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.
THE BALANCING ACT OF B4T
Ideally, every B4Ter wants a perfect work-life balance. But as you’ve probably already experienced, this mythical balance is rarely achievable. Striving for balance can lead to more stress over being stressed than work itself. To help you manage the work-life balance...
JUST A THOUGHT
The March 2015 issue of Christianity Today states this alarming statistic: "2014, THE WORST YEAR EVER FOR PERSECUTION." It further identifies specific nations where persecution is on the rise. Some of these nations are clearly causing pain and death through either...
DOING BUSINESS BETTER
Reflection, thinking, prayer, are often issues B4Ters struggle with. True leaders understand the importance of prayerful refection, both to review and forecast what’s ahead. B4T workers, both business owners and employees, should reflect on their work monthly,...
AT EASE
Struggling with a big discussion? Frozen with fear? Discouraged? Anxious? Feeling uselessness? Business struggles, health issues, family pressures, difficulties with co-workers or team member? ...the list goes on and on. Whatever the cause of our weariness and...
ARE YOU LISTENING?
“You seem to have a lot of ideas and plans and energy, but how certain are you that these ideas are of God and not man?” This question, asked of me nearly three years ago now, by an innocent OPEN worker sent me reeling. Several weeks before that, the Lord spoke to...
BALANCE IS AN INSIDE JOB
One great help to working in a B4T business is having a good self-awareness. Learning to acknowledge when we are walking in the spirit and when we are living in the flesh is essential for the Lord receiving the glory and our co-workers being drawn to Him. In addition...
INSPIRING YOUR CO-WORKERS
Several teams we mentor are struggling to develop the right DNA in their workplace. The types of people we hire is important, but even more important is our own modeling of life and work. This modeling must be done on all levels, both for expat team members and local...
WINNING CEOS TO THE KINGDOM
One of the OPEN workers we mentor told me this story so I asked him to write it down. It’s another example of how Business for Transformation (B4T) works. Work often provides us with opportunities that result from relationships built during work, but that come to...
IS ANYTHING TOO HARD?
My dear friend Lareau recently asked in an email . . .Is anything too hard for the Lord? The answer seems obvious, or is it? This question appears twice in Scripture.In Genesis 18:14 when God had a conversation with Abraham and Sarah. Over a decade ago, God had...
START A BUSINESS OR GO TO COLLEGE?
Young people regularly ask, In preparing to do B4T, is it better to go overseas now and start a business or get a university degree first? I’ve been in the world of B4T for two decades, and as long as I can remember there’s been a debate about whether young...
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