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# The Stone Table

Mobilizing the Marketplace for Global Missions

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- [What Does God’s Goodness Look Like? ](https://www.thestonetable.org/what-does-gods-goodness-look-like/) - What Does God’s Goodness Look Like? We sang a song this past Sunday in church that you likely have sung in yours as well: All my life you have been faithful. All my life you have been so, so good. With every breath that I am able I will sing of the goodness of God. Those are always deeply
- [Pressure Reveals the Identity Gap](https://www.thestonetable.org/pressure-reveals-the-identity-gap/) - Pressure Reveals the Identity Gap "I think you're completely wrong." As the words came out of my mouth, even in the heat of the moment, I could visualize myself in slow motion trying to grab them and shove them back to the recesses of my soul. Too late. What's that you hear? A pin drop? Yes, because that's how silent
- [Calling Versus Assignment: Why You Never Missed Your Chance to Serve God](https://www.thestonetable.org/calling-versus-assignment-why-you-never-missed-your-chance-to-serve-god/) - There is a moment that happens in a lot of Christian lives, usually around age sixteen, usually at a summer camp, usually during a service designed to stir something up. Everyone prays. Everyone waits. And some people walk out of that room certain that God has spoken. The rest walk out with a quiet, private
- [Someone Has to Go First ](https://www.thestonetable.org/someone-has-to-go-first/) - Someone Has to Go First A little bit of grace can completely change the vibe of your workplace, your family, and your neighborhood. Back in the 90s, there was a TV commercial that featured two buddies out for a round of golf. It begins with one of the guys standing over a 5-foot putt. His friend smiles and says, “pick it up…it’s a gimme.” In the next scene, we see sand flying up
- [That Folding Chair Is Not a Stepladder ](https://www.thestonetable.org/that-folding-chair-is-not-a-stepladder/) - That Folding Chair Is Not a Stepladder Your Work Is Beautiful When It Functions as It was Designed You step confidently into the garage. In the far corner, on the top shelf beneath your old baseball mitt, the “It’s Fall Y’all” doormat awaiting its October debut, and the boogie board you bought on
- [THE TREE WASN'T THE PROBLEM ](https://www.thestonetable.org/the-tree-wasnt-the-problem/) - THE TREE WASN'T THE PROBLEM By Bill Tibbetts Learned something new recently as a homeowner. EAB. Emerald Ash Borer. It’s a bug. And it destroys ash trees. In particular, it murdered my 40-year-old ash tree in our front yard. MURDERED, I tell you! The only solution was to cut it down. And having it gone has changed every step outside
- [When Jesus Zags Instead of Zigs](https://www.thestonetable.org/when-jesus-zags-instead-of-zigs/) - When Jesus Zags Instead of Zigs What do we do when Jesus isn’t following the script we expected? My son has taken up golf with a vengeance. He played with me a bit growing up, but his college buddies pulled him into their golfing orbit freshman year and now he’s mildly obsessed. They play almost every day after classes when the weather is nice (thanks to a 9-hole course near campus that caters to poor college students).
- [Achievement Culture and the Erosion of Love](https://www.thestonetable.org/achievement-culture-and-the-erosion-of-love/) - Achievement Culture and the Erosion of Love His phone never really stopped buzzing. There was always another text to return, another person who needed him, another problem that somehow became urgent at 9:47 p.m. His calendar? It looked impressive. Color-coded. Full. Strategic. Exhausting. The strange part is that he loved the hustle. That is what made it dangerous. Nobody had to
- [Within the Design ](https://www.thestonetable.org/within-the-design/) - Within the Design What if the life you’re trying to create is too small of a story? I still love a good movie. And not just the streaming kind. You know, a proper film…in a theater where they’re supposed to be watched. Escaping the hot summer temps and settling into a comfy recliner seat with a big bucket of popcorn is still a high-quality way to spend an evening. The bigger
- [The Unreached Crisis Nobody's Talking About (Christian Business Breakfast Conversation)](https://www.thestonetable.org/the-unreached-crisis-nobodys-talking-about-christian-business-breakfast-conversation/) - The Mission Field You Walk Into Every Monday Most of us think of missions as something that happens over there. Far away. Across an ocean, behind a visa wall, in a language we don't speak. It belongs to the professionals, the people who went to Bible college and raised support and shipped their lives overseas.
- [Remember Who You Are](https://www.thestonetable.org/remember-who-you-are/) - Remember Who You Are Your assignment may change. Your identity never will. I’ve been unsuccessfully fighting back tears most of the morning. You know the feeling—that tingling in your sinuses with the occasional nasal drip finding its way out onto the tip of your nose. I’m in Missouri for the annual commissioning of new missionaries for our primary global missions partner. This morning,
- [The Leadership Drift Problem](https://www.thestonetable.org/the-leadership-drift-problem/) - [et_pb_section][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text]https://www.thestonetable.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/post-29111-o1-the-leadership-drift-problem-1.mp3 The Leadership Drift Problem Why We Overcorrect, Undercorrect, and How to Stay Anchored Bill Tibbetts There is a leadership pattern I cannot unsee. Once you notice it, you start seeing it everywhere: churches, ministries, nonprofits, and businesses of every size. Leadership is relatively easy when employees/volunteers are doing well and affirmation is all that is required. The real test comes when correction,
- [Stop Waiting For a Church Gig](https://www.thestonetable.org/stop-waiting-for-a-church-gig/) - hen I left my job in full-time ministry, I thought my pastoring days were behind me. I was trading coffee shop counseling sessions for board room strategy sessions, Oswald Chambers for the Wall Street Journal, pulpits for P&L’s. Who needs a pastor in key leadership of a money-making enterprise? It was time to let
- [Does Your Secular Job Make You Feel Like a Second-Class Christian](https://www.thestonetable.org/second-class-christian/) - hen I was growing up, there were two major life paths we discussed within the context of our youth group and church culture (that is, when we weren’t debating the spiritual impact of Amy Grant’s crossover albums or whether movie-going became sinful at PG-13 or R). The conversation usually went something like this: “Have you
- [When Jesus Messes Up Your Missions Work](https://www.thestonetable.org/jesus-messes-up-missions-work/) - Let’s face it, it’s much easier to leave Jesus out of missions. He gums up the works. Messes things up. Makes them awkward. I’m part of an organization that mobilizes business for missions work around the world. It’s an awesome company, doing awesome work, both here and abroad. But I’ve noticed something interesting: When I
- [The Stone Table: Leverage Your Work](https://www.thestonetable.org/leverage-your-work/) - have incredible childhood memories of church camp. Some of my most formative spiritual experiences happened in an old airplane hanger turned sanctuary in rural Indiana. I’m grateful for them all. Even one that created a bit of an unintentional dichotomy for me. Maybe you can relate. Each evening service featured a different focus –
- [The Stone Table: Maximize Your Dollars](https://www.thestonetable.org/maximize-your-dollars/) - In August 2015, four pastors and 6 businessmen traveled to East Africa and the Arab World. We wanted to give The Stone Table a trial run of sorts. What could we do for missions if we worked together? The experiment was simple enough: The Stone Table committed $175,000 in matching funds from its partner business,
- [The Stone Table Partners with 6 Churches to Raise a Half Million Dollars for Missions](https://www.thestonetable.org/half-million-dollars-for-missions/) - The Stone Table was honored to partner with six amazing churches this year to raise over a half million dollars for missions! David Wigington at Cornerstone Christian Fellowship in Bloomington, Indiana Robby Bradford at First Assembly Community Ministries in Lafayette, Indiana Wayne Murray at Grace Assembly of God in New Whiteland, Indiana Adam Detamore
- [OneHope Missions Roundtable](https://www.thestonetable.org/onehope-roundtable/) - The Stone Table was honored to be included for the 3rd time in a vibrant roundtable convened by our friends at OneHope. Pastors, businessmen, and ecumenical leaders from 12 countries on every inhabitable content gathered just outside of Geneva for two days of powerful dialog and brainstorming. What trends are we seeing around the globe
- [The Power of Together](https://www.thestonetable.org/the-power-of-together/) - It’s doubtful we would even know the name CS Lewis without JRR Tolkien and the Inklings. These men met regularly at The Eagle and Child, a pub near the campus of Oxford University, to talk about life, theology, and their developing writing projects. Some of the greatest literature of the 20th Century was birthed from the
- [Leveraging the Crossfit Craze for Missions](https://www.thestonetable.org/crossfit-for-missions/) - Last year, The Stone Table partnered with four Indiana churches to underwrite the start-up costs of a small portfolio of BAM (Business as Mission) projects around the world. One of the most impactful (and let’s face it, most fun) is a Crossfit Gym in Alexandria, Egypt. The Crossfit craze is not limited to the West
- [The Big Story: To Understand Our Work We First Have to Understand This](https://www.thestonetable.org/thebigstory/) - It’s hard to jump into a new television series in season 3. You have no context for the characters, why they act the way the do, how they’re connected to one another, or where they’re going. Perhaps you can piece together enough to get your bearings, but you miss so much depth in the
- [In The Beginning There Was Work](https://www.thestonetable.org/in-the-beginning-there-was-work/) - My first job out of college was as a staff auditor for a CPA firm. As far as accounting firms go this one was pretty good, but it only took two busy seasons for me to realize this wasn't what I wanted to do with the rest of my life. One Christmas Eve, I
- [Puzzling Over Missing Pieces](https://www.thestonetable.org/puzzling-missing-pieces/) - “What is the Gospel?” I think I’ve asked this question a thousand times over the last few years. I always expect some variation in answers; I just wasn’t prepared for so many to be dazed and confused by the question. “It’s the good news, right?” “Yes” I would say, “but what is the good
- [Why Is It Called The Stone Table?](https://www.thestonetable.org/thename/) - My wife and I spent a great deal of time naming our kids. We wanted classic, simple, sweet-sounding first names for our daughters, and so our girls were named Emma and Anna accordingly. With that naming strategy, we established an unintentional pattern (vowel, consonant, consonant, vowel) that produced a bit of an OCD quandary
- [Does "Called Into Ministry" Mean Becoming a Pastor?](https://www.thestonetable.org/does-called-into-ministry-mean-becoming-a-pastor/) - Anyone else grow up going to summer church camp? Every summer I spent a week in Hartford City, Indiana at Lake Placid campground, home of the sanctuary made out of a rusty old airplane hanger, sulfur-infused water that smelled like rotten eggs, and some of the greatest memories of my entire childhood. I loved
- [Gospel Insights from a Successful Venture Capitalist](https://www.thestonetable.org/gospel-insights-from-a-venture-capitalist/) - If you could ask a successful leader one question, what would it be? I found myself with that opportunity recently, riding in the passenger seat of a car next to a highly renowned businessman. Just the two of us, and 25 minutes of highway between us and our destination. You wouldn’t know his name. You wouldn’t recognize his
- [How To Be A Leader That Matters](https://www.thestonetable.org/how-to-be-a-leader-that-matters/) - It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly;
- [My Work Is Motherhood](https://www.thestonetable.org/my-work-is-motherhood/) - The Gospel message first reached my heart through a restaurant manager at the local Burger King where I worked. Mary Beth understood that God was not a part of her story; she was a part of His. She understood the same was true of me. She led me to the Lord when I was
- [God is Using Business to Plant the Church](https://www.thestonetable.org/god-using-business-plant-church/) - We have a passion for unreached people groups here at The Stone Table. Three billion people around the world have no adequate witness of the Gospel, and a major portion of our mission investment is aimed at proclaiming Jesus and planting the Church in these unreached places. One of our key partners is LiveDead, a multi-denominational,
- [One Word that Just Might Change the Way You See Your Job](https://www.thestonetable.org/one-word-just-might-change-way-see-job/) - Statistics say a majority of people hate their jobs. Most see daily work as something that just “has to be done.” After all, there are bills to pay, kids to feed, school loans to pay off, and hopefully a few dollars left over to do some fun stuff from time to time. This is
- [Did God Really Say?](https://www.thestonetable.org/did-god-really-say/) - Recently, a friend asked for a few verses or parables to shed light on our continuing discussion about faith, work, and calling. The question was not posed from a position of skepticism, but as an encouragement to continue a fruitful dialogue. The gauntlet has been thrown, the challenge accepted! But, before offering a Biblical
- [We Can Rest](https://www.thestonetable.org/we-can-rest/) - When we are lost in the striving and the realization that we will never be enough, in walks the Author to remind us that we were never mean't to be. Our lives are part of a grander story than we could ever write on our own.
