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.
PLANNING AHEAD
No doubt you’ve glanced once or twice at an astrologer’s predictions in the newspaper. Even if you felt guilty or silly for doing it, you’d hardly fault yourself for wanting every possible advantage in planning your future. Planning for the future, after all, is a...
GOAL!
A young man was walking along a country road. Along came a Farmer driving a wagon. Without asking permission, the young man jumped on the wagon and said, “I'm going to ride along with you to Louisville.” The Farmer just looked at him and said nothing. They rode for...
A REFLECTION ON CHRISTMAS VALUES
The following Christmas story was written by Linda Ganzel: "Wow! Miss Ganzel, this is awesome! Do people really live in these houses or do they just decorate them for fancy?" Ten-year-old Tony leaned over the back seat to whisper in my ear. His cousin answered for me....
TOO BUSY?
I’ve been thinking about some of my goals for 2015. During the year, I keep a list of things I come across that challenge or interest me to review in December and to pray through regarding the upcoming year. One strong desire that the Lord has been repeatedly bringing...
LESSONS FROM A FRIEND–FAILED RESTAURATEUR
A local friend wrote up his story for me. There are lessons here for all of us. _________________ I sold the building last week, closing the door to a tumultuous chapter in my life. I began as a restaurateur in 2013 and decided to call it quits nine months later. The...
THE PARABLE OF THE JANITOR AND THE CEO
The following is from A Light Shines Bright in Babylon: A Handbook for Christian Business Owners, © Buck Jacobs, 1995. It greatly ministered to me. There once lived a janitor who worked for the same company for 40 years. He never rose above the position of janitor...
THE RIGHT FOCUS LEADS TO THE RIGHT RESULTS
Robert told me of a wonderful lesson he learned about overcoming the “I can’t do it” mentality. When he was in his early 20’s, Robert had a terrible fear of heights. While working out in a local gym, he befriended some guys who worked at construction company that...
INTEGRATING THE B WITH THE T!
(A message being given this week at the OPEN Expo in Raleigh) My assignment is to explain to you how the B&T of B4T (business for transformation) are to be integrated. I wish could say every B4T business in the OPEN Network was working perfectly and there’s no...
DEALING WITH DOUBT
I’ve been there several times the past thirty years. So allow me to share with you what I shared with Barry. When the fog inside my head becomes so thick I walk in to walls everywhere I turn, I stop, sit down, and quietly try to listen to whatever it is that is...
SOME “B” ATTITUDES OF BUSINESS PLANS
Next month at the OPEN Expo will be hosting our second Lions' Den. (The Lion’s Den is the OPEN Network’s version of Dragons' Den or Shark Tank. If you missed the first one, $135,000 was invested in 5 businesses). At the OPEN Expo in North Carolina, several OPEN...
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