U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison graduated from law school at a time when top firms weren't hiring women. After months of fruitless job-hunting, a friend advised Kay to take her knowledge into a...
A farmer had a horse that he depended on to work his farm, but one day the horse ran away into the hills. The farmer’s neighbors came by to comfort him in his...
I had failed. Driving home, I shook my head: how could I have let people down like this?
At a Texas camp for kids with cancer, a chaplain spoke about the 23rd Psalm. Around him stood a circle of children, several bald, some bloated by chemotherapy. ...
John Kavanagh went to Calcutta to work with Mother Teresa. While there, he asked her to pray for him. “What should I pray for?” she asked.
Psalm 46 God is our refuge and strength, a tested help in times of trouble. And so we need not fear even if the world blows up, and the mountains crumble into the...
Paul’s way into his request will sacrifice his position of leadership as an example of what he is about to ask.
How does faith change work and leadership? Lessons on leadership beyond rank and power from Philemon.
The leaders of equipping churches have started to think about the complete mission of God as well...
Truthtelling builds trust and civil cooperation among human beings. Trust is critical for a prosperous society, and being a person of one’s...
Truthtelling treats people with dignity. To tell someone the truth is a measure of respect that is missing when someone is lied...
Humanity does not know everything, and individually each of us knows only a tiny fraction of what can be known. God created each of us with our own unique mind which takes in...
Faith & Co.: Banking on Hope How does the gospel change a bank’s view of people and how they should be treated, especially those of modest means? Inspired by faith that sees the...
Intermediaries are institutions that “remanufacture” lenders’ resources into a form that is useful to borrowers. A simple example is when a bank intermediates between several depositors and one business loan borrower. Intermediaries include...
Not all accumulation of wealth is a result of injustice. However, even when wealth is gained through legitimate means, it still has...
Joshua chapter 9 describes how the people of Gibeon deceived the people of Israel. They wanted the Israelites to believe they lived...
The first humans were directed by God to take care of the Garden and all creatures and plants within it. This is...
Learning to trust God for our provision is an ongoing challenge, particularly if we are prone to compulsive work habits. Gordon MacDonald...
We can seek guidance about provision from God and expect that doing so will help us meet our needs, the needs of...
We are meant to depend on God for provision, meaning that we should look to him to provide for us when our...
