bewertet am 25.9.2019
T Sheets is awesome
Joanne H.
I love the easy of access the most. I can access from anywhere. I can assist clients when I'm out and about, I don't have to be stuck in the office all day. Job cost made easy. Reports are fabulous.
Your Support staff are all great. Customer service rep helped me today and of course once again,
Nachteile: um, Hmm. I'll have to get back to you on this one.
Bewertet am 17.9.2019
Tracking Time & Projects with TSheets
Stacia L.
Kommentare: We just completed our first round of invoicing since using TSheets company wide and find that the project break down reporting have made the switch from another time clocking app to TSheets completely worth the transition. We look forward to further customizing and using TSheets for our company that best suit our needs.
Vorteile: So far we really like the project reporting and are looking forward to start using TSheets to help automatic invoicing in Quickbooks. I am in the office use the time clocking features from my computer and find it very easy to use. Of course bugs come with any new program you use whether on your end or the developers. The great thing about TSheets is the customer support - I have yet to have a bad experience and have made multiple phone calls or chat discussions.
Nachteile: So far the one glitch we wish was easier is adding Breaks. It would be super helpful to be able to add or edit your break time from the time sheet editor box. Customer support has acknowledged this and say they also run into this issue.
Bewertet am 27.8.2019
Ease of Use
Jessica Y.
Kommentare: Awesome. Customer service has been always great and accessible. The follow-up and follow-through is amazing and makes me feel valued as a consumer.
Vorteile: Ease of Use is definitely on the top of my list. To be able to seamlessly transition between clients and projects without stopping my timer and opening up window upon window or tab upon tab makes life easier. Reporting is also easy and allows me to identify how much time I've spent on a client and/or project, what's billable, and how staff spent their time. It also allows my company to be in compliance with overtime based on company settings and breaks by just having a separate button for that. Love it.
Nachteile: I don't currently like that if a client has a subclient/project/job (whatever you call it), you have to track your time at the subclient level and are no longer able to track at the client level. Timekeeping should be flexible enough to allow for both.
Bewertet am 9.8.2019
Set Up Made Easy
Shelly T.
Kommentare: Tsheets has helped me manage my employees schedules, track their time, integrate with quickbooks payroll. This way I don't have to spend time looking at a different time system, printing the pdf document and then entering in the employees time into quickbooks to pay the employee. Also our company always has some employee that "forgot" to punch in or out and I was always having to fix it for them. Tsheets gives me the ability to have them fix it themselves or have another manager edit the time. The app is very user friendly and it seems to work well for my company.
Vorteile: The best thing about Tsheets for me is that I can use it with my quickbooks payroll and my employees can track their time and manage their missed clock in & outs themselves. This has really saved me some time during my day to give my employees some responsibility for their timesheets.
Nachteile: There is not much I don't like but if I have to pick one it would be the price. I am on the advanced level of quickbooks and use payroll also, and for the price I pay for that I think tsheets should be included as part of my subscription because they work so well together.
Bewertet am 21.5.2018
What a Time Saver!
Cindy B.
Kommentare: It saves me at least four hours per week on payroll, so I can work on other projects. It's also easy, clean, and simple to use. I spend a lot less time asking employees for information they were forgetting to write down.
Vorteile: This app has single-handedly reduced our employee-touch payroll tasks by at least 30% in under a week. Onboarding is super simple. We've traditionally balked at using an app for employee time-keeping because they usually overpromise and underdeliver. We have a unique set of problems with payroll because we track employee drive time and work time separately, and we have to compare employee time with GPS locations of our vehicles. This is because we have crews splitting off from each other all of the time, getting in and out of different trucks, working on different jobs for different customers, etc. We piece it all back together in the office based on sometimes incomplete reports, and this is the FIRST time we've ever seen a solution that actually WORKS for all of the little nuances we have. There are six user-created optional tracking fields that we've set up to track per diem, payroll notes, employee notes to the office, the truck the employee was assigned to at the time, etc. We're able to set up unlimited customers and jobs (another problem we've had with TSheets's competitors in the past when we've previously tried to adopt an application). And the best part is the employees love it. Their previous option was to fill in a Google Sheets timesheet or a paper timesheet, both of which were cumbersome for them to keep up with. The TSheets app saves your last inputted job, so they just have to go in and change what's different - they don't have to re-input anything. Wonderful!
Nachteile: So far, the only thing that we've stumbled over was a minor inconvenience. You can't batch edit an employee's time entries. Each entry is considered a "time sheet" by itself, so if an employee chooses the wrong job, and we have to fix it, we may have to touch each time entry and open it to edit. It's STILL way faster than manually entering everyone's time. It also pulls directly into QuickBooks, so it eliminates a lot of time we used to spend on data entry to a payroll summary and then again after we've approved that report the data entry into QuickBooks. We've cut payroll down from taking two and a half days to a little more than one work day. We're definitely happy customers, and we've only been using it for three weeks.
Bewertet am 5.1.2017
Why didn't I do T-Sheets sooner!!!
William M.
MMI is a Small Subcontractor, with 10 employees and growing.
We use T-Sheets for our employee's time card program which are linked to our QuickBooks. With a hit of a button T-sheets and QuickBooks are synced, which makes time entry, time verification, job reporting, so much easier.
T-Sheets is so easy to use for the employee and employer. Customer support is right there via chat or after hours you are able to send an email and usually before I get into work I have my answer. I am a Penney pitcher and the cost is well worth it. We don't use the calendar option due to it doesn't fit our needs it is on the basic side and we need a more complex layout because we use our calendar as a work ticket for our installers and this is why we only put 4 stars on features. All in all, we/ I am very happy with T-Sheets :)
MMI is a Small Subcontractor, with 10 employees and growing.
We use T-Sheets for our employee's time card program which is linked to our QuickBooks. With a hit of a button T-sheets and QuickBooks are synced, which makes time entry, time verification, job reporting, so much easier.
