INTEGRATING THE B WITH THE T!

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...
JUST BELIEVE: THE RED SEA VERSION

JUST BELIEVE: THE RED SEA VERSION

The Red Sea lies before us, it stretches far and wide standing in our way. We’d been celebrating moments before. God had moved mightily removing obstacle after obstacle from our path. He had gone above and beyond, giving us more than we had even asked for and...
ARE YOU GENEROUS?

ARE YOU GENEROUS?

A generous man will prosper – Proverbs 11:25a He who refreshes others will himself be refreshed –Proverbs 11:25b. It is more blessed to give than to receive – Acts 20:35 These three biblical phrases are statements that contain an exhortation and a promise. I’m...
CHALLENGES WITH MISSIONS AGENCIES

CHALLENGES WITH MISSIONS AGENCIES

(The following is an email sent to me last month by a young man who was working in an OPEN business in Asia the past two years.  With his permission I am sharing what he experienced in seeking help from various mission agencies.) I recently returned to America.  I was...
GALLOP POLL

GALLOP POLL

Donna Robertson, dear friend and B4T advocate sent us the following. In 2007, Jim Clifton, Chairman and CEO of Gallup, published an article revealing the findings of the polling organization’s first ever World Poll. In making the decision to undertake this gargantuan...
SOMETIMES OTHERS CAN SAY IT BETTER!

SOMETIMES OTHERS CAN SAY IT BETTER!

Some interns just returned from spending two days with a missionary family working nearby.  As part of our training we attempt to expose interns to a variety of works and organizations.  When asked, What is this family doing? the interns remarked, “We are not...