Story time

 
Much is being written these days about organizational storytelling - using stories in the course of the workday to communicate key ideas. I couldn’t be happier about this. When I first started in sales I couldn’t stand the idea of rattling off a bunch of product feature & benefit information while a customer just stood there. Fortunately, [...]

The risk and rewards of Christian enterprise

 
Most of my blog posts are about what it’s like to be a Christian in corporate America, but today I’d like to touch briefly on something even more specific - Christian companies. There are a small number of entrepreneurs that have started these organizations - companies that have explicitly Christian missions - who try to balance profits with purpose.
I’ve [...]

Space and Sparrows

 
I had a blog post in mind for today that I’ve decided to put on hold until tomorrow. Why? Because I stuck my head out our front door this evening to get a glimpse of the lunar eclipse and have been thinking about it ever since.
The very first words of the Bible say that “In the beginning [...]