T-Sheets is so easy to use for the employee and employer. Customer support is right there via chat or after hours you're able to send an email and usually before I get into work I have my answer. I am a Penney pitcher and the cost is well worth it. We don't use the calendar option due to it doesn't fit our needs it is on the basic side and we need a more complex layout because we use our calendar as a work ticket for our installers and this is why we only put 4 stars on features. All in all, we/ I am very happy with T-Sheets
Nachteile: We don't use the calendar option due to it doesn't fit our needs it is on the basic side and we need a more complex layout because we use our calendar as a work ticket for our installers and this is why we only put 4 stars on features. All in all we/ I am very happy with T-Sheets
Bewertet am 4.5.2017
Dominic was very prompt very polite very personable and very helpful!
Michael S.
Kommentare: organization and time savings are the two biggest benefits
Vorteile: Overall ease of use is phenomenal! its extremely convenient, my employees love it. the cloud access is probably my favorite feature. being able to add and edit job codes from the mobile app is great! theres just so many things i love about the software that i cant begin with a review and keep it under 1500 words. in short i like the: compatibility with xero, square and others, i like the functions it can provide with scheduling, job reports etc. the pto is simple and easy to understand which is great. The customer service is absolutely out of this world. i think that might actually be my favorite part of the software. i cant thank you guys enough for putting such an emphasis on that end of things! in todays day and age its a lost service and dealing with tsheets support is always pleasant, easy and fast! very very refreshing!!
Nachteile: the cons i have are, certain functions are a little hard to get the hang of, for instance the overtime calculator and job costs function, i wish there was a way to add expenses to each employee such as insurance, social security, medicare etc so i could have an itemized list of what each job actually costs and what percentage of it is fixed costs and what can be trimmed or cut out. The complexity and highly indepth nature could be considered a con or a pro its a double edged sword really, i love all of the functions but i feel as though i need to take a class just to understand all of the functions and how to properly use them to make tsheets as effective as it can possibly be. so the in depth nature is fantastic if i were to take the time to train myself or pay to train an employee but a bit of a con when i dont exactly have a ton of spare time to train myself and budgets are tight due to re investing into the company tools and etc. i realize calling that a con is a bit of a stretch because it should be figured into company budget for training/reinvesting but a simplified version could be good or step by step tutorials for each individual function would help so i can train myself on what immedeately is important vs training on the entire software on some stuff i may never need/use. hope that helps! your software is amazing! keep up the fantastic work!!
Bewertet am 2.3.2017
Excellent Support and Service
Connie P.
Kommentare: I was attempting to set up an automated break for all staff that would occur for 30 minutes in each five hour work period. I could not get it to work so emailed my request. Customer service representative sent me an email and asked me some questions. He then followed up with me the next day, but I was not available to take his call. When I called back, I had the best, professionally customer service experience. From the person that initially answered the phone, through to the complete conversation with Customer service representative, exceptional service; when on hold while attempting to connect me with David, the person came back after one minute to apologize for leaving me on hold and let me know she was still trying to connect with David; stopped anytime I spoke and listened to what I had to say without interrupting and so on. Customer service representative reviewed my requirements and advised, he would speak to the techs and see what they could do for us. It has been a long time since I experience this amazing customer service. By the very next day the automated breaks worked perfectly. When I spoke to my associates, they commented that they were also very impressed with the customer service and sincere interest in resolving their issues in a timely manner, anytime they called.
Anytime we have come up against something that was not working correctly or hoped to have customized for our company, the Tsheets team was able to accommodate it, usually within a day. Amazing customer care!
The Tsheets system makes hourly tracking so easy and you can quickly determine where the staff were during the day and when they logged out.
Nachteile: Only thing is that GPS does not track the arrival time since cannot start until person logs into Tsheets. Staff that are late say they forgot to log in. It would be good to have an option so we could track as per the scheduled start time for each employee, of course, this would only apply to the staff that have company cell phones or for anyone that is compensated for the data that is required to leave their location services on.
Bewertet am 14.9.2016
I Love TSheets - is the best thing since sliced bread :)
Larisa T.
Vorteile: It's incredibly user friendly. We have a complex company setup, our needs are very lengthy, but no matter what we've thrown at them... they have catered to us and made it work! The platform is flexible enough to seamlessly fit our needs. The few hurdles we've faced were easily overcome. The main problems we have run into were issues with syncing TSheets data into Quickbooks (where we run our payroll). Their service reps are knowledgeable, patient, and they truly do take the time to see it all the way through. I am so beyond impressed with their program AND their staff. I can recall one particular call that was difficult, and this is within the first week of signing up. This rep went so far above what my expectations were. They 3-way called Quickbooks tech support to get to the bottom of it for me! We spent an hour and a half on the phone, the Tsheets service rep was relentless in getting my problem resolved! They were professional, funny, and made the whole experience a positive one - even though it was very frustrating for me. A little background to the situation - I had already called TSheets and the initial rep I spoke to said the problem isn't with their system, it is an issue with Quickbooks so that's who we need to call. So I did, I called QB tech support several times and wasn't getting anywhere, despite being passed around to different people and departments. So I decided to call TSheets again to see if there was a creative way to work around the particular problem we had. And that's precisely what we did. They did a screen share for me, and walked me through adjusting my Quickbooks settings. Who does that?! Wow, I've never ever experienced that kind of professionalism. Here a TSheets rep was more savvy in Quickbooks than the actual Quickbooks support people. I couldn't believe it! I am beyond impressed with these people. Instead of getting passed around to different people, getting hung up on, or being rushed off the phone because your question is too complicated or unique, they literally treat you like you're the most important client to them. Each and every time. It's amazing! I promise, the hype you read about Tsheets is 100% legitimate. I love them!
Nachteile: I wish we had a single account rep that managed our company's account... however, even though we call a toll free number, the system is simple and quick. It isn't like most other places where you must press 5 buttons and listen to multiple, lengthy menus before getting to talk to a human. You literally press one button and within 20 seconds someone answers the phone. And that same person who answered is the one who will walk you through the troubleshooting of whatever your issue is. Their cross-training is remarkable. I've never experienced such an easy system! I really am blown away. I've personally called about a half a dozen times and spoken to different people each time, and every single one of them knew what they were talking about and were very, very helpful! My main disappointment is I prefer having a single go-to person that I can email instead of hopping on the phone. But that's a small price to pay because either way, their kick-ass team caters to us and it's pretty awesome!
