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I remember one day taking my son Trevor to watch Kobe Bryant play at Lower Merion High School, a few blocks from our house in suburban Philadelphia.  Trevor said, “Dad, this guy is going to be great in the NBA.”  And he was. As an American  professional basketball player, he played his entire 20-year career […]

We believe in empowering the whole person and providing dignified jobs that allow for our artisans to not merely survive,  but to thrive in the life they live. Such an introductory statement may be of interest in Dallas, Seattle, Denver or Philadelphia and it should, but it is a super-loaded power statement in Mombasa, Kenya,

Some years ago, I met a young man who at the age of fifteen was already becoming a world class photographer.  Today, he has published his photos in books, award-winning journals, and on websites. It is no secret that small businesses such as Ryan’s rely on a quality product, but they also seek a price

I have known Dave and Lynn for several years and have thought of them as wonderful models for using their business talents for kingdom purposes since retiring from corporate Canada.  I recently visited them in Alberta, Canada where I heard some of the joys and struggles of living and discipling the gospel through business in

A couple of weeks ago, I had coffee with Derek Gillette.  We had an interesting conversation about his journey in life and we discussed our passion for business and for following Jesus.  He shared with me his blog address and when I got home, I found this blog. It is interesting because of the popularity

An analysis of the word ‘Triventure’ simply reveals the fact that “Tri” indicates the number three and “venture” means a pioneering endeavor into little known waters proceeding in the face of danger, risk and chance. Triventure is the name for three partnering entities in the Business As Mission space who are working together to help

When a TED talk has over 12 million viewers and it is about entrepreneurship, I usually take the 15 minutes to check it out. And so, I discovered Adam Grant’s provocative talk on original thinking.  He seems to have grown up just a few miles from where I live in the northwest and became the

Last week I enjoyed a conversation with a person I came to know more than fifteen years ago, soon after she graduated with a degree in international business.  She had worked her way through college working at Starbucks. At my recommendation, she then joined a team working in a former Soviet dominated country in central

The Business As Mission website continually has excellent blog writers with comments which are practical and thought-provoking in nature.  A recent series on “pressing issues” has included a guest author writing on “Building Skills and Support for BAMers”.  I encourage all of our readers to read this series, and also to become a regular reader

Last week in Part 1, we highlighted the twelve “measuring stick” questions that every manager needs to focus on so each employee in the business can provide an affirmative answer.  The twelve questions resulted from the robust research developed by Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman1.  Business As Mission companies are no exception; in fact, BAM