- [Witch Doctors, Tea Parties, and An Encounter I Will Never Forget](https://www.thestonetable.org/witch-doctors-tea-parties-encounter-will-never-forget/) - Our SUV bounced mercilessly over the rugged ground. To call these dirt paths “roads” would’ve been a generous misnomer, as stretches of definable terrain quickly gave way to an obstacle course of potholes and extreme turns that pushed our vehicle’s suspension system to its limits. We had already been driving for close to two
- [Givers and Takers](https://www.thestonetable.org/givers-and-takers/) - I have been reflecting on the word “giver.” The verb give is defined as: “to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation.” Therefore a giver is the one who presents voluntarily or without expecting compensation. What I witnessed these two men give was inspiring. They gave their love and friendship. They gave their time, talents and treasures to their family, their businesses, their friends, and their community. They freely gave (shared) their knowledge of business, carpentry, landscaping, horse training, and politics. They gave a seat at their table to anyone who needed a meal and some fellowship. They gave jobs to those who needed one. What do you freely give? What will you be remembered by others for giving?
- [The Unexpected Blessing of Nothing Turning Out Like You Planned](https://www.thestonetable.org/the-unexpected-blessing-of-nothing-turning-out-like-you-planned/) - Powerlessness can be a gift. It can connect us to God in unmatched ways, draw us into His covering and protection, and tap into a strength so much greater than our own. We were made to find our rest in the Father, but to get there we usually have to walk the uncomfortable road that leads us to the end of ourselves.
- [2 Important Questions to Change The World](https://www.thestonetable.org/2-important-questions-change-world/) - “In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace, which He lavished upon us, in all wisdom and insight, making known to us the mystery of His will, according to His purpose, which he set forth in Christ as a plan for the
- [When Leaders Don’t Lead Well](https://www.thestonetable.org/when-leaders-dont-lead-well/) - I would suspect we have all had an instance of working for or alongside a leader who didn’t lead well. Given no one is perfect, I suspect it happens more often than not. So, what is one to do when your leader doesn’t lead well? Here are a few options: Create an exit strategy
- [Called: One Young Man’s Journey to Missional Living in the Tech World](https://www.thestonetable.org/called-one-young-mans-journey-to-missional-living-in-the-tech-world/) - On a plane ride home from the Middle East after a month of work with the organization Live Dead, Hayden Mills wrote down his new life’s mission God had given him while on the trip: “My mission is to make Jesus Known in all the world through the creative use of different mediums (apps,
- [How To Find More Happiness at Work](https://www.thestonetable.org/how-to-find-more-happiness-at-work/) - Researcher Christian Smith uncovered some fascinating insights while working on the National Study for Youth and Religion at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill a few years ago. When asked the question, “what is the purpose of this life?” a majority of Americans answered simply: "To be happy and to feel good about
- [The Sacred Work of Cleaning Up Trash](https://www.thestonetable.org/the-sacred-work-of-cleaning-up-trash/) - Our jobs aren’t just about making money, they’re also about establishing social status. Some jobs are celebrated and others are just tolerated. But whether you’re a six-figure brain surgeon or you clean toilets at the local Taco Bell for minimum wage, does all work really have sacred value to God? I love this quote
- [Questions From a Tiny Theologian](https://www.thestonetable.org/questions-from-a-tiny-theologian/) - My seven year old has become a bedtime theologian. All day long its glitter, dancing and unicorns and then magically after getting tucked into bed, prayers said, kisses given...out pops true deep theological questions. You know the kind; maybe you have had a night time theologian in your house too. These are the kinds
- [Life Lessons from a Chinese Chicken Salesman](https://www.thestonetable.org/life-lessons-from-a-chinese-chicken-salesman/) - If I asked you to join me for lunch with a successful Chinese businessman… A major chicken producer, including all the KFC’s in northern China. An exporter of medical gloves, shipping over 7 billion units his last year in the business. A man who oversaw nearly 10,000 employees and multiple factories and production facilities in his 20 years
- [Leveraging Business to Fulfill The Great Commission](https://www.thestonetable.org/leveraging-business-to-fulfill-the-great-commission/) - Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you.
- [Flashes of Brilliance](https://www.thestonetable.org/flashes-of-brilliance/) - Did you know that until this year, Indiana was only one of three states that did not have a state insect? That changed this March when Indiana Governor Holcomb signed Senate Bill 236 into law making the Say’s Firefly Indiana’s state insect. For me, fireflies stir up vivid memories of summer nights running around
- [What To Do When You Feel Small](https://www.thestonetable.org/what-to-do-when-you-feel-small/) - Recently I sat in a hotel conference room in Dubai for a three-day meeting with the following list of people: The head of the Russian Pentecostal Church who oversees a Gospel movement that stretches across 11 time zones. The pastor of a multi-site South African Church of 30,000 people and two of his staff who
- [The Danger of Business as Mission](https://www.thestonetable.org/the-danger-of-business-as-mission/) - We have a passion for unreached people groups here at The Stone Table. Three billion people around the world have no adequate witness of the Gospel, and a major portion of our mission investment is aimed at proclaiming Jesus and planting the Church in these unreached places. We are passionate about missions efforts that
- [Called- One Serial Entrepreneur’s Legacy of Living Missionally](https://www.thestonetable.org/called-one-serial-entrepreneurs-legacy-of-living-missionally/) - Raised as a pastor’s son in rural upstate New York, Dave Cooper recalls a unique call for world missions from an early age. “Growing up with my dad as a pastor we always had missionaries around. In fact, they would often stay with us for long stents. I recall even from the early days
- [The Leader You Were Designed to Be](https://www.thestonetable.org/the-leader-you-were-designed-to-be/) - Our family is a huge fan of the TV Show Psych, where a quick-witted smart-aleck with a photographic memory deceives the Santa Barbara police department into believing he has supernatural crime-solving abilities. My kids can probably quote some Sean Spencer quips better than they can the Bible (I’m not proud of this). Sean’s sleuthing
- [An Unlikely Partnership- God's Purpose for Human Work](https://www.thestonetable.org/an-unlikely-partnership-gods-purpose-for-human-work/) - Most people in the world view work as a necessary evil to be tolerated. In fact, our negative view of work has found its way into at least one hundred pop culture radio hits over the last fifty years. From the Beatles A Hard Day’s Night, to Dolly Parton’s 9 to 5. Everyone remembers
- [The House Where Grace Lived](https://www.thestonetable.org/the-house-where-grace-lived/) - Today's feature is a creative story surrounding the “work underneath our work". This story is a beautiful illustration of how Jesus came to do the work we can’t do for ourselves so that our work can become what it was designed to be. Maybe you too have taken a journey to The House Where Grace
- [Stories from the Unreached Places](https://www.thestonetable.org/stories-from-the-unreached-places/) - There are only 400 known believers in this country today, but a year ago there were less than 300. God is using business, technology, and other nontraditional means to reach people for the Kingdom of God, and we believe this region is about to explode with the Gospel. That’s why we have to go. We have to tell 11,000,000 people that there is hope in Jesus. Will you help us?
- [Called- One Young Woman’s Journey To Living On Mission in the Big & Little Things](https://www.thestonetable.org/called-christas-story-of-living-on-mission-wherever-that-may-be/) - Sometimes God has to take us halfway across the world to remind us he can also use us right in our backyard. Christa Hitchcock was raised in the church but it was in middle school that her faith became very real and her journey to live missionally in the place God put her began.
- [A Power Much Greater Than Willpower](https://www.thestonetable.org/a-power-much-greater-than-willpower/) - Our everyday work is actually a response to God’s lead and surrender to His will. That’s the fuel. If we want more power in our everyday work, we need to stop trusting so much in our own human willpower and place our dependence where it belongs – in the finished work of Jesus.
- [The Joy of Work](https://www.thestonetable.org/the-joy-of-work/) - People so often think of work as a burden. But work is everything I do from the moment I get out of bed to the moment my head hits the pillow at night. My work includes loving my husband, taking care of our home, praying for our kids, volunteering, exercising, running a business, being a listener and (sometimes) an advisor, enjoying time with friends, and, even, watching a few TV shows. This is the work that my heavenly Father has set out for me to do. Every part of me is being used every day to work in some way.
- [Work, Identity and Suicide](https://www.thestonetable.org/work-identity-and-suicide/) - It’s been a tough week. The world lost two famous faces to suicide – fashion designer Kate Spade and culture and travel television host Anthony Bourdin. Coincidentally, the CDC just released new statistics showing suicide rates have increased 30% in half the states in America over the past two decades placing it in the
- [But Money Is The Root Of All Evil...](https://www.thestonetable.org/but-money-is-the-root-of-all-evil/) - We have a passion for unreached people groups here at The Stone Table. Three billion people around the world have no adequate witness of the Gospel, and a major portion of our mission investment is aimed at proclaiming Jesus and planting the Church in these unreached places. We are passionate about missions efforts that
- [When Titles & Dreams Didn't Matter](https://www.thestonetable.org/when-titles-dreams-didnt-matter/) - Today’s guest feature from Karen Cooper focuses on the legacy left by her father. His Depression-era faithfulness to the Lord showed clearly through his everyday work, a forced career-path many today would find disappointing and difficult to embrace. Join us as we turn back the pages with Karen to see what faith and work lessons we can learn from the Greatest Generation.
- [Our Everyday Work: An Opportunity to Partner with God](https://www.thestonetable.org/our-everyday-work-an-opportunity-to-partner-with-god/) - We visited Hoover Dam today. Nothing can mentally prepare you for the sheer size of this engineering masterpiece. There is enough concrete in the dam structure to build a 4-foot wide sidewalk around the equator of the earth! That’s a lot of cement. As we toured the massive infrastructure and listened to the courageous
- [The Fear of Missing Out](https://www.thestonetable.org/the-fear-of-missing-out/) - We are a generation of women who have been told we can have it all. We can break that glass ceiling, raise intelligent STEM geek children, be our husbands biggest cheerleader, cook all organic meals for our family and be the number one church volunteer. And when we don’t or can’t do all of those things we are left feeling like we have missed our calling and that we are missing out.
- [How I'm Learning to Pray Better](https://www.thestonetable.org/how-im-learning-to-pray-better/) - The more we pray, the more our desires are shaped by God’s Spirit. The more our desires are shaped by God’s Spirit, the more our requests align with His will. The more our requests align with His will, the more we will see God answer when we call.
- [Covert Missions: Leveraging Technology to Make Disciples in the Arab World](https://www.thestonetable.org/covert-missions-leveraging-technology-to-make-disciples-in-the-arab-world/) - In the Arab World, terrorist attacks, the Islamic State, and fundamentalist Islam are combining with a sovereign move of the Holy Spirit to move more and more Muslims away from Islam and toward Jesus. The Gospel is getting traction among Muslims in ways you will never hear about through traditional means. Five years ago,
- [My Journey in the Tech World: Glorifying God as a UX Designer](https://www.thestonetable.org/my-journey-in-the-tech-world-glorifying-god-as-a-ux-designer/) - Hey, I’m Hayden. For this season of my life, God has called me into the tech field. I work as a UX designer for Shopify in Canada. By studying the Bible, I’ve learned how beautiful work can be when we do it for God's glory! Here’s a truth to sink your teeth into: God created work
- [The Gospel In The Gap](https://www.thestonetable.org/the-gospel-in-the-gap/) - I looked for him everywhere. Our church meets in a high school, and he’s not usually hard to find. I gave up the search and walked into the auditorium to pray before our next service started. I glanced up at the balcony where our production team works the magic that connects us to our
- [BAM: Sharing On The Job](https://www.thestonetable.org/bam-sharing-on-the-job/) - This is a story of a Business as Mission (BAM) practitioner on the field using business as a mechanism for planting the church in areas of the world where you can’t do that with traditional missionary methods. This article was originally published on bamedu.com. Used with permission. One of the questions that I get asked
- [From The Field: Crossfit and Church Planting](https://www.thestonetable.org/from-the-field-crossfit-and-church-planting/) - We love leveraging business and entrepreneurship to fulfill The Great Commission! One of our favorite missions investments over the past few years was a Crossfit Gym that is successfully planting a church in an area of the world where church planting is illegal. This project was so successful, both economically and missionally, that we
- [Greed Is Not A Business Problem](https://www.thestonetable.org/greed-is-not-a-business-problem/) - Have you noticed who the villains are in the majority of movies and TV shows today? The Lego Movie was terrorized by Lord Business, who longs to destroy lego world by gluing all the pieces together. Wall Street introduced us to Gordon Gecko, who coined the infamous phrase “Greed is Good.” And how about
- [Persecution and Celebration: The Sobering Reality of the Unreached Places](https://www.thestonetable.org/persecution-and-celebration-the-sobering-reality-of-the-unreached-places/) - The Gospel is going to the unreached places, to places we are taught to fear and cultures we often shun. There is a true awakening taking place amongst Muslims! They are coming to Jesus like never before, quite literally by the thousands. But it isn’t without cost. Let Me Tell You One of Their
- [How I Spend Daily Time With Jesus](https://www.thestonetable.org/how-i-spend-daily-time-with-jesus/) - Hundreds of millions of believers around the world find time to spend time with God every day. Pretty cool to think about right? Devotional time, devos, quiet time, abiding time, Jesus time, alone time, or whatever we else call it in the church is a dedicated time spent with Jesus. This time each day
- [The Danger of Chasing Happiness](https://www.thestonetable.org/the-danger-of-chasing-happiness/) - I went looking for happiness, but she’s hard to chase down. I pursued her through hidden corridors and back alleys, occasionally catching the faint gleam of her beautiful hair blowing in the early morning light. But to no avail. She was there and then she was gone. She was there and then she was… No wait,
- [From The Field: Sometimes Getting It Right Starts By Doing It Wrong](https://www.thestonetable.org/from-the-field-sometimes-getting-it-right-starts-by-doing-it-wrong/) - This is a story of a Business as Mission (BAM) practitioner on the field using business as a mechanism for planting the church in areas of the world where you can’t do that with traditional missionary methods. In order to protect the work being done we will not be sharing their names or specific locations
- [That Time I Was Confused for the Uber Driver](https://www.thestonetable.org/that-time-i-was-confused-for-the-uber-driver/) - That Time I Was Confused for the Uber Driver What started as an awkward misunderstanding became an unexpected lesson in humility. I recently attended an incredible missions conference with many of the missionaries and scholars whose books, articles, and videos have fundamentally shaped my heart and perspective on missions over the last few decades.
