Articles
The Moral Value of Profit
What is the place of profit for Christians in business? People who doubt the moral value of profit need to take a hard look at the Bible. From the beginning, it's clear that God Himself wanted a return on His investment in creation. But He also intended people to engage in profit-making...
Making Money: Get What You’re Worth Without Guilt
The prospective client asked, “How much do you charge?” I could answer this; I’d practiced and prayed about it. Though my heart beat wildly and my hands felt clammy, I opened my mouth to give a confident response. Suddenly, I blurted out a number so low it surprised even me—in an...
Research That Can Help You Reach Your Goals
Two editors at Harvard Business Review compiled 22 HBR articles based on current research they believe will help us reach our goals in 2014. Here are some of their postings: “Successful people do nine things differently than everyone else.” “The rest of us hold ourselves back in five major...
If I Had a Billion Dollars
Ten years ago The Externally Focused Church by Rick Rusaw and Eric Swanson awakened Christians to the fact that most communities wouldn’t notice if local churches disappeared. The book played a huge role in rebirthing gospel-motivated social consciousness among evangelicals. ...
Is Investment Banking God’s Work?
When it comes how most people view the multi-trillion dollar banking industry, words like loathe, cynicism, and distrust come to mind. A writer a Rolling Stone magazine, for example, described Goldman Sachs as “a great vampire squid wrapped around the face of humanity, relentlessly...
It Is No Shame to Work for Money
Is there such thing as a Christian perspective of compensation? What constitutes fair pay, and how should it be determined? John Terrill, from Seattle Pacific's Center for Integrity in Business, offers practical guidelines, for both employers and employees, on this complex and personal...
Vote With Your Money
By: Andreas Widmer "We vote with our money just as we vote with our ballots... And I’d venture to predict that many of us nullify our civic ballot with our money vote." Read more about how you can vote with your money as a Christian. How do you vote with your money?
Gratitude as a Business Strategy
In an excellent blog in Fast Company, Howie Jacobson suggests that most of us suffer from what he calls GDD: Gratitude Deficit Disorder--and it's hurting business. He writes, “Almost everyone I know, from pastors to parents, from cashiers to carpet cleaners, from architects to...
Trading: Increasing God's Currency or Yours?
A panel of three traders discusses the particular challenges of living out their Christian walk in the trading world and a Christian perspective on working in Finance. Listen here.