B4T Blog
Greg M, Patrick Lai, and guest bloggers write about the joys, challenges, and rewards that come with taking the Gospel to the least reached through real business.
ST. PATRICK & B4T
On March 17 many people around the globe celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. He was a human trafficking victim in the 5th century who became a missionary to the people and land of Ireland where he once was a slave. Obviously, Patrick’s Day is a special day! – for those of us...
WHO WANTS THE SON?
A very wealthy man and his son loved to collect rare works of art. They had everything in their collection, from Picasso to Raphael. They would often sit together and admire the great works of art. When the Vietnam conflict broke out, the son went to war. He was very...
ASK
I had just begun working as a youth pastor at a church in Wisconsin, when I was asked to serve for a week at the denomination’s youth camp for 8–16 year old’s. The camp counsellors all arrived a day early for a briefing on our responsibilities, the camp program, and...
MOTIVATING EMPLOYEES
Your employees are the face, hands and feet of your business. They are the ones your customers interact with. As B4Ters we want to enable co-workers to excel, help them discover their own wisdom, engage themselves entirely in their work, and accept responsibility for...
NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE WITH GOD
Be realistic. Listen to feedback. Play well with others. Compromise. These are things we are often told. Well, what if the “other’’ party is wrong? What if the conventional wisdom is too conservative? An entrepreneur is someone with faith in God’s ability to work...
PRIVACY – NO ROOM ON THE BEACH
Are you ever tired? Looking for a bit of rest? Need a break? Jesus often took breaks, but they didn’t always go as planned. In Matthew 13 Jesus goes out of His house to sit and rest by the sea. I live 100 yards from the ocean. I have a favorite place to sit and enjoy...
GROANING
Meanwhile we groan, longing to be clothed instead with our heavenly dwelling… For while we are in this tent, we groan and are burdened, because we do not wish to be unclothed but to be clothed instead with our heavenly dwelling, so that what is mortal may be swallowed...
SWEAT THE SMALL STUFF!
Back in 1944 when workers were short, hundreds of women volunteered to support the war effort by operating an aircraft engine assembly plant that produced parts for the famous B-17 Flying Fortress. The women were carefully selected and diligent to produce, pack and...
ARE YOU TOO BUSY?
The following was found in my notes from 1988. The Author is Unknown, I checked online. ------ Satan called a worldwide convention. In his opening address to his evil angels, he said, "We can't keep the Christians from going to church. We can't keep them from reading...
IS IT FINISHED?
Do you have a problem finishing what you start? That book you've been meaning to write? That door that's been waiting to be fixed? The outing you are going to take with your child? Weight you are going to lose? Do you have a problem finishing what you start? There...
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