- [Work as Worship: The Tale of Two Motives](https://www.thestonetable.org/work-as-worship-the-tale-of-two-motives/) - I was a musician in a prior life. A music pastor actually. It was a beautiful season of life, a season where I was able to leverage gifts for the piano, music composition, and arranging that I had been cultivating since I was a little boy. It was also a season where I had
- [Lessons From A Farmer](https://www.thestonetable.org/lessons-from-a-farmer/) - It’s August in Indiana and that means corn around every corner. Where the modern world has not yet stomped in to plop down a strip mall or housing addition, there grows corn taller than most men. The farmers rejoice because 2018 has been a bumper year for the farmer in Central Indiana! My love
- [How a 1970s Fiat is Being Used to Spread the Gospel](https://www.thestonetable.org/how-a-1970s-fiat-is-being-used-to-spread-the-gospel/) - This is a story of a Business as Mission (BAM) practitioner on the field using business as a mechanism for planting the church in areas of the world where you can’t do that with traditional missionary methods. In order to protect the work being done we will not be sharing their names or specific locations
- [When The Evening Comes](https://www.thestonetable.org/when-the-evening-comes/) - The day of my accident began normally, with the early morning sun poking holes through the makeshift shade my husband rigged up the night before. Daylight came early in Honduras so no alarm clock was needed to get us up and going. Our missions team had come to minister to the children of LaCeiba,
- [You Don't Have to Be a Celebrated Entrepreneur for Your Work to Matter](https://www.thestonetable.org/you-dont-have-to-be-a-celebrated-entrepreneur-for-your-work-to-matter/) - I worked in the mail room at Word Records when I was in college. I was a student at Belmont University, ground level for a lot of starry-eyed artists looking to break into the Nashville music scene. This mail room gig gave me a chance to rub shoulders with some of the movers and
- [From The Field: How an English School is Planting the Church in Hard to Reach Places](https://www.thestonetable.org/from-the-field-how-an-english-school-is-planting-the-church-in-hard-to-reach-places/) - This is an interview with one of our Business as Mission (BAM) practitioners using business as a mechanism for planting the church in areas of the world where you can’t do that with traditional missionary methods. In order to protect the work being done we will not be sharing their names or specific locations for
- [Retirement is Not in The Bible](https://www.thestonetable.org/retirement-is-not-in-the-bible/) - Recently I passed a life milestone, a major milestone – retiring from my “day job.” This wasn’t like hitting age 40, 50 or 60; those are just numbers. Retiring is a significant life change, one which – as my wife likes to point out – does not affect just me. A friend who has
- [The Power of We](https://www.thestonetable.org/the-power-of-we/) - I just returned from 8 days in China with a group of pastors and businessmen. (I’m still recovering from the 12-hour time change and gluttonous platters of Kung Pow Shrimp, so please take that into account as you read this). We spent a week exploring some powerful new Business as Mission (BAM) platforms taking
- [Your Purpose is Not Your Occupation](https://www.thestonetable.org/your-purpose-is-not-your-occupation/) - Here at The Stone Table, we celebrate the sacredness of every day work. All kinds of it! Whether you’re a brain surgeon or sweep floors, redeemed by the Gospel your work matters. This is a message so many of us never grew up hearing, so when we see this being declared and lived out well we
- [True Faith or Superstition?](https://www.thestonetable.org/true-faith-or-superstition/) - The road seemed to be extremely dusty for that time of year. I was traveling through the Rufiji River Basin near the East Coast of Tanzania. It was the rainy season and naturally one would expect the roads to be muddy and the landscape to be green and lush. The exact opposite was true.
- [You Were Made to Follow](https://www.thestonetable.org/you-were-made-to-follow/) - When I was 15, I wanted to be a professional golfer. I was pretty good for a freshman in high school, but the jump from “pretty good teenage golfer” to “make a living on the course golfer” proved to be a substantially larger chasm than I anticipated. I've had the joy of watching some
- [The One Thing We All Share](https://www.thestonetable.org/the-one-thing-we-all-share/) - If you’ve been to Israel, you know that there are uncomfortably close quarters in places like Jerusalem. In one sweeping panorama, you can see both the Dome of the Rock, the second holiest site in Islam, and the Western Wall, the holiest site in Judaism that the Jews can still access. Everywhere you turn
- [Arab World: The Unusual Samaritan – Live Dead](https://www.thestonetable.org/arab-world-the-unusual-samaritan-live-dead/) - My wife Jennifer and I were at the Cairo airport. She had not felt well for a couple days and by the time we reached passport control, she was nauseous and dizzy. The line was long, winding back and forth between the short pylons, and consisted of Arabs, Egyptians, Europeans, Americans, Muslim and Christian.
- [Vulnerability Is Trendy, But Have We Gone Too Far?](https://www.thestonetable.org/vulnerability-is-trendy-but-have-we-gone-too-far/) - My wife has an obsession with that bagged ice you buy from the large freezers outside gas station convenient stores. As often occurs, she buzzed me recently to ask if I would pick up a few bags on my drive home so she could keep her oversized plastic cups full of unsweetened iced tea.
- [The Call To World Missions - Live Dead](https://www.thestonetable.org/the-call-to-world-missions-live-dead/) - Is the American church failing in our duty to follow Jesus’ last command while on earth to “go, therefore, and make disciples of all people groups…teaching them to observe all that I commanded you”? There are 17,000 people groups in the world of which 7,000 are unreached (less than 2 percent evangelized), and 1,500
- [What if Your Success is Anonymous?](https://www.thestonetable.org/what-if-your-success-is-anonymous/) - A few years back, I sat in my car outside our neighborhood Walmart and wrote myself an email. Some people just talk to themselves, but I prefer to put my neurotic episodes in writing. While I was obviously proving every stereotype about the crazy people who shop at Walmart, I was also sending myself a sane reminder.
- [Businessman, CIA, or Missionary?](https://www.thestonetable.org/businessman-cia-or-missionary/) - This is a story of a Business as Mission (BAM) practitioner on the field using business as a mechanism for planting the church in areas of the world where you can’t do that with traditional missionary methods. In order to protect the work being done we will not be sharing their names or specific locations
- [The Legend of Dolfi](https://www.thestonetable.org/the-legend-of-dolfi/) - A white woman from Wisconsin, who in her own words was “all dry-cleaning and catered lunches,” moves hours from civilization to the middle of the African bush and marries a tribal leader from an unreached people group. Some legends are embellished, but not Dolfi. She’s as real as it gets. We joked that her
- [Thousands Come to Faith in the Middle East](https://www.thestonetable.org/thousands-come-to-faith-in-the-middle-east/) - Incredible things are happening in certain parts of the Middle East. There is a true awakening taking place amongst Muslims, a sovereign move of God like we’ve never seen in our lifetime. In one strategic area you would know well, Muslims are coming to Jesus in mass numbers. Here are some highlights: In one
- [What To Do When You Don't Know What To Do](https://www.thestonetable.org/what-to-do-when-you-dont-know-what-to-do/) - Every few weeks I find myself in the same dilemma. Entering a place far from my Christian upbringing right in the middle of my neighborhood. The atmosphere is different from anything I’ve ever known. A staunch golden buddha greets each guest as they enter. Adding to all this is a huge language barrier where
- [How Much Are You Paying For That Free Gift?](https://www.thestonetable.org/how-much-are-you-paying-for-that-free-gift/) - Chuck E. Cheese is a casino for kids. Debate me if you want, but I firmly believe the trail of ownership for this gambling franchise masquerading as a pizza place will lead you straight to Caesar’s Palace, The Mirage, and MGM Grand. The bright flashing lights. The incessantly ringing bells. The endless clang of the
- [My Day with the Afar](https://www.thestonetable.org/my-day-with-the-afar/) - This suburban boy from middle America just spent a day in the middle of nowhere. If you know anything about The Stone Table, you know we have a huge passion for the unreached places in the world. We leverage our resources, often through business as mission (BAM), to take the Gospel and plant the Church where
- [The Lostness Around Us - Live Dead](https://www.thestonetable.org/the-lostness-around-us-live-dead/) - We love hearing (and sharing) stories from the field. It helps us to see that this is more than just an idea, but that real people are being touched each and every day by those who are on the "front lines." This is a short story from our good friends at Live Dead: I spent
- [How a Poor Pastor’s Kid Embraced Entrepreneurship as His Call Into Ministry](https://www.thestonetable.org/how-a-poor-pastors-kid-embraced-entrepreneurship-as-his-call-into-ministry/) - My dad grew up in a poor pastor’s home. My grandfather pastored small Assemblies of God churches all up and down the east coast of the United States. Sometimes the church had actual money for his salary and sometimes they would have to pay him in chickens. Live chickens. My dad has vivid memories
- [A Giant of the Faith Officially Passes the Mantle](https://www.thestonetable.org/a-giant-of-the-faith-officially-passes-the-mantle/) - Tom Paino is the first man I ever called Pastor. To this day, I still can’t call him Tom. It just doesn’t feel right. He’s Pastor Tom, a title of respect that forever belongs attached to his name. His voice is as familiar to me as my own family. From the time I was a toddler
- [The Beauty of the Gospel Amidst the Horror of a Child Cemetery](https://www.thestonetable.org/the-beauty-of-the-gospel-amidst-the-horror-of-a-child-cemetery/) - A few years ago on a visit to North Africa, we visited a sobering place called the Tophet. This vast expanse lined with tiny gravestones is a primitive burial ground for little babies. But it’s really much more than a cemetery. The History For about 400 years, from 700 BC to 300 BC, ancient
- [I’m Tired of Being Thankful](https://www.thestonetable.org/im-tired-of-being-thankful/) - John Madden’s famous Six-legged Turkey is being prepped for Thursday’s NFL postgame show. Church signs are splashed with Thanksgiving themed bible verses (which, let’s admit, is a welcome change from most church sign content). Facebook walls are awash in “thankfulness challenges” and clipart quotes about turkeys and pilgrims. My kids Thanksgiving school crafts adorn the refrigerator door. Charlie Brown is
- [Some Thoughts on the Tragic Death of Missionary John Allen Chau](https://www.thestonetable.org/some-thoughts-on-the-tragic-death-of-missionary-john-allen-chau/) - I have an unwritten policy about not commenting too quickly on current events, but with the news buzzing about the tragic death of John Allen Chau, an American missionary killed while attempting to make contact with a remote Sentinelese tribe on a small island in the Indian Ocean, I’m breaking my own rule. This story has triggered a
- [From The Field: Trusting Jesus Through Every Season](https://www.thestonetable.org/from-the-field-trusting-jesus-through-every-season/) - This is a story of a Business as Mission (BAM) practitioner on the field using business as a mechanism for planting the church in areas of the world where you can’t do that with traditional missionary methods. In order to protect the work being done we will not be sharing their names or specific locations
- [What does the day to day missionary work look like in a business as missions context?](https://www.thestonetable.org/what-does-the-day-to-day-missionary-work-look-like-in-a-business-as-missions-context/) - This is a story of a Business as Mission (BAM) practitioner on the field using business as a mechanism for planting the church in areas of the world where you can’t do that with traditional missionary methods. In order to protect the work being done we will not be sharing their names or specific locations
- [The Trajectory of Christmas](https://www.thestonetable.org/the-trajectory-of-christmas/) - I have to admit, talking about my faith has always made me a bit uncomfortable. From a church pulpit? Of course. Here on the blog? No problem. It’s expected. But in normal, everyday life? It can be a little awkward trying to insert Jesus into a mailbox conversation with a dog-walking neighbor. But honestly,
- [Yes, You Are Called Into Full-Time Ministry](https://www.thestonetable.org/yes-you-are-called-into-full-time-ministry/) - “For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross.” -Colossians 1:19-20 Many of us over the years experienced a similar event, whether in a church revival, conference or
- [The Worst Christmas Ever](https://www.thestonetable.org/the-worst-christmas-ever/) - What is your worst Christmas memory? I have two worst Christmas memories. First Worst Christmas The first is one of my earliest childhood memories. I wanted a fire truck for Christmas. I had pointed it out to my parents in the window of the store where we lived in Hartford City, Indiana. It was the ONLY thing
- [Gold, Frankincense, and Work: Finding Your Job in the Christmas Story](https://www.thestonetable.org/gold-frankincense-and-work-finding-your-job-in-the-christmas-story/) - I get sappy at Christmas. I’ve always wondered if it’s the warmth of the season, the schmaltzy music, and the cheesy Hallmark movies that make me sappy, or if I’m really this sappy all the time and just cover it up the other eleven months of the year. I believe it’s probably the latter.