Bewertet am 25.7.2016
T-Sheets is our most valuable business tool!
Dana P.
Vorteile: We started using T-Sheets to track our employee time in 2013. Our employees work at multiple job sites doing everything from construction, industrial Electrical Wiring and Equipment Installations. This software allows them to clock in/out from the job site noting the customer and service item instead of having to come to the shop to use an old fashioned time clock or the hand written time sheets we used before. This allows us to accurately job cost our projects and to track billable service calls. The GPS Feature keeps everyone above board on clock in/out times and locations, plus provided essential documentation which was accepted by the GA DOL that saved us from being charged unemployment benefits for an employee terminated because he was repeatedly abusing the time recording policy. Tech support has been excellent. Any time we have an issue, they are always polite and usually answer the phone within minutes. They have ALWAYS been polite and helpful and easy to understand. This program also integrates with Quickbooks Enterprise very easily! We are able to process payroll with a minimum effort.
Nachteile: Reports could use some work.... Also, need an easier way to document when employee is absent or late. Right now there is a work around with the Paid time off, but it does not allow you to make specific notes which is necessary for documentation purposes.
Bewertet am 7.8.2019
OMG! Customer Support is AWESOME!
Dana P.
Kommentare: Overall, I give them a 5 stars... Their customer service, GPS Tracking of employees and mobile time entry plus ease of use by employees and the admin staff are an valuable asset to my business!
Vorteile: This software is perfect for our on the go team. We can track our technicians, make notes of those extras that always pop up and it is essential for our time and material projects! It is easy for our employees to use on site and even works in different time zones. Can't say enough about this ap. Best off, they have the absolute BEST customer service! Always upbeat and they know their stuff. Rep helped me today get out of a self created jam :-).
Nachteile: Reports are definitely a down side... They are full of graphs that are confusing rather than informational. But the main payroll report and approval reports work great that you work with all the time work fine. Just gets a little stressful when pulling up project/customer totals over different time frames....
Bewertet am 16.2.2017
Blue Dog Exteriors
Tim C.
Overall I believe the product is beneficial and works reasonably well. There is learning curves to everything. So, it takes a bit of getting use to the format and reports. I used a paper system before so having a system available on my phone/laptop is beneficial. The gps tracking system has generally been a positive thing to know the where abouts of personnel. The sytem also keeps people honest on actual times of arrival and departure.
I tried a few other systems before TSheets and I found TSheets the easiest to understand when looking at the different reports and options. Some systems seemed to be written by programmers using terminology that was difficult to follow or undertsand. The words, descriptions and reports didn't make it easy without referencing a manual.
1) GPS tracking & Who's working features available at a glance
2) Employees can add notes to timesheets if they don't take lunch or forget to log in/out
3) Validation of hours and locations of employees
4) Summary of project hours by employee
5) Various reports available for payroll, project and employee
6) Easy for employees to use from Android or IPhones
I have not fully utilized TSheets so some of my Cons may be due to my lack of experience or understanding.
1) I have set up Add Ons for clocking in and out. If employees clock in at 8:01 for example they will get paid starting at 8:15. If they clock out at 5:14 it will go back to 5:00. The problem is when they switch between projects they lose 15 min. Currently they notify me and I adjust accordingly.
2) There is a delay at times when people clock in/out and also with the GPS locations when looking at "who's working". Employees said they clocked out but "Who's working" says they are still clocked in. Sometimes I check the GPS and I don't see tracking and the employee says they haven't done anything to their phones. Not sure what to believe.
3) Payroll reports have actual hours worked - unpaid lunch has been subtracted. Tracking reports have unpaid lunch as hours total. Using the system and understanding the reports is important.
4) All the pricing is in USD so for Canadians exchange rates fluctuate so there is some risks
Bewertet am 15.10.2019
Best Customer Service Hands Down
Jillian W.
Kommentare: My overall experience with TSheets is a pleasant one and mainly because of the support staff. I am just blown away by how great they are at their jobs.
Vorteile: First off, I have to point out the amazing customer service that TSheets provides. A great customer support team goes a long ways. We now have to deal with bots and people reading scripts overseas that I get overwhelmed having to call for support, but not with TSheets. They talk to you like an actual human being PLUS they are friendly, knowledgeable, efficient. Not only does TSheets provide you with top-notch customer support, but they also provide you with in-depth tutorial videos that teach you how to use the program. I taught myself how to navigate the software with the videos in a short amount of time. TSheets is pretty intuitive once you become familiar with the software. They offer many features and continue to update with more as they go. Tracking time is pretty smooth and can be done from your computer, smartphone or kiosk. I use TSheets in conjunction with Quickbooks Online and it's so easy for payroll. I appreciate the convenience, details, features, seamless syncing with QB, and amazing customer support. Thanks for all of your help!
Nachteile: Honestly, there hasn't been much on the side of dislikes with TSheets. Our company hasn't even taken advantage of all the various features that are offered. I know we were trying to do something out of the ordinary with tracking PTO and it couldn't support that yet.
Bewertet am 5.4.2017
DM was so helpful!
Kommentare: I needed help setting up permissions for an assistant and DM not only helped me figure out how to use what I had already set up for her, he gave me new options to maximize our productivity, reduce my work load, and he wasn't even promoting a product that was going to cost me extra--just sharing features that I hadn't yet taken advantage of! He was patient and very good at listening. Tsheets has been great at customer support in general--probably one of the best companies at actually LISTENING to their clients. He made me feel like I was asking good questions--and appreciated the feedback I had so we could make this software/program even more user-friendly. Thank you DM! Great experience today.
Vorteile: I love that it saves me 30+ hours each pay period because I don't have to manually enter all of my employees' timesheets, line by line. I love that it has GPS tracking, and the customer service is really fantastic.
