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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.
RESPONSES to HARD WORK? or HARDLY WORKING?
Writing blogs is an interesting assignment. Some weeks I struggle for ideas and other weeks they just roll out. Last week’s blog, “Hard Work, or Hardly Working?” was one I struggled with and did not feel too excited about, yet, I’ve had more positive comments about...
HARD WORK? OR HARDLY WORKING?
I was speaking at Le Tourneau University last week to a group of professors. They asked me what B4T businesses thought of graduates from their school. I replied, “Generally speaking, many of our workers are not pursuing graduates from Christian schools because in our...
FISHING
The following is contributed by my mentor Jerry. It’s a great reminder, that wherever we are and whatever we are doing, we can be fishing for men. The locker room is one of the places I fish for men. This morning was one of those brilliant moments when I heard a...
AN EXAMPLE OF PLOWING
The following is from a B4Ter in Asia, working in a hard place. His letter encouraged me and with his permission, I share it with you. The last month has included some rough realities for me, my team and for the business. There was one week that the plumber had to...
WISE WORDS from a FIELD COACH
The following is contributed by a B4T coach who retired from business in the USA and is now living in the Middle East to coach B4T businesses. Being a B4T coach and moving overseas to do that has been a terrific experience. I have had time to think and reflect on the...
INCREASE YOUR WORK FORCE
One of the couples we mentor in the Middle East just told me this, and I’ll pass it on as a solid application for us all for this week. Last week I heard a teaching on angels and how we should make use of their help. The speaker said, “God is ready to release angels...
GIVE & TAKE
I am reading the book Give and Take: Why Helping Others Drives Our Success by Adam Grant. The book explains three styles of interpersonal dealing: taking, matching, and giving. Givers are people who give more than they take. Matchers are people who try to give and...
IS YOUR FINGER DIRTY? A LESSON IN PATIENCE
Patience can persuade a prince, and soft speech can crush strong opposition.Proverbs 25:15 One of my objectives this year is to set goals based on qualitative metrics and not quantitative ones. It’s proving to be much harder than I thought! Consider patience. Good...
ENDURE IN PLOWING
For nearly three months now we’ve been studying Matthew 13, the parable of the sower. This is the last blog on this passage. If you are new to the blog you may wish to go back to November and reread the thread of the lessons we’ve been discussing. Bottom line: if a...
IN TIME A HARVEST WILL BE REAPED
We are studying in Matthew 13, the parable of the sower. We are learning that if he expects to reap a harvest the sower needs to prepare both himself and the soil. Does plowing (prayer and love) work? Do 10,000 hours really make a difference? Allow me to...
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