- [A Different Kind of New Year's Resolution](https://www.thestonetable.org/a-different-kind-of-new-years-resolution/) - A New Year is always a time for reflection. Even though nothing literally “resets” on January 1, there is this sense of a clean slate, like someone has shaken the etch-a-sketch and given us a chance to create something fresh and new. In this spirit of optimism and renewal, let me give you a
- [An Exhausting Climb Up a Dark Stairwell: My One-Day Journey into the Heart of Cairo](https://www.thestonetable.org/an-exhausting-climb-up-a-dark-stairwell-my-one-day-journey-into-the-heart-of-cairo/) - I was still struggling to grasp my surroundings as we slipped off our shoes and walked into the expansive, open-air, marbled courtyard. There were dozens of students pacing the floors, kneeling in prayer, and sitting in study groups amongst the roman pillars “harvested” from the once-plentiful churches of this ancient city. Al-Azhar. The oldest university in
- [Is It Time to Start a Revolution?](https://www.thestonetable.org/is-it-time-to-start-a-revolution/) - Nick was born into a well-to-do family in Torún, Poland. His father was a very successful business man, but he passed away unexpectedly when Nick was just 10 years old. So Nick was sent to live with his uncle, an Episcopalian Bishop, who saw to his education and upbringing from that day forward. Nick’s
- [One Serial Entrepreneur’s Legacy of Living Missionally - Part 2](https://www.thestonetable.org/one-serial-entrepreneurs-legacy-of-living-missionally-part-2/) - Last year, we interviewed Dave Cooper, founding member of The Stone Table and President of our sister company CRF Affordable Housing, about his personal journey and the genesis of these business as mission organizations that have been impacting the Kingdom of God for over a quarter of a century. It was a beautifully written
- [When Anticipation Doesn't Match Expectation](https://www.thestonetable.org/when-anticipation-dont-match-expectation/) - This is a story of a Business as Mission (BAM) practitioner on the field using business as a mechanism for planting the church in areas of the world where you can’t do that with traditional missionary methods. In order to protect the work being done we will not be sharing their names or specific
- [You Look Like Jesus](https://www.thestonetable.org/you-look-like-jesus/) - Her tag read Emily, MD but she looked like Jesus. At our first meeting she sat down right next to me, she looked me in the eyes and said start from the beginning. I’m pretty sure my mouth fell open because she was at the long list of physicians I had seen in 12
- [Embodying and Proclaiming Christ’s Kingdom Through Our Everyday Work](https://www.thestonetable.org/embodying-and-proclaiming-christs-kingdom-through-our-everyday-work/) - We love to share stories of our missionary partners on the field in a business context. We believe business is a beautiful mechanism for the gospel to flow because business, at its core, is about meeting a need and serving people. As we intentionally add value to their lives, it provides opportunities to talk
- [A Way to Think About Your Job that Just Might Change Everything](https://www.thestonetable.org/a-way-to-think-about-your-job-that-just-might-change-everything/) - I hated my food touching when I was a kid. Ok, perhaps I should be completely forthright. I [currently, right now, as a grown adult] still hate [active, present tense] when my food touches on my plate. You know, like when the juice from your green beans seeps into your mashed potatoes. That’s wrong. Disgusting. Even
- [3 Questions with a BAM Missionary in an Unreached Part of the World](https://www.thestonetable.org/3-questions-with-a-bam-missionary-in-an-unreached-part-of-the-world/) - Why is Business As Mission (BAM) so important today within your community and in your culture? BAM is a great fit in our context. We can’t enter our country on a religious visa so BAM provides us the means to enter and remain in our country. BAM has provided us a stronger visa as
- [The Sacred Donut](https://www.thestonetable.org/the-sacred-donut/) - Who could predict the longevity of a pink frosted donut with sprinkles? A tradition that began when our son was four continues today with his four-year-old daughter. A weekly trip to Dunkin’ Donuts was a highlight in the late 80’s when donuts were made on-site. The aroma of freshly-baked pastry lingered for blocks. A
- [The Great Commission is Not Optional](https://www.thestonetable.org/the-great-commission-is-not-optional/) - The colorful flags of the nations were everywhere. They adorned a cluster of poles in the parking lot. They covered the back walls and stairwells of the auditorium. A giant globe sat atop a spare change fountain in the lobby, and about 300 plaques with faces of supported workers covered the wood paneled walls
- [Where Does Your Gut Business Instinct Lead You?](https://www.thestonetable.org/where-does-your-gut-business-instinct-lead-you/) - The phone rang with some discouraging news. A project we’d been working on for months, that we thought was in the bag (at least in principle), was starting to look unexpectedly shaky. It really caught me off guard. I found my mind wandering during my other morning appointments, turning new approaches over and over
- [When Rebuilding Simply Isn't Enough](https://www.thestonetable.org/when-rebuilding-simply-isnt-enough/) - I just spent the day in Chechnya. Less than two decades ago, this Russian republic in the southern region known as the Caucuses was completely decimated by war. In fact, the UN called Chechnya the worst war-time destruction in any territory since WWII. Even as the capital city of Grozny began to rebuild, skirmishes
- [My Encounter with a Death Doctor](https://www.thestonetable.org/my-encounter-with-a-death-doctor/) - Do you remember the feeling of having “the wind knocked out of you?” I know scientifically that’s not an accurate description, but you get the picture. That happened to me today as I began the long journey home from a recent overseas trip. This is Anton. As I was sitting in the terminal waiting
- [Owning It](https://www.thestonetable.org/owning-it/) - “Something happens when you feel ownership. You no longer act like a spectator or consumer, because you’re an owner. Faith is at its best when it’s that way too. It’s best lived when it’s owned.” -Bob Goff Earlier in the day, I had spoken to a group of ministers about emotional intelligence. My time
- [Leadership Insecurity Disorder: Leading from Among Your Baggage](https://www.thestonetable.org/leadership-insecurity-disorder-leading-from-among-your-baggage/) - We all deal with insecurities. All of us. Those nagging little voices that whisper, “you’re not enough.” This, of course, is completely true. On our own, you and I are not nearly enough. These voices sort of have a point. So what do we do with all this messy stuff they stir up? Wrestling with
- [Money Wants to Buy My Happiness](https://www.thestonetable.org/money-wants-to-buy-my-happiness/) - You’re probably reading this and you were most likely not the winner of the recent Mega Millions or Powerball jackpot. While listening to the radio the other day, the hosts talked at length about the possibility of being the winner of the jackpot. The first host described with great sincerity how he would be
- [Finding Joy In Your Job](https://www.thestonetable.org/finding-joy-in-your-job/) - My flight was scheduled for 6:15am. That was wheels up. So even though I wasn’t checking any bags, that meant an 0-dark-30 arrival time at Indianapolis International. As I wandered through the terminal with a few hundred other half-sleeping passengers, I figured I had just enough time to clear security, grab an Americano from the
- [A Journey from Comfort to Capacity](https://www.thestonetable.org/a-journey-from-comfort-to-capacity/) - What is it that allows some people to achieve more than others when all else seems equal? How do I reach past the storms I am facing to fulfill my potential? How do we extend beyond our comfort zone to our capacity zone? These were some of the thoughts I was pondered while flying
- [Pursuing Boredom](https://www.thestonetable.org/pursuing-boredom/) - What if boredom is something worth going after? What if nothing is really something, something valuable?
- [Personal Responsibility](https://www.thestonetable.org/personal-responsibility/) - Personal responsibility. It’s not a terribly fun phrase, quite frankly, because it requires so much of me. Personal responsibility means that I am responsible for how I react and respond to every situation I encounter. Yet we are masters at shirking our responsibility, it has been happening since Adam tried to blame Eve for
- [Called To The Common Good](https://www.thestonetable.org/called-to-the-common-good/) - I was stressing. I had never done something like this before. The barren page stared back at me as I thought of what to write. The clock was counting down, and I only had roughly 12 hours before my assignment was due. What was I going to do? I had never done this before
- [The Power of Physical Proximity](https://www.thestonetable.org/the-power-of-physical-proximity/) - I’ve never been connected to more people in my life. Social media has made it possible for me to peer into the lives of old friends I haven’t seen since 10th grade, connect behind the scenes with inspiring leaders I like to follow, even message missionaries in realtime from the other side of the
- [Remembering Our Why: A BAM Missionary's Honest Update from the Field](https://www.thestonetable.org/remembering-our-why-a-bam-missionarys-honest-update-from-the-field/) - This is a story of a Business as Mission (BAM) practitioner on the field using business as a mechanism for planting the church in areas of the world we can’t go with traditional missionary methods. In order to protect the work being done we will not be sharing their names or specific locations for their
- [From Not For: Gospel Fuel for Your Everyday Work](https://www.thestonetable.org/from-not-for-gospel-fuel-for-your-everyday-work/) - It’s fascinating to watch these talent-oriented reality shows today. Each week, there always seems to be a contestant that bursts into tears after a great performance. Amidst the cheers of the crowd and accolades of the judges, the performer’s sentiments usually sound something like this: “I’ve worked so hard! It’s so good to finally
- [God of the Long View: A God-Sized Story 166 Years in the Making](https://www.thestonetable.org/god-of-the-long-view-a-god-sized-story-166-years-in-the-making/) - This is an excerpt from “God of the Long View,” a new book from Pastor David Wigington and Stone Table Publishing. This timely book is filled with beautiful stories of a God whose agenda is worth waiting for. The Yunnan Province is one of the most unreached places in China. It’s really hard to get
- [Origins and Endings: Eternal Meaning for Your Everyday Work](https://www.thestonetable.org/origins-and-endings-eternal-meaning-for-your-everyday-work/) - “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.” –Revelation 22:13 Have you noticed how many superhero movie series today are turning backward to show the origins of the character and the storyline? These prequels give us context we don’t otherwise have, new texture and nuance
- [A Life-Changing Encounter with a Woman Who Never Heard the Name of Jesus](https://www.thestonetable.org/a-life-changing-encounter-with-a-woman-who-never-heard-the-name-of-jesus/) - Our SUV bounced mercilessly over the rugged ground. To call these dirt paths “roads” would’ve been a generous misnomer, as stretches of definable terrain quickly gave way to an obstacle course of potholes and extreme turns that pushed our vehicle’s suspension system to its limits. We had already been driving for close to two
- [The Great Commission Does Good Things, but It's Not About Doing Good Things](https://www.thestonetable.org/the-great-commission-does-good-things-but-its-not-about-doing-good-things/) - A few years ago, I read The Poisonwood Bible, a fictional story about a missionary family who left Georgia for the African bush in the late 1950s. The patriarch was the stereotype of a typical southern Evangelical obsessed with converting the tribal heathens to Jesus at all costs, including his own family. It was
- [How Do You Define Missions? A Short Q&A with Pastor Rob Ketterling](https://www.thestonetable.org/how-do-you-define-missions-a-short-qa-with-pastor-rob-ketterling/) - This week we asked Stone Table board member, Pastor Rob Ketterling, about the heart of global missions. Rob is the founding pastor of River Valley Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the top missions giving church in the Assemblies of God fellowship. When we hear the word “missions,” it conjures up countless images and definitions. We
- [The Three Greats: Our Framework for Faith, Work, and Missions](https://www.thestonetable.org/the-three-greats-our-framework-for-faith-work-and-missions/) - Faith and Work. Business as Mission. The Gospel and the Marketplace. These are all phrases we throw around regularly in our discussion of how the Kingdom of God collides with our day jobs. It’s a big topic theologians and missiologists have wrestled with for centuries, people far smarter and more studied than I am.
