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Brian Bakke of Mustard Seed Foundation and Artist
“If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as a Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, ‘Here lived a great street sweeper who did his job well.” -Martin Luther King Jr.
-I went a little longer with Brian. We had a ton to catch up on him being an old family friend. Started chatting about his current role as ‘street sweeper’ in his community, his role with Mustard Seed Foundation, and business lessons from his Uncle former CEO of a Fortune 100 comapny.
-“Don’t say you love people, show them”
-Get up every morning and pray for your neighbors
-How to be available to your neighbors
-How to be a “pastor on the block”
-in the moment, how am I living with God?
-How are we doing with our neighbors?
-We want to hear from churches, not para-church ministry – bi-vocational pastors, etc.
-White organizations do not give money to black organizations many times. This is a justice issue.
-How can business leaders empower their employees?
-Why borrowing money to give away can be a good idea.
-Why Art Institute turned down his mural projects.
-What things are you not willing to let go of?
-Don’t set out to be famous, set out to be faithful
-How to empower younger generation in generosity and responsible giving.
Recommended Resources:
-“Joy at Work” by Dennis Bakke
-“Toxic Charity” by Robert Lupton
-“When Helping Hurts” by Steve Corbett and Brian Fikkert
-Forbes Magazine Article “Disinherators”
-Chalmers Institute Videos: https://www.chalmers.org/media/
Music by John Norman
Facebook Group: “Daniel Dinners”
Email: [email protected]
https://joshuaballantine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/brian-bakke-interview-final.mp3
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“If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as a Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, ‘Here lived a great street sweeper who did his job well.” -Martin Luther King Jr.
-I went a little longer with Brian. We had a ton to catch up on him being an old family friend. Started chatting about his current role as ‘street sweeper’ in his community, his role with Mustard Seed Foundation, and business lessons from his Uncle former CEO of a Fortune 100 comapny.
-“Don’t say you love people, show them”
-Get up every morning and pray for your neighbors
-How to be available to your neighbors
-How to be a “pastor on the block”
-in the moment, how am I living with God?
-How are we doing with our neighbors?
-We want to hear from churches, not para-church ministry – bi-vocational pastors, etc.
-White organizations do not give money to black organizations many times. This is a justice issue.
-How can business leaders empower their employees?
-Why borrowing money to give away can be a good idea.
-Why Art Institute turned down his mural projects.
-What things are you not willing to let go of?
-Don’t set out to be famous, set out to be faithful
-How to empower younger generation in generosity and responsible giving.
Recommended Resources:
-“Joy at Work” by Dennis Bakke
-“Toxic Charity” by Robert Lupton
-“When Helping Hurts” by Steve Corbett and Brian Fikkert
-Forbes Magazine Article “Disinherators”
-Chalmers Institute Videos: https://www.chalmers.org/media/
Music by John Norman
Facebook Group: “Daniel Dinners”
Email: [email protected]
https://joshuaballantine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/brian-bakke-interview-final.mp3