Nachteile: Navigating it takes some time. Also, there aren't options in Spanish--half of our staff doesn't speak/read English because of the industry we're in. It would be SUPER helpful to be able to translate (at least their app menu options and notifications, maybe some tutorials) into Spanish for them. Being in the states, I TOTALLY appreciate them needing to learn English, but for those who have difficulty reading period--even in their own language, at least they can be reading it in their own language, so it's a little bit more user-friendly. It saves me having to try to answer a whole lot of questions, too, in a language I am not fluent in.
Bewertet am 6.8.2019
Excellent Customer Services
Teria D.
Kommentare: My overall experience has been great with T-Sheets. I especially love the customer service. Whenever I have a question, the team is readily available by chat or phone to assist me with my needs in a short amount of time. Today, I had the pleasure of working witha customer service rep who's positive energy read through the chat. She immediately brightened my day with her responses and resolved my issue in record time. She also provided me with tools so that I could have more assistance at my finger tips.
Vorteile: T-Sheets is an great time tracking systems for employees who work on multiple projects in the field. Our company has found it to be a great asset to recording time for employees and verifying that they are in place when expected. We also like the variety of reports it is able to generate for ease of information.
Nachteile: What I like least has nothing to do with the product. There are just so many features that I barely have time to find out just how much the software can do. I have no doubt that in some cases I am not utilizing it to its full potential.
Bewertet am 25.4.2017
Never ever have I experienced such consistently awesome customer service. Customer rep just made my day!
Hector P.
Knowing what employee is where does a dream come true. GPS tracking is one of the most useful features. Also, being able to produce reports by date, customer, employee, and any combination of those makes me significantly more effective at performing my job well.
The system also makes runny payroll a piece of cake. Add to that the ability to create custom fields for tracking mileage on vehicles and/or expenses and/or anything else I could ever think of!
Everything. First and foremost is the customer service; Unparalleled. Ease-of-use and interface are so simple, even 'non-tech-savvy' people will have no problems understanding basic functions.
Just moments ago, Customer rep helped me out by showing me some 'special buttons' that let me make changes without having to constantly ask the TSheets team for help!
I have never had a negative customer service experience with TSheets; if anything, service gets better and better as time goes on!
There are bugs in the app software whenever it gets updated, but that is something their tech team is always working hard to fix and stay on top of, so it's typically not a problem for very long.
...and I wish that I could manage two companies that could upload to two separate Quickbooks companies from the same TSheets account (but I know that's a lot to ask for).
It would also be great if notifications could be sent via text message without having to pay extra.
Bewertet am 21.6.2016
Getting Started - Set Up and Organizing
Michelle S.
Vorteile: Once I cleaned up my Quickbooks' Customer list, the company set up and Quickbooks integration has gone pretty smoothly. Webinars could be a little faster pace but they were very informative! I had a few questions but with one click on the Live Chat, a rep was available to answer my questions with easy to understand responses. The fact that I have timesheets being submitted electronically, GPS tracking from clock in through the day until clock out AND Quickbooks Integration to expedite payroll processing - saves time and money!
When downloading the employees, I did not like how I had to go in and map the employees overtime, holiday, and vacation. There should be a faster way to map the QB designation to the Tsheets. I literally had to map overtime, holiday and vacation for each of 3 dozen employees. Not the fastest way. I'm sure Tsheets will figure out a better way pretty quickly.
The live chat link sometimes put you in touch with a rep very quickly and other times, you have to wait and by wait, once I waited almost 15 or 20 minutes. This could use some improvement.
The website has A LOT of great articles and information; however, it is not always easy to locate what you are looking for and then you feel ridiculous when the Live Chat rep sends you a link to what you couldn't find!
Bewertet am 15.2.2019
Awesome Support
Tawnya K.
Kommentare: I could KISS YOU!
Vorteile: 5 stars to the team, Support is quick to respond and always has a solution. The team went the extra mile today to help with multiple issues... not just the one that was the initial reason for my request for his call. I like that he listened to me, instead of being too ready to jump in there with a PAT answer. We started using Tsheets because we were having a problem with trust in the office and were eager to get off the paper way of time management. TShseets has been wonderful managing the complexities of everyone's schedule and allowing me to do reports on any facet of it for auditing. Love too that the transition from TSheets to Quickbooks desktop is seamless, yet still in my control.
Nachteile: I know that the nature of web browsers (and the many versions that your customers may have) and programming are always a challenge. My son is a developer/programmer for his own company... which is how I learned. However, with all the Apple OSX users out there you should really try harder not to discount it and try to shove us over onto Chrome. For one I HATE Chrome and I prefer to use the browser that my computer comes with just because I have a higher level of trust in Apple. I saw your notice that your software works better on 3 other web browsers... but it is a long time that Safari is added to the list. ANOTHER thing... there is a problem with some of the windows not sizing correctly and landing under the scroll bar making it difficult to click the X to close out a window. It would be extra nice IF you could make those windows ALL sizable, and draggable. Thank you
Bewertet am 3.10.2019
TSheets is great for time tracking
Joseph L.
Kommentare: We went from leased employees with ADP using their mobile app for time tracking to managing payroll in house using TSheets for time tracking. Best move I could have made. TSheets mobile is sooo much more functional than the ADP app. It is responsive, accurate and easy to use. Great GPS tracking, great for job costing and helping employees track their time to jobs accurately as they switch between jobs throughout the day.
Vorteile: Easy to use, functions well. The support is tremendous, they are quick and friendly and helpful. Don't let the Intuit name scare you away, they may be owned by them but they don't run their support like them. They are responsive and knowledgeable and own the issue on the first contact. They also look for and implement improvements to the product continuously and solicit feedback on new features. Our rep was great in solving some mysteries.
Nachteile: The reporting could be a little more robust, better formatted and adjustable to preferences.
Bewertet am 21.9.2015
The best time tracking app
Claudia R.
Kommentare: TSheets has made our client's payroll process so much easier and much faster. Something that used to take over two hours now takes about forty-five minutes. There are a lot of things to consider when setting up the account, such as the payroll item, service item, employee permissions, QuickBooks sync, etc. It can be a little time consuming, but once that's done you never have to go back to it. The mobile app is intuitive and very easy to use for employees. It takes a few minutes to teach them how to clock in and out. Our client uses Intuit Payroll, which TSheets syncs with. All the time data that appears in TSheets sync pretty quickly with QuickBooks Desktop and from there it's just a matter of creating the paychecks.