- [Faith, Work, and Andrew Luck's Shocking Retirement](https://www.thestonetable.org/faith-work-and-andrew-lucks-shocking-retirement/) - I was laying in bed late Saturday night flipping back and forth between the Indianapolis Colts’ third preseason football game and other mindless drivel when my phone rang. It was my son calling. From the basement. “Dad please tell me it’s not true about Andrew Luck,” he said in a panicked tone. I flipped
- [From the Field: A Business as Mission Update from the Muslim World](https://www.thestonetable.org/from-the-field-a-business-as-mission-update-from-the-muslim-world/) - Business as Mission is the perfect mechanism for both embodying and proclaiming the Gospel all over the world, but we are seeing unique impact with this strategy among unreached people groups. At its core, business is about adding value to people’s lives, meeting a need that they cannot meet for themselves. Through business, we
- [A Gospel for the Brothel](https://www.thestonetable.org/a-gospel-for-the-brothel/) - I just returned from a week in Southeast Asia. It was my first time to this part of the world, and our whirlwind tour with a prolific, Christ-centered ministry that is rescuing young girls from the vile evils of sex-trafficking left my head spinning and my emotions reeling. It also filled me with hope.
- [Divine Fingerprints: Creation and Its Importance for Faith, Work, and Mission](https://www.thestonetable.org/divine-fingerprints-creation-and-its-importance-for-faith-work-and-mission-part-1/) - This is a multi-part series from our friend Brian Hudson of The Clapham Circle. Over the next few weeks, Brian shares how our view of Creation impacts how we see everything in life, including our daily work. You can learn more about Brian and Clapham at https://engageclapham.org. Divine Fingerprints Most Christians have read Genesis chapter
- [From the Field: BAM Dynamic Development](https://www.thestonetable.org/from-the-field-dynamic-development/) - What I think I like best about engaging in missional business is an idea I call dynamic development. Dynamic development is a mindset that allows all the differing members of a business relationship; employer or employee, customer or stakeholder, to be challenged and transformed. We didn’t set out to start business, income generating projects
- [Which Way Are you Facing?](https://www.thestonetable.org/which-way-are-you-facing/) - On a recent day-tour of Paris proper, I learned the story of Eugène Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc, the young French architect who redesigned and rebuilt the famous spire of the Notre Dame Cathedral (yes, the stunning spire recently destroyed by a horrific fire). Following the French Revolution, many of Paris’s ornate churches were torn to the
- [Pray for Nick: An Update from the Mission Field](https://www.thestonetable.org/pray-for-nick-an-update-from-the-mission-field/) - This is a story of a Business as Mission (BAM) practitioner on the field using business as a mechanism for planting the church in areas of the world you can’t go with traditional missionary methods. In order to protect the work being done there, we will not share the names of the workers or
- [This is Me, Resurrected](https://www.thestonetable.org/this-is-me-resurrected/) - I took one for the team gentlemen. Hugh Jackman’s world tour came through Indianapolis this weekend, and I decided that taking my wife of 24 years to see this handsome triple-threat heartthrob was a great anniversary gift. She seemed to agree. It was 2 1/2 hours of The Greatest Showman soundtrack and other schmaltzy
- [Work Is Not The Enemy](https://www.thestonetable.org/work-is-not-the-enemy/) - When I looked at my calendar last week I noticed something unusual. There was nothing, literally zero little colored blocks, on the Saturday column. It was glorious discovery and I embraced it fully. I slept until I naturally woke up (which unfortunately isn’t very late for me anymore), spent the morning drinking coffee and
- [Is It Ok To Ask God Why?](https://www.thestonetable.org/is-it-ok-to-ask-god-why/) - My wife and I packed up our life in one city and started over in another place. After a year learning Arabic and immersing ourselves in Arab culture, it was time to put these things to use. In some ways we felt very blessed. Here in our new city, we are taking up the
- [A Jaw-Dropping Missions Story 25 Years In The Making](https://www.thestonetable.org/a-jaw-dropping-missions-story-25-years-in-the-making/) - God’s sovereign will is unfolding all around us everyday in thousands of different ways we will never see or fully comprehend. Occasionally, He gives us a little glimpse into how He is orchestrating His Story in the world. This was one of those moments. Stone Table board member and pastor of Cornerstone Christian Fellowship,
- [We Were Made for This](https://www.thestonetable.org/we-were-made-for-this/) - This article was originally published at LiveDead.org and was reposted here with their permission. Our friends and partners at LiveDead give their lives to take the Gospel to the unreached people of the earth, often utilizing business and the marketplace to engage the culture with the message of Jesus. We are grateful for their
- [Business is Reaching People for Jesus Across the Globe, and It Can Right Here at Home Too](https://www.thestonetable.org/business-is-reaching-people-for-jesus-across-the-globe-and-it-can-right-here-at-home-too/) - Your job is a beautiful platform for the Gospel. I’m not just talking about putting a Bible on your desk, wearing a cross necklace to a business meeting, or displaying a 365 days of Scripture calendar in your office. All those things are fine and dandy, but I’m referring to the work itself; the
- [The Danger of Feeling Entitled: A Thanksgiving Reminder](https://www.thestonetable.org/the-danger-of-feeling-entitled-a-thanksgiving-reminder/) - Because of our global missions engagement, I’ve had to do a fair bit of international travel over the last 5 years. Long hours on airplanes is not easy, but I won’t lie, interacting with so many missionaries around the world is worth the countless stiff necks, merciless jet lag, battles for overhead bin space,
- [Jesus’ Way Is Not Popular](https://www.thestonetable.org/jesus-way-is-not-popular/) - This article was originally published at LiveDead.org and was reposted here with their permission. Our friends and partners at LiveDead give their lives to take the Gospel to the unreached people of the earth, often utilizing business and the marketplace to engage the culture with the message of Jesus. We are grateful for their friendship and
- [Two Bottom Lines](https://www.thestonetable.org/two-bottom-lines/) - This is a story of a Business as Mission (BAM) practitioner on the field using business as a mechanism for planting the church in areas of the world you can’t go with traditional missionary methods. In order to protect the work being done there, we will not share the names of the workers or
- [Hope Has Come: A Christmas Reminder](https://www.thestonetable.org/hope-has-come-a-christmas-reminder/) - The older I get, the more emotional I become. Lump in the throat, watery eyes, sheepishly blaming it on seasonal allergies (all year long) kind of moments. Maybe I’ve always been this sappy, maybe my three kids are just morphing into daily reminders of time’s fleeting passage… …or maybe it’s something completely different. I
- [The Stone Table Joins with Ten Churches and Multiple Businesses to Raise $1.31 Million for Missions](https://www.thestonetable.org/the-stone-table-joins-with-ten-churches-and-multiple-businesses-to-raise-1-31-million-for-missions/) - “This could be our biggest offering ever.” That phrase ended up being prophetic. As we stood in a gathering of local women caught in the sex trade at what is known as the Red Light District Church in Southeast Asia, the emotions literally drained us. But we all felt deeply that God wanted to
- [Four Lies We Believe About Faith and Work](https://www.thestonetable.org/four-lies-we-believe-about-faith-and-work/) - Your work matters to God. Twelve years ago, I explored platforms that would embrace the biblical truth of faith and work. I reset my career and came to North Central University to engage in these Scriptures with a new generation who needs to know that they can wholeheartedly and radically serve God no matter
- [Russia: People of Peace](https://www.thestonetable.org/russia-people-of-peace/) - Depending on your age, Russia may conjure up images of Rocky IV, Red Dawn, the Evil Empire, or the Mueller Report. But amidst all the cultural caricatures, God is doing something beautiful today in this sprawling country that covers 11 different time zones. Our friends at LiveDead are engaging some exciting Kingdom work in
- [A Simple Prayer to Find Renewed Meaning and Contentment in Your Calling](https://www.thestonetable.org/a-simple-prayer-to-find-renewed-meaning-and-contentment-in-your-calling/) - "You are God. I am not." I try to pray some form of this prayer multiple times a day. Not because I fear God is having some kind of identity crisis. I know He’s been around forever and all, but He’s not suffering from dementia. As I declare His identity back to Him, I’m
- [When the Great Commission Moves In Nextdoor](https://www.thestonetable.org/when-the-great-commission-moves-in-nextdoor/) - I’ve traveled over a half-million miles in the last 5 years. Fifteen different countries by a quick tally. Part of The Stone Table’s organizational mandate is to accelerate The Great Commission through the marketplace, and that Great Commission commands believers to go into all the world to make disciples. We long to help the Gospel
- [I Am Not Retired, I'm Repurposed](https://www.thestonetable.org/i-am-not-retired-im-repurposed/) - A few years back, I shared a pertinent revelation that Retirement is not in the Bible. Today, I believe that even more deeply. I am not retired. I’m repurposed. In the intervening year-and-a-half since I stepped away from my “day-job” of 40+ years, I’ve embraced gradually growing responsibilities with One Mission Society. My original role –
- [Do You Hate Your Job? This May Be Why](https://www.thestonetable.org/do-you-hate-your-job-this-may-be-why/) - No one overtly taught me about the origins of work. It was more of an assumed theology, ideas inferred from other biblical teaching or even popular culture. I don’t know about you, but I always had this image of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, laying in the lush grass next to
- [Circle City Fellows: What You Do for a Living Matters in God’s Kingdom](https://www.thestonetable.org/circle-city-fellows-what-you-do-for-a-living-matters-in-gods-kingdom/) - Tables are gathering places, and The Stone Table is a Gospel gathering place. That’s a key phrase we continue to use when discussing The Stone Table’s strategic vision and role in the Kingdom. We routinely remind ourselves we don’t have to create everything ourselves. We can join hands with others in the Body of
- [I Will Not Be Shaken](https://www.thestonetable.org/i-will-not-be-shaken/) - As both a pastor and a marketplace leader, I’ve given out a lot of advice over the years. It’s easy to objectively see things in other people’s lives and to offer much-needed encouragement and perspective. But what happens when your own advice is staring right back at you? That’s where I find myself today
- [Why Giving to Your Church Right Now Might Be More Important than Ever](https://www.thestonetable.org/why-giving-to-your-church-right-now-might-be-more-important-than-ever/) - Keep giving to your local church. Perhaps I’m the right one to say this as I have no direct personal upside from the conversation. What I do have is a deep belief in God’s Word, a love for the mission of God in the world, and a network of dear friends leading this charge
- [What Makes the Christian Experience Different in Times Like These?](https://www.thestonetable.org/what-makes-the-christian-experience-different-in-times-like-these/) - Like the rest of the world, I’m wrestling with the emotions of this historical moment we are living through. I ride the waves of encouragement and despair, parsing the data, looking for voices I can trust, trying to find some glimpses of hope as the global war on Coronavirus rages all around us. The
- [How To Celebrate Easter In The Hospital](https://www.thestonetable.org/how-to-celebrate-easter-in-the-hospital/) - As I began to think about Holy Week, I remembered this article I wrote a few years ago from a hospital bed on Easter morning. In light of all we are facing right now, all the sorrow, the sickness, the anxiety, pain, and loss, I thought it might be an encouragement to many of
- [It's Okay to Say You Care About the Economy](https://www.thestonetable.org/its-ok-to-say-you-care-about-the-economy/) - There’s a scene in the iconic Frank Capra classic, It’s a Wonderful Life, where George Bailey fights off a run on the Savings and Loan. In the chaos that ensues, Bailey successfully talks down a lobby full of panicked customers demanding the immediate withdrawal of their cash by helping them understand one aspect of
- [Profitable Business Dedicated to God is Transforming Lives](https://www.thestonetable.org/profitable-business-dedicated-to-god-is-transforming-lives/) - Our friends at Sinapis are doing beautiful work through raising up and empowering Kingdom-minded entrepreneurs in poor countries around the world. We are big believers that business is vital part of God’s Kingdom work, both here at home and to the ends of the earth. Sometimes it's hard for people to see this through
- [Crisis Reveals What We Worship and We Are All Worshipping Something](https://www.thestonetable.org/crisis-reveals-what-we-worship-and-we-are-all-worshipping-something/) - Earlier this year, my brother-in-law visited a dear friend who lives in the Middle East. They spent a day traveling to historic sites, including what many archaeologists now believe is the actual Mt. Sinai where Moses received the Ten Commandments. At the base of this mountain are a series of ancient drawings etched in
- [Stick the Landing: Why Focus is Vital in this Season of Quarantine](https://www.thestonetable.org/stick-the-landing-why-focus-is-vital-in-this-season-of-quarantine/) - If I had a dollar for every time I’ve said, read, or heard “these are strange times,” I’d be able to take my wife out for a really great dinner; that is, of course, whenever we’re once again allowed to go to a restaurant. Indeed, these are truly unprecedented days. The word that the
- [Making Much of Little in this Season of Uncertainty](https://www.thestonetable.org/making-much-of-little-in-this-season-of-uncertainty/) - More than a dozen years ago we were working in a war zone in Northern Uganda. It seemed there were needs all around us. No amount of resources could seemingly meet all the needs that were represented by these precious people. Murders, abductions, mutilations and many other atrocities by rebels forced nearly 2 million
- [When We Go To Work, We Love Our Neighbor](https://www.thestonetable.org/when-we-go-to-work-we-love-our-neighbor/) - A few years ago, our company adopted an unofficial motto: We wash feet. It really stuck. I see it regularly on email tag-lines, hear it in meeting discussions, even see it in pictures and graphics hung around our offices. We’re in the housing business, we’re not podiatrists. We lease apartments, we don’t give pedicures.
