Come to church: no faith required...
This week I was thinking about the irony of many large churches: they teach “faith” to attendees, but hugely discourage them from exercising faith at church. How so? Large churches, like some large corporations, only want to do what looks successful. If you have a new initiative and you run the idea up the holy flagpole, it will quickly get shot down unless it is a...Assumptions, exceptions...
Have you ever wondered if we are not seeing the results to which we think we are entitled because we are living off the wrong premise? Could we be expecting certain outputs, and calling it faith, when our inputs are wrong? Could we have the wrong set of assumptions? I have been thinking about some “Assumption Phrases” in the Bible: “Since you are…” and...The three R’s: Reason, Religion, R...
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The little book I was reading today is dated 1884. I am pondering how its counsel would sound to the modern reader.
“Reason is the rudder wherewith you are to steer your course, and religion the compass by which you are to guide it; but resolution is the wind that will set you forward, without which your sails will often flag.”
The booklet was given to each person...
A whale could ruin your day...
Last night I was sharing with a group of friends the strategy that Jesus used when he met a young businessman. The man was rough around the edges, an outdoor kind of guy, running a blue collar business. He had dirt under his finger nails and smelled of fish and nets and boat. No one got points for hanging around his business. There was no, “I had lunch with the mayor”-factor...Grateful for Gravity...
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It was a simple thing, really, that reminded me to be grateful for gravity. I sat on my deck this morning looking at the view. A plastic bottle I had used the day before tipped as a gentle breeze pressed it from one side; its weight allowed it to settle back on its base. I pondered the opposing forces of the wind from the side, and the pull of gravity. I thought about gravity, and how...
Faith and business do mix...
This morning I was reading a book that covers the history of the first company in England, Some account of the Worshipful company of grocers of the city of London By John Benjamin Heath When they officially incorporated they appointed two wardens, and a priest. All the members then contributed one penny a week to to upkeep of the priest “to pray for the same company and for all...Beyond Business as Missions...
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Today I am at the World Christian Conference (WCC) about to do a breakout title Beyond Business as Missions — Reaching the Global Business Consumer. This has given me an opportunity to reflect on the world some loosely call “Business as Missions” or “Workplace Ministry” or any number of other names. Seven years ago I came to this same conference after...
Why have holes in your jeans…...
I don’t know about you, but I think that holes in jeans should say something. In the old days, they usually meant that your pants were old–maybe you were the last in the family line, and as a kid, you inherited the worn stuff before it was even cool to be worn. Holes in your jeans simply meant that you were the lowest jean-wearer on the family hierarchy. Another thing that...“So that…”...
This morning I woke up thinking about how many organizations, and especially businesses run by ‘Christians’, lack a “so that” in the purpose. The inputs are there and they are laudible. But the reason for it all is more milk toast than mind blowing. I am glad we have created a “Kingdom Business Assessment” this past year to much the business is in...
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