Vorteile: It very easy to use. The approval process is very quick and if management needs to edit an employees time, they can do it straight from the approval screen without having to close out of anything or refresh the page. There's a manual time sheet as well in case you need to record time for an employee that doesn't have the app on their phone or forgot to clock in. Employees have the ability to make notes to management on their time sheets. TSheets has great customer service. They reply to emails very quickly and stay with you until the problem is solved. They have a special plan called Flex Force, which we use and only charges for the employees that log time for the month. This is perfect for our client since not all of their employees work in a month.
Nachteile: The only thing that's problematic is that currently TSheets sync with QuickBooks Desktop using the Intuit Sync Manager, which isn't very fast and can be buggy. We've had some errors in the past and the sync has to be done using the same computer every time or else we have to reset the sync data. I believe that since Intuit is discontinuing the sync manager, they'll have another solution soon. That would be great because it's our only problem and it's not about the actual product, which we love.
Bewertet am 15.11.2019
Great product for my small business.
Jerry H.
Vorteile: The product makes it time tracking extremely easy and gives me the ability to accurately account for all of our time spent on various projects throughout the day, even while on the go. The seamless integration to quickbooks takes all the duplicate work out and streamlines my billing process, and again, allows me to do this on the go from a phone or a tablet.
Nachteile: I haven't ran into any major issues yet. When I have had a question, it was promptly and politely solved by the customer care team. Most of the issues I have had have been operator error on my part mainly on the quickbooks side of things.
Bewertet am 16.9.2019
GREAT customer support and integration with my Quick Books accounting software for job costing!
Matt S.
Kommentare: We tried another time tracker tool prior to this and their mobile app was not good. It also made job costing impossible. With Tsheets my remote employee team is very happy with the application on their phone and I've been very impressed with the integration with QB and the usability of Tsheets online for time approvals and reporting.
Vorteile: Prior to starting my business, I was a project manager leading multi-million dollar projects for a global financial firm. I also was responsible for a large global team. As such, i know the value of having key metrics available to run my business. However, as a small business owner and smaller team at start up, i lack the time and resources that i previously had to build software to capture these. I did my research on capabilities and Tsheets provided exactly what i need to run my home repair business, as easy of use for a remote team and job costing were two top priorities. It also had to integrate with my accounting software (QB desktop premier). While the use and integration has been stellar, what i didn't anticipate was the amazing customer support team that Tsheets has. Being a business small business owner I'm rather quick and brief with my time, I'd like to get my questions answers and gain an understanding of the software without being transferred to 30 support specialists or being told to go to a website to read up how to do something. Reps at Tsheets were exceptional!!! They answered my questions and got me up and running in no time. While the tool is very intuitive, the few questions i did have on both Tsheets and QB they were able to answer and took the time to walk me through it. So far this tool and the support I've received has been invaluable to managing my business.
Nachteile: Given I'm a QB desktop user, the integration I'm assuming is a bit more clunky then with QB online, but I don't have any complaints.


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SEAL Team 6
It was only seven or eight years ago that our gaming options on our phones were limited to a single title; Snake. Nokia's brilliantly simple and addictive eat 'em up created a spark in the industry and ever since we've seen a huge boom in mobile phone games, taking them from harmless add-ons to full-blown titles with 3D graphics. This new income stream that mobiles offer has been greeted with open arms by publishers and developers alike, but it's all been so fast that these games have been left with a definite image problem; no one takes them seriously. It's far too easy to brand every single mobile title as a shamefully bad game with a recognisable license slapped across it to give it consumer appeal. People seem to still regard mobile games as poor quality pieces of software, created with as little thought as possible. I was a little skeptical at first as well; how can you not be when they sit alongside tacky ringtones in the back pages of magazines? However, it's clear that mobile games are maturing at an alarming rate and one title spearheading this charge is 5th Cell's latest offering.
I must admit, I was a little wary of SEAL Team 6 when I first installed it. It's not attached to any lucrative franchise, there's no hugely original idea and it sounds a little too like those bargain basement PC games which are churned out every single week. Yet once I took the plunge and started to explore the game, it turned out to shatter all my misconceptions and revealed its true potential in every department.
Unsurprisingly, SEAL Team 6 sees you commanding a team of five soldiers in the Navy SEALs, the US special forces detachment. Through ten vast indoor levels, you guide your squad as they eliminate Red Cell terrorists, rescue hostages and defuse bombs.
The first thing that will strike you is just how damn good the game looks. Viewed from a top down perspective, everything is rendered in cute pixel art with nifty little animations. The semi-cartoon style is clearly defined and consistent, clearly showing good artistic direction and an eye for detail. Although every level is based in the same office environment, every piece of furniture is carefully crafted and an effort has been made to make good use of the visual resources available, giving the locations a dose of variety in the process. Fortunately though, it isn't just the graphics that make SEAL Team 6 shine.
You'd be forgiven for thinking that controlling five characters in real time on a phone handset would be either extremely hard or ridiculously complex. Yet 5th Cell have created a system which is equally baffling in its sheer simplicity. You control one SEAL operative at a time, using the 5 button to switch between each on. No next or previous soldier, just a predictable cycle. Getting to the right trooper in time doesn't prove to be an issue though, as the game's pacing and mechanics stop this from ever cropping up.
You see, your enemies are either stationary or walk around in a simple pattern, so once you spot them you can easily take cover where you know that they won't look. This simple A.I. allows you to then switch to another SEAL and move him around, which is done with the directional buttons. As soon as you learn the Red Cell troops are this predictable, it makes managing your squad a breeze. In some games, simple A.I. is often frowned upon, but here it makes the whole experience much easier to handle.