- [I Don't Think I'm a Racist, But I Know I'm a Sinner](https://www.thestonetable.org/i-dont-think-im-a-racist-but-i-know-im-a-sinner/) - About three weeks into Indiana’s Coronavirus “Stay At Home” order, my 18-year old daughter and I were looking for (another) movie to watch. A few year’s back, I listened to the audiobook of Just Mercy, Bryan Stevenson’s powerful account of fighting to overturn wrongful death row convictions in Alabama over the last 30 years.
- [Redeeming Coronavirus: How Stay at Home Orders Are Leading to Freedom for Enslaved Girls](https://www.thestonetable.org/redeeming-coronavirus-how-stay-at-home-orders-are-leading-to-freedom-for-enslaved-girls/) - Over the past three months, COVID-19 has literally shutdown the global economy. We’ve talked about it extensively here at The Stone Table, because we believe the marketplace is part of God’s sacred design. The economy is one of the key ways we can glorify God and love our neighbor. So it's been an incredibly
- [Beauty From Ashes: How God is Redeeming the COVID-19 Pandemic to Free Trafficking Victims](https://www.thestonetable.org/beauty-from-ashes-how-god-is-redeeming-the-covid-19-pandemic-to-free-trafficking-victims/) - Project Rescue ministers to helpless women and children who have been trapped in the sex trade by evil traffickers who trick them into moving to the cities with false promises of employment. But, for the first time in our lifetime, the sex trafficking industry is virtually shut down. Most of the brothels are closed.
- [We are First and Foremost Image Bearers of God](https://www.thestonetable.org/we-are-first-and-foremost-image-bearers-of-god/) - I’ve defined myself a number of different ways over the course of my years on this earth. I will often open my speaking engagements by telling the audience I’m probably the most confused person in the room, yet they gave me the microphone. Here’s why. I started my college career as a music major
- [Finding Your Dream Job Where You Never Expected](https://www.thestonetable.org/finding-your-dream-job-where-you-never-expected/) - The other day I was talking with a friend that was helping me brainstorm creative solutions to some roadblocks we are having with our BAM (Business as Mission) in Southeast Asia. In the midst of this conversation, she made a comment that rattled me for a bit. She said, “you know, for many American women
- [Lessons Learned During COVID-19](https://www.thestonetable.org/lessons-learned-during-covid-19/) - During my corporate years, a common activity following an unexpected issue was a “lessons learned” meeting or “after action review”. The purpose of these meetings was not to problem solve but rather to glean learnings that could be helpful in either preventing future occurrences or being better prepared if they happened again. Since 2004
- [Pessimism is Easy, But We Are People of Hope](https://www.thestonetable.org/pessimism-is-easy-but-we-are-people-of-hope/) - Every NFL season, I embrace pessimism with a passion. Even when my Indianapolis Colts were rattling off perennial double-digit wins by mid-November during the Peyton Manning regime, I always assumed a gut-wrenching loss was imminent. It’s an emotional predisposition that has stuck with me to this day. Those who follow me on social media know that
- [To Be Known](https://www.thestonetable.org/to-be-known/) - This article was originally published at LiveDead.org and was reposted here with their permission. Our friends and partners at LiveDead give their lives to take the Gospel to the unreached people of the earth, often utilizing business and the marketplace to engage the culture with the message of Jesus. We are grateful for their friendship and
- [Virtual Connections Will Never Replace the Power of Being Physically Present with Other People](https://www.thestonetable.org/virtual-connections-will-never-replace-the-power-of-being-physically-present-with-other-people/) - A few years back I spent three days in Djibouti. Outside of the non-stop jokes that the pronunciation of this country’s name produces (they just write themselves, folks), our time on the Horn of Africa also gifted me one of my favorite stories to share over long dinner conversation. Djibouti City is not exactly
- [The Danger of Insecure Leaders and How Not to Be One](https://www.thestonetable.org/the-danger-of-insecure-leaders-and-how-not-to-be-one/) - In my 40+ years of experience following leaders in fields of business as well as churches and missions organizations, I’ve identified one factor that, for me, is the greatest single differentiator between a good leader and a poor one. Want to hear what that is? Hands down, it’s security. Whether in the workplace or
- [Confusion Abounds: Is This Our Tower of Babel Moment?](https://www.thestonetable.org/confusion-abounds-is-this-our-tower-of-babel-moment/) - Do you remember way back in 2017 when the most controversial thing on the internet was the picture of a dress? To this day, it’s a color-phenomenon simply referred to as “the dress,” where different people looked at the exact same picture and saw two completely different images. Some clearly – adamantly – saw
- [Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells His Story?](https://www.thestonetable.org/who-lives-who-dies-who-tells-his-story/) - Like most of the world, my family has become infatuated (perhaps mildly obsessed) with the musical Hamilton. We had heard the hype, but until Disney released it to the adulation of the COVID-quarantined masses, we didn’t really understand. While the prude in me found the occasional salty language a bit unnecessary, you cannot deny the
- [Life in the Shadowlands: God's Servants Aren't Free from Suffering](https://www.thestonetable.org/life-in-the-shadowlands-gods-servants-arent-free-from-suffering/) - In the fall of 2018, I spent three days in one of the most uncomfortable countries I’ve ever visited. We were on the ground with a business-as-mission team led by a dear friend, a former businessman whose family walked away from their American dream to plant the church among one of the most unreached
- [Thirteen Deaths](https://www.thestonetable.org/thirteen-deaths/) - This article was originally published at LiveDead.org and was reposted here with their permission. Our friends and partners at LiveDead give their lives to take the Gospel to the unreached people of the earth, often utilizing business and the marketplace to engage the culture with the message of Jesus. We are grateful for their friendship and
- [From the Field: A Global Pandemic Can’t Stop the Great Commission](https://www.thestonetable.org/from-the-field-a-global-pandemic-cant-stop-the-great-commission/) - Our friends at LiveDead live and work among the 3 billion unreached people around the world today. One of the main ways they do this is through BAM (Business as Mission), adding value to a local community through entrepreneurship, job creation, and meeting needs through the marketplace. Like here in the States, COVID-19 and
- [When Silk Cut Stone: Learning to Be Patient with God's Process](https://www.thestonetable.org/when-silk-cut-stone-learning-to-be-patient-with-gods-process/) - This is an excerpt from “God of the Long View,” a book by Pastor David Wigington and Stone Table Publishing. This timely book is filled with beautiful stories of missions, ministry, and a God whose agenda is worth waiting for. You can also check out the God of the Long View message series at Bloomington Cornerstone’s YouTube
- [Your Work Is Sacred (I Don't Care What Your Job Is, Yes Yours)](https://www.thestonetable.org/your-work-is-sacred-i-dont-care-what-your-job-is-yes-yours/) - I spent a week at church camp every summer when I was a kid. Some of the most formative God-encounters of my young faith happened in the old, rusted-out airplane hangar that served as the campground sanctuary. Hartford City, Indiana was hardly the urban center its name implies. The water table in this rural,
- [Success isn't Being Known, Success is Being Faithful](https://www.thestonetable.org/success-isnt-being-known-success-is-being-faithful/) - When my phone displayed the name of my friend and former pastor on the caller ID late Saturday night, I figured he was calling about some of the global missions fundraising work we are doing together. His news left me speechless. A woman we have both known for decades, a long-time member of his
- [Insecure Leadership Part 2: How Not to Be One](https://www.thestonetable.org/insecure-leadership-part-2-how-not-to-be-one/) - In a recent post, I unpacked some thoughts on “The Danger of Insecure Leaders and How Not to Be One.” As a follow-up, I'd like to drill down a bit further into “how not to be one." Serving under an insecure leader is incredibly difficult. But being an insecure leader is a whole other matter. Romans
- [We've Always Lived in a Fallen World, 2020 is Just Overachieving](https://www.thestonetable.org/weve-always-lived-in-a-fallen-world-2020-is-just-overachieving/) - “Okay, who had Yellowstone supervolcano for June?" The year 2020 will undoubtedly go down in history as a year of turmoil. The internet is filled with this constant reminder, from fear-filled new stories to humorous memes placing each new bizarre “plague” on a betting board and calling them out like bingo. Coronavirus, economic upheaval,
- [A Missionary's Perspective on the Impact of Credible Business in Sharing the Gospel](https://www.thestonetable.org/a-missionarys-perspective-on-the-impact-of-credible-business-in-sharing-the-gospel/) - This excerpt is from a longer article that originally appeared on the LiveDead blog and as a post at Biblical Missiology. It was shared with their permission. Our friends and partners at LiveDead give their lives to take the Gospel to the unreached people of the earth, often utilizing business and the marketplace to engage
- [A Constant State of Road Rage: Politics, Power, and Jesus](https://www.thestonetable.org/a-constant-state-of-road-rage-politics-power-and-jesus/) - This article is an adaptation of my sermon notes from a message I preached at Brownsburg Vinyard Church called Jesus and the Positions of Power. Thanks to my friend, Dr. Jason Kennedy, for sharing some of his past sermon notes with me which are reflected in the section on tribalism. I hope this speaks
- [The World is Hungry for Jesus and Marketplace Believers Can Help](https://www.thestonetable.org/the-world-is-hungry-for-jesus-and-marketplace-believers-can-help/) - "I've always been drawn to Jesus, I just never had anyone to talk with about Him before until I met you." This was the story I heard yesterday over lunch with some of my favorite missionary friends. Because of the sensitivity of their location and their work, I won't use their names or the
- [How Does the Church Unify After this Contentious Season?](https://www.thestonetable.org/how-does-the-church-unify-after-this-contentious-season/) - The most contentious election of my life has now come and gone. Or should I say has now come and is still sort of going? We are a passionately divided nation. Even scarier, we seem to be a passionately divided Church. We have Christians from all sides of the aisle who support their various
- [A Mission to Unreached People 25 Years in The Making](https://www.thestonetable.org/a-mission-to-unreached-people-25-years-in-the-making/) - God’s mission to unreached peoples is unfolding all around us every day in thousands of different ways we will never see or fully comprehend. Occasionally, He gives us a little glimpse into how He is orchestrating His mission to unreached peoples. This was one of those moments. Stone Table board member and pastor of Cornerstone Christian
- [Mission to Unreached Peoples: Three Stories from the Middle East](https://www.thestonetable.org/mission-to-unreached-peoples-three-stories-from-the-middle-east/) - The Gospel mission to unreached peoples is going out, to places we are taught to fear and cultures we often shun. There is a true awakening taking place amongst Muslims! They are coming to Jesus like never before, quite literally by the thousands. But the mission to these unreached peoples isn’t without a cost. Mission to Unreached Peoples Story #1: Persecution Back in 2018, a young Muslim man
- [B4T: What is Business for Transformation?](https://www.thestonetable.org/b4t-what-is-business-for-transformation/) - We throw around a lot of terms here at The Stone Table when it comes to our efforts to engage the marketplace and the mission of God in the world. Besides Business for Transformation (B4T), we often say Business as Mission (BAM), Tentmaking, and lots of other things. Patrick Lai, author of Business for Transformation
- [Transforming Lives Through Principles of Biblical Entrepreneurship ](https://www.thestonetable.org/transforming-lives-through-principles-of-biblical-entrepreneurship/) - Our friends at Sinapis are doing beautiful work raising up people by practicing principles of biblical entrepreneurship in poor countries around the world. We are big believers in exercising business principles where biblical entrepreneurship is at the center. Business dealings are a vital part of God’s Kingdom work, both here at home and to the ends of the earth. Sometimes it’s hard for people to see this
- [What is Assemblies of God World Missions? (AGWM)](https://www.thestonetable.org/what-is-assemblies-of-god-world-missions-agwm/) - The Stone Table has been deeply connected with AGWM Missions (otherwise known as Assemblies of God World Missions) even before our official inception. At over a century old, AGWM Missions is one of the largest and most historically effective missions organizations in the world. A majority of our global mission investing has been in AGWM Missions and AGWM missionaries. As outside partners
- [Mission to Unreached Peoples: Three Stories of Prayer from the Mission Field](https://www.thestonetable.org/mission-to-unreached-peoples-three-stories-of-prayer-from-the-mission-field/) - We love hearing (and sharing) stories about the mission to the unreached peoples around the world. It helps us to see that this is more than just an idea, but that real people are being touched each and every day by not only Assembly of God Missionaries, but others who are on the front lines in the mission to unreached peoples. Today, I have three
- [Daily Reflections for Work during Christmas: God with Us and The Sacred Donut](https://www.thestonetable.org/daily-reflections-for-work-during-christmas-god-with-us-and-the-sacred-donut/) - I get sappy at Christmas. I’ve always wondered if it’s the warmth of the season, the schmaltzy music, and the cheesy Hallmark movies that make me sappy, or if I’m really this sappy all the time and just cover it up the other eleven months of the year. I believe it’s probably the latter.
