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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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,...
