As Christian business leaders, the values we use to run our businesses impact everything. Our values have the potential to define our company culture. They guide our decision-making and drive our performance.
In our modern world, technology’s rapid evolution has changed many business sectors and practices. Communication is instant, production is faster, and digital tools for marketing, campaigning, and networking are more advanced than ever.
Facing business struggles, setbacks, conflicts, and hard financial times is something that business leaders and CEOs expect to experience.
I enjoy unhurried conversations where joys, hopes, dreams, and fears bubble to the surface of our often too-busy lives. As a pastor and frequent speaker on faith, work, and economics, I not only really like a bold cup of coffee but enjoy catching up with congregational members at a favorite coffee shop.
What are some ‘crucible events’ in your life as a leader? We’ve all experienced them - events that help shape our leadership style, and in turn, help us produce teachable moments in the lives of those we lead. David Collum, CEO of The Pocket Testament League shares one of his crucible events and what happens when teachable moments intersect with sharing our faith.
‘Do not worry.’ We’ve read Matthew 6:25-34 in the Sermon on the Mount, but what does that look like on a day-to-day, minute-by-minute basis? God knows our every worry, fear, and concern – and He can handle it. Many thanks to Darrell Passwater, Convene Forum Team leader, for his encouragement to think about how our lives might be different by truly living out this scriptural principle.
Over the years, I’ve spent more than one night on a sailboat in the Atlantic and the Mediterranean. GPS makes it pretty easy to chart your course and get to your destination, even when it’s dark and you can’t see much. Before GPS, sailors had to guide their ship using the stars. The north star was always the place to start when you were uncertain or needed to re-orient.
What do you do on Sunday? I took inventory. Here’s my typical list.
Go to church
Go to lunch
Respond to email
Go to the hardware store
Organize my desk
Clean something in the house
Wish Chick-fil-A was OPEN!
Here’s my new problem. I just listened to the Convene podcast with Dr. Jim Galvin. Turns out I’m pretty much in violation of one of the Ten Commandments with my above list. YIKES! Jim blew up my paradigm about Sunday.