So, what happens when we meet any opposition? Instead of opting for awkward real time combat, SEAL Team 6 initiates a whole separate mechanic when you enter the line of sight of a Red Cell trooper. The viewpoint changes to a cartoon sketch of your trooper and your opposition, upon which appears a number. To score a successful hit, you simply have to hit the button indicated by this number before your opponent (or beat the enemy's reaction time, at least). This reflex game continues until either the Red Cell combatant or your own SEAL is killed.
However, firefights are not the only way to take out enemy soldiers. If you manage to sneak up behind your opponent by simply avoiding his field of vision, you can execute a stealth kill simply by moving into the Red Cell trooper. When this happens, a little banner pops up with a comical "Arrghh!", another neat graphical touch. Stealth kills are one of many actions activated by simply walking towards items; almost everything that you need to interact with is handled in this way, from doors to hostages.
In true special forces style, you also get to use a handful of gadgets during your missions. Flashbangs stun your opponents for a few seconds, while thermal goggles help you to locate them. Kevlar body armour takes the hits for you, while medi-packs heal those who didn't have a choice in the matter. But how do we get to play with these toys, and while we're at it, how does everything link together?
The developers have designed SEAL Team 6 so that you can play it for short spells, but they've brought together the missions by having the effects of the previous one affecting the next. Losing a man in your fight against Red Cell will see your numbers diminished and subsequent operations will be harder. You also visit a simple shop screen between missions, allowing you to buy various items and stock up on ammunition. Its this cause and effect which makes SEAL Team 6 feel like more than a few random levels glued together for the hell of it.
5th Cell have created a game that does the industry proud. It's cleverly designed, beautifully crafted and most of all, great value for money. For a few pounds, dollars, euros or whichever currency you may be accustomed to, you get a superb little game which will occupy you for many a train journey. It's got depth and variety that many much larger games never seem to provide, while remaining well paced and easy to pick up. You certainly won't feel ripped off after you've bought this little mobile gem, that's for sure.

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LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Xcel Energy Inc. XEL, +1.47% said second-quarter net profit fell to $83.4 million, or 20 cents a share, from $86.3 million, or 21 cents a share, but beat Thomson First Call broker estimates of 18 cents a share. Revenue rose to $2.07 billion to $1.76 billion due to better-than-expected performance in power plants and transmission and distribution systems. It maintained its 2005 earnings guidance of $1.18 to $1.28 a share from continuing operations, against First Call expectations of $1.24 a share.
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Assam NRC exclusion triggers tremors in Bengal, set to become major Lok Sabha poll issue
The ruling Trinamool Congress is intensifying a campaign to establish itself as the messiah of the Bengalis and the BJP is set to launch an all-out campaign to polarise Hindus in the state.
The Assam citizenship crisis is snowballing into a major political issue in West Bengal and could possibly become the biggest plank of the ruling Trinamool Congress and the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party ahead of the Lok Sabha elections due next year.
The ruling party is intensifying a campaign to establish itself as the messiah of the Bengalis and the BJP is set to launch an all-out campaign to polarise Hindus in the state.
"Bengal is all set to turn into a communal tinderbox. Politics of communal polarisation will reign Bengal until the next Lok Sabha elections," Sabyasachi Basu Ray Chaudhury, the vice-chancellor of Rabindra Bharati University and a political analyst, said.
"In the longer run, the expulsion of this huge number of people from Assam will have a lasting impact on the socio-economic and cultural sphere of the whole of the east and northeast," Ray Chaudhury added.
For now, the political war of words between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee during 2014 is set to revive.
During his campaign in the state as the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP's) prime ministerial candidate, Modi had said Bangladeshi infiltrators, precisely Muslims, will be thrown out of Bengal. Banerjee lashed out, daring Modi to try to deport a single resident of the state.
Banerjee on Monday condemned the exclusion of more than four million people from the National Registrar of Citizens (NRC) in Assam and said her government will not sit idle when Bengalis in Assam are facing persecution.
The state units of the CPI(M) and Congress, too, condemned this exclusion both in and out of the state assembly.
Dilip Ghosh, the president of the BJP's West Bengal unit, hit back and said NRC will be applied in Bengal as well once they assume power.
"Shyama Prasad Mookerjee secured West Bengal for Bengali Hindus. Therefore, Bengali Hindus who migrated from East Pakistan or Bangladesh till November 31, 2014, need not fear. They are refugees. But the Muslims who have come since 1948 are all infiltrators and will be pushed back," Ghosh said on Tuesday.
The BJP still is a minor entity in the state assembly but emerging as the main opposition outside the House.
In 2014, the saffron party won two out of 42 Lok Sabha seats and in 2016 they got three of 294 assembly seats. The BJP, however, is steadily gaining strength since then, standing second in almost all by-elections, though a distant second in most cases.
BJP president Amit Shah has tasked the state unit of his party with winning at least 22 seats in the Lok Sabha election scheduled to be held next year.
The Bengal chapter of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and BJP are long trying to build a base among Hindus who migrated from Bangladesh in the face of persecution from Muslims.
The saffron camp campaigners have been telling these Hindu migrants, predominantly members of the Dalit Namashudra community, that their only safe haven – West Bengal – will go under the influence of Muslims if the Muslims who migrated from Bangladesh are not pushed back.
However, the Assam episode seems likely to jolt the BJP's increasing grip on Namashudra voters.
"An analysis of the last rural polls clearly shows that the BJP fared well mostly in places dominated by the Namashudras. It is because we as a community supported them," said Mukul Chandra Bairagya, working president of Sarva Bharatiya Namashudra Vikash Parishad.
"However, in Assam, as many as seven lakh members of Namashudra community have been excluded from citizenship. We do not trust the BJP anymore," Bairagya added.
The BJP's West Bengal unit claims there are one crore Muslim infiltrators, however, there is no authentic data on the number of people who migrated from East Pakistan or Bangladesh to West Bengal.
On the other hand, the Namashudra community, which makes the lion's share of Hindu migrants, put their number around one crore. The state's total population is 9.1 crore, as per the census of 2011. Muslims make up about 27% of the state's population.
According to psephologist and political science professor Biswanath Chakraborty, the NRC controversy comes at a difficult time for the BJP.
