And....I'm Back

It has been awhile since I last posted....ok, months.  The long hiatus is certainly not from a lack of things to write about.  Quite the opposite.  Too much, in fact, to summarize or highlight.  So I'll just jump back in, midstream.

I am pursing an MBA because I want to learn skills that will help me start a successful business.  There are a number of reasons I want to start a business, but I think they can be summed up by saying that, for me, starting a business is a great way to show Jesus to Durham, the Triangle, and beyond.  I'll delve into specifics in later posts, but let's start with that statement.

Why start a business?  I'm able to shape the vision and direction of the company.  It puts me in contact with all kinds of people, from all walks of life, all over the city.  The desire to start a business has grown and not diminished as I have prayed and consulted with family and friends.

What is a Christian business?  This was my next question.  However, I now think that a better question is How would Christ run a business?  This question allows us to meditate on the nature of Christ, and then apply it to a business, instead of trying to fit Him into a model.  It is this question that I am in the process of working out.

What do we know about the nature of Christ?  Read the parable of the Good Samaritan (Luke 10).  It is a good starting point.  Next post I'll try to post some thoughts ala "How would Christ run a business?" and hopefully there will be some comments.  This is my extraverted way of processing.  The more the merrier :)

Soli Deo Gloria

When Circumstances Become our God

God has been working hard on me these past weeks, trying to get through to me that I have let my circumstances become my god.  I understand this in my head, but if I am honest when things get bad I freak out.  Every time I think I have got this lesson learned, something else happens and I take my trust off God and put it solely on my own abilities to right the ship.  And that never goes well.  Why is trust in God, who has ever again and again proved Himself faithful, so hard to master?

Speaking of dire circumstances and God, I thought this article from the NY Times was interesting, more for the comments that follow it than the actual article.  And the fact that it appears in the NY Times.

Soli Deo Gloria