- [A Year in Review - Faith, Hope, and Love for 2021 ](https://www.thestonetable.org/a-year-in-review-faith-hope-and-love-for-2021/) - When we look back at 2020, it’s hard not to think about all of the struggles this year has brought us. This was not a normal year by any sense of the imagination. Even though I’m sure most of us are glad that the year is over, we know that God was in the midst of it. I wanted to give you something that I hope will help you as we move
- [Assembly of God Missionaries Serving on Mission Trips: Unexpected Blessings When the Evening Comes](https://www.thestonetable.org/assembly-of-god-missionaries-serving-on-mission-trips-unexpected-blessings-when-the-evening-comes/) - I have two missions stories for you back from 2018 that may be good reminders during the times we find ourselves in. One is where my family had the privilege of serving on a mission trip with other Assembly of God Missionaries in Ethiopia, and the other is from Karen Cooper and her frightful trip to Honduras. While these trips were hard in the moment, both have changed us for the better. Some of you may have read these stories when they
- [The Danger of Workism](https://www.thestonetable.org/the-danger-of-workism/) - I started taking piano lessons when I was four. I had a knack for it, and as I got older my discipline to work at it matured, too. My elementary school peers knew me as the piano-kid. I was the student who always knew the theory answers in music class. I accompanied the school
- [Principles of Biblical Entrepreneurship and Leadership: What You do and Who You Are Matters to God](https://www.thestonetable.org/principles-of-biblical-entrepreneurship-and-leadership-what-you-do-and-who-you-are-matters-to-god/) - Before we talk about principles of biblical entrepreneurship, I’ll let you know our family was (and still is) a huge fan of the TV Show Psych, where a quick-witted smart-aleck with a photographic memory deceives the Santa Barbara police department into believing he has supernatural crime-solving abilities. My kids can probably still quote some Shawn Spencer quips better than they can the Bible or even principles about biblical entrepreneurship (and I’m not
- [Daily Reflections for Work & What the Bible Says About Work.](https://www.thestonetable.org/daily-reflections-for-work-what-the-bible-says-about-work/) - Here at The Stone Table, daily reflections on our work give us opportunities to celebrate its sacredness every day. Whether you're a brain surgeon or sweep floors, redeemed by the Gospel, your work matters. Getting daily reflections on your work and hearing what the Bible says about work is a message so many of us never grew up hearing. So, when we see scriptures on business in the Bible and notice it being lived out well, we like to
- [What the Bible Says About Work: The House Where Grace Lived](https://www.thestonetable.org/what-the-bible-says-about-work-the-house-where-grace-lived/) - Today’s feature is a creative story surrounding the “work underneath our work.” This story is a beautiful illustration of what the Bible says about work we can’t do for ourselves so that our work can become what it was designed to be. Maybe you too, have taken a journey to The House Where Grace Lived… It was a beautiful house.
- [The Great Commission: Interview with Dick Brogden](https://www.thestonetable.org/the-great-commission-interview-with-dick-brogden/) - Posted by Erik Cooper | February 24, 2021 | Missions, Resources | 0 | This article transcription on the Great Commission was transcribed from a conversation with Assemblies of God missionary Dick Brogden, a global leader of the LiveDead movement. In this part of our conversation, Dick outlines why the entire Bible is a Great Commission story, why global missions must be a non-negotiable passion for every follower of Jesus, and why the Commission's focus of the Great Commission on unreached
- [Bible Verses On Entrepreneurship: Tithing and Greed](https://www.thestonetable.org/bible-verses-on-entrepreneurship-tithing-and-greed/) - Before we get to bible verses about Entrepreneurship or reference any Bible verses on Missions, I need to say: Keep giving to your local church! Perhaps I’m the right one to say this as I have no direct personal upside from the conversation. What I do have is a deep belief and love of God’s Word, and some knowledge of bible verses on Entrepreneurship that also refer to our giving as Christians. I
- [The Great Commission: Let's Recommit to What Matters](https://www.thestonetable.org/the-great-commission-lets-recommit-to-what-matters/) - I grew up at Lakeview Church on the West Side of Indy under the pastoral leadership of a pastor named Tom Paino. To say Pastor Tom had a passion for global missions and The Great Commission would be like saying Peyton Manning is sort of good at football (you notice, I avoided Tom Brady
- [What the Bible Says About Work: Integrity in Leadership](https://www.thestonetable.org/what-the-bible-says-about-work-integrity-in-leadership/) - Recently, I was asked to record a series of messages for African church planting leaders about the Character of a Leader. My #1, lead topic was a no-brainer … INTEGRITY!!! Integrity in leadership is fundamental, it’s the foundation upon which all else is built. When integrity in leadership is missing, whether immediately or much
- [Scriptures on Servanthood: Leading from Baggage and Gospel Insights](https://www.thestonetable.org/scriptures-on-servanthood-leading-from-baggage-and-gospel-insights/) - For our discussion on the theology of work today, I thought I would bring some scriptures on servanthood and insecurity. We all deal with insecurities. All of us. Those nagging little voices that whisper, “you’re not enough.” This, of course, is entirely true. On our own, you and I are not nearly enough. These voices
- [The Work Under Your Work is Finished](https://www.thestonetable.org/the-work-under-your-work-is-finished/) - I visited our latest construction site this week. Glasswater Creek of Whitestown will be a 126 unit affordable assisted living and independent living facility in one of Indianapolis’ most up-and-coming suburbs. Whitestown will be the third in our Glasswater Creek housing brand, providing high-quality, affordable options for lower-income seniors who typically see assisted living
- [Daily Reflections for Work: Scripture on Business, Work, and Happiness](https://www.thestonetable.org/daily-reflections-for-work-scripture-on-business-work-and-happiness/) - Today, I thought I would give you some anecdotes on what the Bible says about work and some things that you can use as daily reflections for work throughout your day. Researcher Christian Smith uncovered some fascinating insights while working on the National Study for Youth and Religion at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill a few
- [Bible Verses on Entrepreneurship: A Step-by-Step Guide to Effective Prayer](https://www.thestonetable.org/bible-verses-on-entrepreneurship-a-step-by-step-guide-to-effective-prayer/) - Let’s be honest; it’s hard to pray. At least consistently. Daily. Effectively. With everything that is going in the world current, it may be hard to go to the One who is supposedly in charge of it all. However, we can spout all the super-spiritual mantras about prayer or bible verses about entrepreneurship that
- [Update: What The Gospel Says About Racism in 2021](https://www.thestonetable.org/update-what-the-gospel-says-about-racism-in-2021/) - In light of the Derek Chauvin verdict, we want to revisit this article from last summer. In these highly charged emotional moments, let’s remember to look to Jesus. We are grateful for the law and glimpses of temporal, human justice. But ultimately, the Gospel is the only power that can supernaturally transform the human
- [Renewable Relationships: Why Missions to Unreached Peoples and Business as Missions Fit Perfectly Together](https://www.thestonetable.org/renewable-relationships-why-missions-to-unreached-peoples-with-business-and-missions-fit-perfectly-together/) - When I was a kid, the term “missionary” carried a particular mental image. It was usually some brave super-Christian living in the sub-Saharan wilderness preaching the mission to unreached peoples who lived in grass huts. I knew a few missionary families, which is how my young mind assumed they lived and worked. We were
- [BAM Careers: Stories While Teaching English](https://www.thestonetable.org/bam-careers-stories-while-teaching-english/) - Whether BAM careers or BAM consulting interests you, know that your current day job is a beautiful platform for the Gospel before you get there. I’m referring to the work itself, the actual act of working, serving, adding value to the lives of other people in big and small ways. Even though BAM careers or BAM
- [Your Safety Serving in Mission Is Not God’s #1 Priority](https://www.thestonetable.org/your-safety-serving-in-mission-is-not-gods-1-priority/) - I had the opportunity to travel to Russia a few years back with some Assembly of God Missionaries working among the Russian people. We flew on our fan-favorite Delta Airlines to and from Moscow’s Sheremetyevo International Airport. Before we started serving in the mission ahead of us, the in-country airline to St. Petersburg really
- [Is The Great Commission for Today?](https://www.thestonetable.org/is-the-great-commission-for-today/) - This article was written by a missionary practitioner on the field engaging in cross-cultural missions work in one of the most unreached places in the world. In order to protect them and the work being done there, we will not be sharing names or specific locations for their protection. In 1876, when Lilias Trotter was
- [Faith Driven Entrepreneurship: Embracing “Work Theology” and the Call to Ministry](https://www.thestonetable.org/faith-driven-entrepreneurship-embracing-work-theology-and-the-call-to-ministry/) - It’s hard to jump into a new television series in season 3. You have no context for the characters, why they act the way they do, how they’re connected to one another, or where they’re going. Perhaps you can piece together enough to get your bearings, but you miss so much depth in the storyline by
- [Principles of Biblical Entrepreneurship: When the Pillar Moves](https://www.thestonetable.org/principles-of-biblical-entrepreneurship-when-the-pillar-moves/) - One of the principles of biblical entrepreneurship was accomplished this week in our business. In fact, we did something we have only done one other time in the three decades. We sold a property. No, one of the principles of biblical entrepreneurship isn’t selling property! Let me explain. Our sister real
- [BAM from the Field: Dynamic Development](https://www.thestonetable.org/bam-consulting-from-the-field-dynamic-development/) - What I think I like best about engaging in the gospel mission through BAM is an idea I call dynamic development. Dynamic development is a mindset that allows all the different members of a business relationship, employer or employee, customer or stakeholder, to be challenged and transformed. I happen to use this a few years
- [BAM Continued: Lessons on Seasons and Superiority](https://www.thestonetable.org/bam-consulting-continued-lessons-on-seasons-and-superiority/) - (The two stories given today are of Business as Mission practitioners on the field using business as a mechanism for planting the church in areas of the world where you can’t do that with traditional missionary methods. To protect the BAM consulting work being done, we will not be sharing their names or specific locations
- [Daily Reflections for Work: The Balance of Work and Boredom](https://www.thestonetable.org/daily-reflections-for-work-the-balance-of-work-and-boredom/) - One of my daily reflections on work I have for you is, what if we tried to be bored? I mean, really went after it with gusto! Got our Seinfeld on and created a half-hour about nothing? What if we pursued boredom? We see the countless articles, studies, and news stories opining on the
- [Mission to Unreached Peoples: Two Stories from the African Field](https://www.thestonetable.org/mission-to-unreached-peoples-two-stories-from-the-african-field/)
- [The Sacred vs. Secular Divide: How to Think About Your Work](https://www.thestonetable.org/the-sacred-vs-secular-divide-how-to-think-about-your-work/) - Did anyone else grow up going to summer church camp? Every summer, I spent a week in Hartford City, Indiana, at Lake Placid campground, home of the sanctuary made out of a rusty old airplane hanger. The place had sulfur-infused water that smelled like rotten eggs and also is the site of some of
- [BAM: The Power of We, Bottom Lines, and Expectations](https://www.thestonetable.org/bam-consulting-the-power-of-we-bottom-lines-and-expectations/) - How can Business as Mission, bring true Kingdom impact to the people around us? Well, a couple years ago, I spent 8 days in China with a group of pastors and businessmen. We spent a week exploring some powerful new BAM platforms taking root in the area. We plan to join together in raising BAM
- [Mission to Unreached Peoples: Coming Alive and Seeking the Source](https://www.thestonetable.org/mission-to-unreached-peoples-coming-alive-and-seeking-the-source/) - A few years ago, in her mission to unreached peoples in Africa, a white woman from Wisconsin in her own words, was “all dry-cleaning and catered lunches.” She moved hours from civilization to the middle of the African bush and married a tribal leader from an unreached people group. In a Christian’s mission to
- [BAM: Leveraging the CrossFit Craze for Missions](https://www.thestonetable.org/bam-consulting-leveraging-the-crossfit-craze-for-missions/) - Back in 2017, The Stone Table partnered with four Indiana churches to underwrite the start-up costs of a small portfolio of BAM (Business as Mission) projects around the world. One of the most impactful (and let’s face it, most fun) is a CrossFit Gym in Alexandria, Egypt. The Crossfit craze is not limited to the West
- [Daily Reflections of Work: Three Principles Worth Considering](https://www.thestonetable.org/daily-reflections-of-work-three-principles-worth-considering/) - Recently, I was thinking about business and life, and I realized that I tend to have many daily reflections of the work I do. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t reflect on my work every day, 24/7, but I’ll notice when specific ideas start to come up more during certain times, usually when I’m
- [Workism: The Most Terrifying Thing I Face as a Christian Marketplace Leader](https://www.thestonetable.org/workism-the-most-terrifying-thing-i-face-as-a-christian-marketplace-leader/) - Being a leader of any kind is scary. The responsibility can be incredibly heavy – for the vision, for the finances, for the people, for the impact on your family. But over the past few years, I've uncovered the most terrifying reality I face as a Christian leader in the marketplace. It literally keeps
- [BAM Consulting: God is Using Business to Plant the Church](https://www.thestonetable.org/bam-consulting-god-is-using-business-to-plant-the-church/) - We have a passion for unreached people groups and BAM consulting here at The Stone Table. Three billion people around the world have no adequate witness of the Gospel, and a major portion of our mission investment is aimed at proclaiming Jesus and planting the Church in these unreached places One of our key partners
- [Workism and Worship: A Student’s Perspective](https://www.thestonetable.org/workism-and-worship-a-students-perspective/) - Preunderstanding: What is Workism? Workism is “the belief that work is not only necessary to economic production, but also the centerpiece of one’s identity and life’s purpose; and the belief that any policy to promote human welfare must always encourage more work.”1 Sounds refreshing, doesn’t it? My work being the centerpiece of my identity.