The party was already battling hard to get rid of the branding of "a north Indian party" in Bengal when the growing murmurs over the possibility of Banerjee becoming the first Bengali prime minister can influence some Bengali voters.
"Mamata Banerjee's proactive stand to ensure the well being of all Bengalis is likely to polarisation in her favour. Muslim consolidation in favour of the Trinamool Congress will be complete, but the BJP will not be able to consolidate Hindus in favour of them," Chakraborty said.
The BJP may also have to face opposition from Bengal's prominent intellectuals, most of who have strongly reacted to the NRC list.
"The country is being pushed towards a national crisis. After the conflict between religions, now it will be the turn of conflict between states," Jnanpith award-winning poet Shankha Ghosh said in a statement.
Amra Bangali and Bangla Pokkho, two fringe groups championing the rights of Bengalis, on Tuesday demonstrated in front of Assam Bhavan. Both have announced a series of agitations.


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Paying God in God's Currency
Presented -October 19, 2014
(Isa. 45:1-7; Mt. 22:15-22)
Very soon we will go to the polls and vote, which means we have endured endless rhetoric of late (as we seem to do more continuously than we used to). One of the perennial subjects of the rhetoric, political spin, and all the rest of it is taxes, who raised them (or lowered them) last time, and who will this time. A long time ago Jesus had his own debate about taxes with an unlikely coalition of religious/political leaders within his culture called the Herodians and the Pharisees. We don't know a lot about the Herodians, except that they were lobbyists for keeping Herod's family in power, which depended, in turn, upon keeping the Romans in power. Religious things were really not that important to them. The Pharisees, on the other hand, were folk for whom a dedication to a certain religious tradition superseded political motives. The Pharisees tolerated the Romans as long as they didn't trample on their take on Jewish religion. They quietly opposed Rome on the matter of taxes. Both these groups opposed Jesus, perhaps, because he neither belonged to nor consistently agreed with any of the political/religious parties of his day and would have taken political and religious stances different from what the Herodians probably thought and for sure what the Pharisees did. This story takes place after Palm Sunday inside the precincts of the Jerusalem Temple.
Now, most people are careful to be "religious" "in church" (whatever those terms may mean for them). The Temple was the holy place in the Holy City, so, if Jewish people ever were going to dot their i's and cross their t's religiously, this is where it would be. These odd bedfellows approached Jesus about taxes paid to, literally, "The Caesar" (or the emperor), and they did it in this center of religious and national identity.
These chaps began by telling Jesus that he was a great guy, just as political debaters start out today, before they lower the boom on their opponents. One of the things they said was that Jesus "spoke truly," by which they indicated that he said what he meant. They, then, uttered words used to ask a rabbi for a professional legal opinion ("What do you think"?) Later, Jesus called the speakers of these words hypocrites for speaking them. As some of you know, the Greek word hypokrites, "hypocrite," basically means "play-actor." It means one who speaks words that are really not theirs, but come from someone else's script. They really didn't think that Jesus was qualified to make such a judgment, but were hoping to trap him. Jesus "got" what they were trying to do and called it hypocrisy, play acting, spin.
The plan was to trap Jesus by asking whether, in his "professional" legal opinion the Torah permitted payment of taxes to Emperor Caesar or not. What would he say? Jesus had already made it his business to proclaim the kingdom or reign of God, who, according to Jesus' Bible (the Old Testament) was the real ruler of the people and owner of their land. How could they dare pay taxes to emperors who had usurped God's reign and God's land? If Jesus said he thought the Bible allowed God's people to pay these taxes, he would have been marked out as an awful left-winger a big-tax guy and not only that, but one who wanted to let the godless Romans spend Jewish tax dollars on Roman projects. Many Jews would turn against him if he said that. If Jesus said, "No taxes to Caesar," then the Romans, and their friends like the Herodians, could put him out of the way as they had done many other of these awkward Jewish folk as guilty of sedition. It was required to pay the taxes. Rows of fresh gravesites dotted the countryside from time to time to make that point. How would this rabbi respond?
Although all this was deadly serious in its way, this story shows Jesus' wry humour. We shouldn't be afraid to laugh in church at a Bible story when it's funny. For example, the first part of his response was to ask his opponents to give him a coin used to pay the tax. Now, it's important to realize was that Roman taxes had to be paid with Roman coins, not local coins. The common Roman coin was the dinar or denarius. In Jesus' day, the dinar had the image of Tiberius Caesar on one side of it. The inscription read, "Tiberius Caesar, son of the divine Augustus, high priest." All that would be pretty offensive to Jews, who objected to people being called divine, and also very picky about having images of anything because of the second commandment that said, in short, "Never make an image and use it for worship." To have such a coin made one unclean.
As I play this scene in my mind, Jesus, who didn't have a Roman dinar with Caesar's image with him in the temple, since it would have made him unclean, said, "Who's got a denarius?" and Lo and Behold it was these super spiritual guys who had one stuffed down in their money bags…at church, no less. If they wanted to trap him they had to cough it up. It would be like asking for a flask of whiskey at a Billy Graham crusade. Jesus "received" it from these folk, and said, "Well, whose image is this?" "And who would write an inscription like that about himself…? Again, the answer was obvious, but I can imagine it being mumbled out, "The emperor's…" and Jesus saying, "Could you speak up so we can all hear!" That's pretty funny!
"So it's Caesar's. Then, you'd probably better pay Caesar back with his own coins then." What might that have meant? It depends on who's spinning it. Paying Caesar back with his own currency might sound a little like "Give back to Caesar the same stuff he's given us, if it's violence, then violence." That sounds like a revolt against Rome. On the other hand, standing there with the coin in his hand might also sound a little like Jesus thought they ought to pay the tax to Caesar. The answer was as ambiguous as the question, not one that would have gotten him in the trouble the Pharisees and Herodians wanted. Jesus tricked the folk who were trying to trick him. And that's funny!
We hear this passage through ears that are used to centuries of separation of church and state, in a democracy, and can't imagine he's talking about anything else. Jesus is giving us the rule for what most of us stand for. But what did he mean? No hearer of Jesus in that day or for centuries after would have heard what we hear. Jesus is not giving rules for what no one would have understood in his day. In fact, he was not giving rules at all, but general guidelines about which we must think.
