Christianity and Business
The Importance of Perspective:
The four stages of a company’s development according to Praxis are Concept, Launch, Prove, and Scale. In these four stages it is important for a company to never lose focus on their mission and vision. Many companies will enter the development process with a great concept, and a good mission and vision. They will then…
Read MorePine needles, galaxies, and e-minors
I have had the same lock screen on my phone for a while and thought it was such a good message that I would pass it on. I am sure that most of you are familiar with Francis Chan, one of the most influential pastors in the Christian community. In his book Crazy Love he…
Read MoreContextualizing the Gospel
Recently, I have been thinking about different ways the Gospel is contextualized in our culture. As we talked about in class, it seems as though the Gospel is contextualized differently in various areas of ministry. In our day and age, I think it is just as important to pay attention to the way we are…
Read MoreSelfishness Needs to take a Back Seat
Pete Ochs. His simple, two-syllable name is a fascinating juxtaposition to a not-so-simple lifestyle. After growing up on a farm and learning how to work hard and be diligent, he started his career in commercial banking. After almost a decade of work in commercial banking, he opened his own investment firm, which became remarkably successful.…
Read MoreGood Business
In class today we heard from Mitch Young, who is currently working for Gift-Ya, a Venmo-esque service that enables people to give other people online “gift cards” that can only be spent at a designated business. Mitch also talked about his time working for No Wait and the atmosphere of the business itself. There were…
Read MoreLean Times
This class discusses the intersection of sound business principles and strong personal faith. Our class and this department constantly interact with many wildly successful redemptive entrepreneurs, who have discovered how to properly integrate these two seemingly opposed ideas. We could be forgiven for thinking that redemptive entrepreneurship is easy. I want to relate my limited…
Read MoreBusiness as a Communications Platform for the Gospel
Image Source: Christianity Today Advancing the Gospel simply means to communicate the message of the Gospel to others. The premise is, if people are properly exposed to the Gospel, the Holy Spirit will work in them to bring them to accept it. In other words, Christ changes hearts. Our job is simply to tell. But…
Read MoreBiblical Wisdom on Mentorship
Image source: The Muse Discipleship, mentoring, guiding. The most perfect human being who ever lived did it. If Jesus did it, so should we. This is a great biblical model for us to follow, as well as good business application for it. Mentorship is taking someone under your wing in order to help them grow…
Read MoreGood Wholesome Fun
Last week I was offered an amazing opportunity to work at Seneca Hills Bible Camp as a camp counselor. I worked as a counselor at a camp in North East, Maryland this past summer and absolutely fell in love with the job, so I knew I wanted to do it again. I had attended SHBC…
Read MoreIJM: Non-Profit Anti-Slavery Organization
On Tuesday of this past week, I had the opportunity to explore different non-profit websites in my Foundations of Social Work class. While exploring, I came across IJM (International Justice Mission). I became very intrigued by the group’s website. Most of the website contains various stories of the successful rescue missions resulting from financial contributors.…
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