SECURE? SECURITY?

SECURE? SECURITY?

A B4T worker wrote me… Do you know the thing I feel most judged for in life from other workers? That I don’t have a secure email or an encrypted hard drive. Just the other day a guy from Africa emailed me and said he knows these two great guys he met at a...
STUCK? IT’S LIKELY YOUR OWN FAULT

STUCK? IT’S LIKELY YOUR OWN FAULT

A B4Ter in the Arab world wrote to RPH, one of our coaches and copied me.  Here is his email. RPH, this is outstanding. I haven’t really considered the potential of having a great overseas system of coaching for B4T teams like mine before. I just assumed that...
RESPONSES to HARD WORK? or HARDLY WORKING?

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?

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...
AN EXAMPLE OF PLOWING

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...
IS YOUR FINGER DIRTY? A LESSON IN PATIENCE

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...