Matthew is struggling to keep his diverse community together by emphasizing the things that were central and crucial, and encouraging inclusiveness on the less central and crucial issues. In the passages just previous that we've looked at in the weeks that have preceded, Jesus said that imitating God in actions of love and mercy was central. Just talking about things was not central. Making sure we all agree doctrinally and in the way local groups do their business is not. Here Jesus, through Matthew, is trying to give another centrality. In the first part of Jesus' response he does recognize that there are such things as emperors and states and people have to deal with them.
The second part of Jesus' response deals with the centrality. While the hearers were trying to deal with what he meant about paying back Caesar in Caesar's own currency (was it revolution or paying taxes?), he said something else. "Yes, Caesar has coins minted in his image and they are, therefore, his. But, "if you pay back Caesar in his own currency, then you'd better pay God back in God's own currency, too." There are many Caesars and many empires owned by them, and they all put their images on things and claim loyalties. But what is it that belongs to God? Is it only Caesar's leftovers? This last part of what Jesus said is really the trans-cultural part, and that with which Jesus intended to leave disciples thinking and re-thinking. What is it that belongs to God? All of a sudden, Jesus stopped being funny.
Long before Jesus' time, Israel was struggling as a displaced people in a foreign land. The "Caesar" of their world was Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, who had taken them captive and burned Jerusalem and its temple to the ground. The people of God had thought that God, their God, was the Lord of the whole earth, the creator of all that was, and the defender of the righteous. That Israel was God's chosen people with a responsibility to live their lives as examples of what it meant to be chosen was commonly thought to carry with it the assumption of a little privilege as well. Where did the privilege go when the king of Babylon who had never even heard of their God, but called on many others, successfully defeated them and, pretty much, emptied their land of inhabitants? Maybe their God (or so-called god) wasn't so great after all. Maybe it was God who got Caesar's (or, in this case Nebuchadnezzar's) leftovers. It went this way for between 40 and 50 years, until, one day, they heard of another super-power, the Persians, and a new "Caesar" named Cyrus the Great. And Persia and the Persian gods were marching ever westward toward Babylon with victory after victory. Maybe, just maybe, the world didn't belong to Nebuchadnezzar, but to Cyrus. But what of God?
It is then that the word contained in our Old Testament Lesson sounded clear that, although Cyrus was to be the instrument of Israel's emancipation and home-going, that it wasn't Cyrus, but their God who was working to bring this about, using Cyrus as a tool. And this was puzzling, of course, because they, like we, assume that if our God is going to do anything in this world, God will do it through us and people like us. But the principle behind the particularity of this remarkable text in Isaiah 45 is that our God is not so limited. God's work needs neither us nor those like us. God is sovereign over the whole world and may work through anyone. Interestingly, this text in the Old Testament and Cyrus' own words show that, while he may have known the Hebrew God's name, he was no convert. And God worked through him still. God's sovereignty includes all the kingdoms of the earth, and all the peoples, nations and tongues.
This Old Testament text suggests that we need hear what Jesus meant (and means) by "giving back to God in God's own currency" differently than we may have. We have been taught to divide it up neatly: "This much of our lives for Caesar (whatever the name), this much for God." There are two kingdoms, or two realms…we call them the church and the state or the church and the world. And it's best when these two have little to do with one another. But, what would paying God back in God's own currency mean if everything already belongs to God as the Bible, again and again, says it does?
I have already suggested to you that Matthew was trying to help his community know the difference between what was primary and important for them, and what might be left to individual conscience. This story suggests that it is central for Jesus' disciples to trust that, although it might be necessary to pay off the emperor in the miserable coins that bear that image, our prior necessity is to recognize the sovereignty of God in Christ, and to pay God back in the divine currency of love, mercy, grace, and peace by imitating Jesus' actions in this world. We owe primary allegiance to God and to God's values.
Now, of course, the particularities of the world in which we live are quite different from those of either Jesus' time or the time of Cyrus the Great, and it's sometimes hard to sense the sovereignty of God. How we pay Caesar is notoriously difficult to think through. But we need to. Disciples who don't think, soon stink. One way, I suggest, that we can do this is to see how God's values are going forth today in the hands of many folk–those like us and those who are not like us. Whether it's our agenda, it's God's work that is being done when Jesus' love and grace, his mercy and warmth are going forth in action. If that makes us a little uneasy, or even afraid, we aren't the first of God's people to feel that way. Only a little earlier in the Book of Isaiah, in the 41st chapter, God said: "Stop being afraid, for I am with you, do not be anxious, for I am your God; I strengthen you, I help you, I uphold you with my victorious right hand."
Wouldn't it be wise to conquer our fears of those unlike us, and to recognize that the earth is the Lord's and all that is in it, the world and those who dwell therein, and that, in the words of 1 John 4, "Mature love casts out fear." Let us follow Jesus' way of love of God and love of neighbour, recognizing that, in Jesus' teaching, our neighbour is anyone who needs us.
In the name of God: Creator, Redeemer, Sustainer,
Sermon created by Rev. Dr. Timothy Ashley


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I told you the other day about a phishing email I got - supposedly from Regions Bank.
Well, I got another one today regarding an "important notification about myAmazon.com account". Apparently:
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Funnily enough, the email address was not Amazon, but instead this: Amazon.com [email@example.com]. Yep, 'cuz Amazon is gonna use a Yahoo address...
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Warm and sunny, with only a touch of wind and that just became too much for me. When readying for my friday 5K, I looked outside, looked at my VFF seeyas, looked outside again and decide to go completely barefoot 🙂
There is just something to being able to feel the minute changes in structure from running on different kinds of pavement, whether the flagstones are smooth or rough and the totally smooth surface of the cobbled sections (I just love running barefoot on cobbled streets :)).
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That said there is no going back to running in the large heavy and unwieldy running shoes for me, this barefoot style running and the true barefoot bit in particular are highly addictive and I am so hooked:)


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