This post on having an eternal perspective is the first in a series of posts that come from the material I recently used in a presentation I made to a small group of Christian business owners and leaders in Chandigarh, India. The focus of this material is also the focus of this blog – God’s [...]
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Ministry Action: Resource Library for Employees
Do You Have A Resource Library…? As a Christian business owner or leader, you are most likely a life-long learner. Whether you read books, blogs, and magazines or listen to podcasts or other audio materials, you most likely consume teaching resources on a regular basis. You may even have your own resource library. I bet [...]
What Do Cancer, Children, Car Shows, and Chaplains Have In Common?
Just before Christmas this past year, one of our long-term employees took her 14 yr. old son to the doctor to have a knee injury checked out. What they thought was simply swelling turned out to be a mother’s nightmare – a rare form of bone cancer. Obviously, this is a life-changing event. It poses [...]
5 Things Your Employees Need To Hear You Say
Employee Engagement I guess I have been on an Employee Engagement kick lately. The funny thing is that I have seen more material about employee engagement lately. Patrick Lencioni has come out with a new book on this topic recently – The Advantage: Why Organizational Health Trumps Everything Else In Business. I just ordered the [...]
How Could A Business Help With Employee Hardship?
One of the main purposes of this blog is to share ideas relating to running your business as a platform for Christian ministry. I have shared many examples of things we do in our business in an effort to minister to our employees, their families, our customers, and the community. Today, I want to tell [...]
Ministry Action: Gospels in the Lounge
Several weeks ago, I did a post on Christian Ministry in Business. I mentioned that I would be following up in the future with ministry actions that our company takes. So far, I have posted about several examples listed below: Other Ministry Action Posts Newsletter article Christ-centered TV ad Christ-centered message at company Christmas party [...]
How To Do Christian Ministry In Business
I often get asked (and ask myself) “Just exactly HOW do you do Christian ministry in your business?” or “How do you integrate your Christian faith into your business?” In my last post, What is Christian Ministry?, I put forth my belief that we ALL are to be in full-time Christian ministry, whether that is [...]
There Is No Traffic Jam On The Second Mile!
This post is based on material from Dave Anderson’s book, How to Run Your Business by THE BOOK. It is the third post in a series of five in which we will address common character issues for leaders. The character issue we are addressing is going the second mile. One of my favorite people in [...]
Take Action (Now)!
Did you read my post from Wednesday, Taking Action: Owner’s Manual for Life? If not, why not? Stop right now and go read it. I will be right here waiting on you. Go ahead…I mean it! Observations Okay, now that you have read my post on Taking Action, I bet you have some observations. You [...]
Employee Tragedy: What is the Role of the Christian Business?
I lost a good friend and exceptional employee earlier this year. He was 46 years old and died of a heart attack in front of me at work. Just weeks ago, I lost another friend and employee of another dealership at age 42. He was in a motorcycle accident. We lost another great employee last [...]
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Pursue The Gifts You Have, Not The One’s You Want
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Christ and the Company Christmas Party
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Why I decided to walk away from the family business…
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Is It True That God Owns Everything?
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Do You Have An Eternal Perspective?
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My First International Christian Business Conference!
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Why You May Not Like Tim Tebow!
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