We all make mistakes, and sometimes we make big ones. In business, when you make a big mistake, your employees, customers, suppliers and sometimes even the press learn and share your mistakes with others. It’s those mistakes that help us learn and become even better, even as the fallout lingers, sometimes for years. Rebuilding your reputation isn’t easy. It takes […]

A recent article from Money and the Gospel states, “we must not forget that everything we are and have is part of the stewardship paradigm.”Most of the time when we consider stewardship, we think and talk about financial stewardship. Financial stewardship is only one part of the stewardship paradigm. Stewardship encompasses putting to use and multiplying everything we are and […]

The Gallup organization polled Americans to determine in which institutions they had the most confidence. After the military, small business was second in the Gallup ratings, with 68% of the population trusting them more than other institutions. Big business was 12thon the list with only 23% trust. Although there are multiple reasons for the huge gap in trust, it seems […]

Bret took shortcuts in everything he did, so much so that it regularly got him in trouble at work and home.  He once confided that he had just taken a call from the trash company that hauled his company’s trash. They were livid that someone had put cans of industrial paint into the dumpster which spilled onto their truck, and […]

For years, a friend of mine went every Tuesday evening to a specific bakery to collect their leftover bread. He delivered the bread to a homeless shelter for their breakfast the next day. This bakery could have marked down the price of the bread and sold it the next day. But, rather than squeeze every dollar of profit out of […]

Although I fully understand the value others can bring to a task, I don’t naturally think about involving others in projects. Jesus thought differently. He often worked through others. Jesus knew involving his disciples would get the job done and change their lives personally. Luke 10:1-2 says, “Now after this the Lord appointed seventy others, and sent them in pairs ahead […]

In a recent blog post about Mission Statements, the Mitch Cox companies stated, “We seek to honor God in our daily operations through Christian ministry as a real estate solutions company.” The article went on to explain their mission would remain the same no matter what industry they were running. They demonstrate honor to God by the work they do […]

In this series, we’re talking about lessons we can learn from the character of Bezalel in the book of Exodus. Bezalel was responsible for building the furnishings inside the tabernacle. God gave Moses the design for what and how He wanted His tabernacle created. Bezalel co-labored with God to produce excellent results. The outcome was a tabernacle that met God’s […]

In this series, we’re talking about lessons we can learn from the character of Bezalel in the book of Exodus. Bezalel was a craftsman and a teacher, but it appears that he was also a generalist. He was skilled in multiple different crafts, while others were called to specifically be engravers or designers. Being a generalist was likely necessary for […]

In this series, we’re talking about lessons we can learn from the character of Bezalel in the book of Exodus. Bezalel was the first person filled with the Spirit of God with unique skills, knowledge and abilities for being a craftsman. God knew that the work He was calling Bezalel to accomplish inside the tabernacle was going to require more […]