“There’s something different about this business,” the elderly woman who lived above our shop said. She made a hobby of calling the police on us. Three times she reported us before we even opened the doors to our coffee shop, her imagination running wild with fears...
“You can try to sell good coffee, but you won’t make any money at it.” …. The chill of the early morning wrapped around us as we sat across from each other, steaming mugs of coffee cradled in our hands. Memories arrayed the space between us. We reminisced...
“There is only one bottom line for the Christian. The spiritual bottom line.” I was recently at a missional business conference and a brother challenged the table with this line. I wholeheartedly agreed! Or… at least, I wanted to agree. By “spiritual,” the brother...
If you’re looking for a 480% return on your investment, try blessing people. Yeah? Yes, really. I’m serious. Blessers vs. Converters In 2008, Mark Russell conducted a fascinating study on the efficacy of Business as Mission (BAM) teams in Thailand. He observed two...
“There is one and only one social responsibility of business—to use its resources and engage in activities designed to increase its profits.” (source) For fifty years, Milton Friedman’s doctrine, also known as “Shareholder Theory,” has embedded itself in the minds of...