- [Principles of Biblical Entrepreneurship: Principles from Personal Experience](https://www.thestonetable.org/principles-of-biblical-entrepreneurship-principles-from-personal-experience/) - Principles of Biblical Entrepreneurship: Principles from Personal Experience I had the honor and the privilege to work at a Christian faith-based business before I came up to Minneapolis for school. I was grateful to work under a leadership team that was emphatic about applying some vital principles of Biblical entrepreneurship in their workplace and
- [May Our Faith Be Bigger Than Our Business Plans](https://www.thestonetable.org/19724-2/) - May Our Faith Be Bigger Than Our Business Plans I've been deeply moved by the biography of Lilian Trasher, a young missionary to Egypt in the early 20th Century. When Lilian was just a teenager, the Lord began speaking to her about her future on the mission field, even frustrating her career pursuits through
- [B4T: What the Heart Looks Like](https://www.thestonetable.org/b4t-what-the-heart-looks-like/) - B4T: What the Heart Looks Like When I think of B4T, my first question is, honestly, “What is that?” Literally, I had zero idea what it was. What is B4T? B4T is shorthand for “Business for Transformation”; it is a mission that determines to share the gospel through a successful business venture
- [Workism and Working the Garden](https://www.thestonetable.org/workism-and-working-the-garden/) - Workism and Working the Garden “And He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.” (Colossians 1:17, ESV). Workism is a dangerous thing. It’s dangerous because it takes Jesus out of the position of “holding all things together” and it inserts you, via your vocation, into that position –
- [Workism and the Hustle](https://www.thestonetable.org/workism-and-the-hustle/) - Workism and the Hustle Workism is a concept that has been touched on several times at The Stone Table. It is something that continues to pervade our society and work environments daily, and something that appears likely to continue to creep up in increasing measures as time goes on. I think humans
- [Holy Mess](https://www.thestonetable.org/holy-mess/) - Recently, I bought a decorative small canvas that artistically displays, "Embrace the imperfections, the chaos, the holy mess of your beautiful life.” I was drawn to it because of the adjectival phrase “holy mess.” Having gone through several months of what could easily be described as “a mess,” I desperately wanted to see the
- [Workism and the Righteous](https://www.thestonetable.org/workism-and-the-righteous/) - Workism and the Righteous Paul was described as a tentmaker in Acts 18:3; someone who labored hard with his hands and worked leather into creating tents. Realistically, he could have made a heck of a living off that. Not that I know the state of the economy then but consider the Jewish holiday
- [Workism in Ecclesiastes](https://www.thestonetable.org/workism-in-ecclesiastes/) - Workism in Ecclesiastes In reading the book of Ecclesiastes these past few days, one of my favorite books in Scripture, I discovered some new insights from the Preacher, King Solomon, on work and the labor of man. While these insights may come across pessimistic in reading, they carry considerable weight in application regarding
- [Workism and Redemption](https://www.thestonetable.org/workism-and-redemption/) - Workism and Redemption Workism can be briefly defined as “yielding your source & sense of identity to your work”. It is a practice, almost a religion even in the Western world, that is defined by a constant need or desire to work, a collapse of self without work, and a desperate attempt to
- [Can I Enjoy My Work?](https://www.thestonetable.org/can-i-enjoy-my-work/) - Work, Money, and Workism A Christian’s relationship to work and money can often be a tense one. Some teachers attempt to look at money as evil in & of itself, while others tell you that it is the absolute crux of the Gospel. Work is inherently connected to money, which means our
- [There is Hope](https://www.thestonetable.org/there-is-hope/) - A Different Kind of Hope For those who can’t hear me screaming on autumn Sunday afternoons (which, from what I understand, is very few of you), I am a huge Indianapolis Colts fan. Irrational might be a better word. For roughly three hours each week in the fall, my typically measured personality shifts
- [Workism and the Hero](https://www.thestonetable.org/workism-and-the-hero/) - Workism in Association Any good movie or book that we invest in typically gives us the opportunity to associate with the main character. We see ourselves in their story, their actions, or even their mannerisms. We associate ourselves with their role – the one that the movie or book is centered on – and
- [Intimacy, Direction, and Purpose: The Power of the Devotional](https://www.thestonetable.org/intimacy-direction-and-purpose-the-power-of-the-devotional/) - When I think of my own journey, I could not imagine the state of my spiritual health without having spent daily devotional time with the Lord. I’m not talking just the Sunday morning special, but I mean really getting into the consistency of devoting time to just Him & I; One on one.
- [The Tentmaker Trio](https://www.thestonetable.org/the-tentmaker-trio/) - I am a big fan of medieval things. Medieval stories, movies, video games, and the Minnesota Renaissance Fair. Huge fan, really. My brother, his girlfriend, and I get decked out every year from swords to hats to chainmail armor, and head up to Shakopee, Minnesota and live out the next seven hours in a
- [When It Comes to Faith and Work, are We Asking the Right Question?](https://www.thestonetable.org/when-it-comes-to-faith-and-work-are-we-asking-the-right-question/) - vI just returned from an exciting meeting on the West Coast. For the average Midwesterner, a January trip to any warmer climate is always a bonus, but it was the topic of discussion that energized me the most. A local pastor and a group of businessmen from his church heard about our business-funding-missions model
- [Workism and the Gospel](https://www.thestonetable.org/workism-and-the-gospel/) - People used to ask me where I worked, and back when I worked at a convenience store in 2016, I would respond with, “Oh, I just work at Kwik Trip.” Their next reply was usually a lot more enthusiastic & upbeat than mine was – I wasn’t really thrilled about my position in life
- [The Only Life Goal That Can Fully Satisfy](https://www.thestonetable.org/the-only-life-goal-that-can-fully-satisfy/) - We just bought my in-law’s house. It was something we always whimsically bantered about in passing, but we certainly weren’t looking for it right now. The opportunity just kind of found us. It’s a lovely home, not an expansion in square footage but in quality, extremely well-built in a nice neighborhood with a small
- [Workism and the Christian Ethic ](https://www.thestonetable.org/workism-and-the-christian-ethic/) - Working hard and working with excellence are aspirations that cross barriers between faithful Christ followers and those outside of a relationship with Him. Work is honored, respected, and often gives people a sense of dignity or pride in their life – and not just in the Western world! Work has been a part
- [Victory in Our Everyday Work](https://www.thestonetable.org/victory-in-our-everyday-work/) - The Super Bowl is officially over and passionate football fans like me now enter the long offseason of our discontent. It will be 7 months before we hear the unmistakable tones of Al Michaels’ play-by-play call in our living rooms once again. Thank God spring is coming! I didn’t have a dog in the
- [The Folly of Workism: A Brief Theological Treatise](https://www.thestonetable.org/the-folly-of-workism-a-brief-theological-treatise/) - Workism, a common new “religion” in the US and other Western cultures, has ridden the waves of secularism and taken a spotlight in the past few years within the global West. Workism promotes a sense of valuing oneself based on production and finding oneself rooted in a security of their own making. It
- [Workism: A Reach for Acceptance ](https://www.thestonetable.org/workism-a-reach-for-acceptance/) - Workism is a common topic here at The Stone Table because of its prevalence both across the US and throughout much of the Western world. Workism can be presented in many ways, often as one seeking a sense of self-worth or value from their work, but it can also be a sticky challenge to
- [Workism and the Vanity of a Deceitful Appearance](https://www.thestonetable.org/workism-and-the-vanity-of-a-deceitful-appearance/) - I began reading through Isaiah this morning and came across a unique passage in chapter three where the LORD condemns a group of women for being outwardly flashy, seeking to draw attention, and displaying their wealth overtly while inwardly they were corrupt & destitute (Isaiah 3:16-26). (Don’t worry guys, the men were just
- [Christ Have Mercy](https://www.thestonetable.org/christ-have-mercy/) - This newsletter is two days late. I know you watch your inbox with eager anticipation every Tuesday morning waiting for its arrival (insert sarcasm emoji); but not only has it been a busy start to the week, I was also struggling to find something of value to say. As the assault on Ukraine unfolded
- [A Small Glimpse of Eternal Leadership](https://www.thestonetable.org/a-small-glimpse-of-eternal-leadership/) - The images and stories coming out of Ukraine are still hard to digest. I will leave the geopolitical pontification to people much smarter than me, but you don’t have to be an expert on the world stage to be moved by the contrasting leadership on display. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has inspired and united
- [Workism and the Eternal Perspective](https://www.thestonetable.org/workism-and-the-eternal-perspective/) - Many times throughout the Gospel, Jesus presents to us the challenge & encouragement to keep our eyes on the things that matter – the things that will last for eternity. Paul also continues this teaching throughout the epistles in the New Testament, keeping himself & the churches rooted in the expectation of Christ’s return.
- [Workism and Idolatry: in Colossians](https://www.thestonetable.org/workism-and-idolatry-in-colossians/) - Workism: Faith in Work As I’ve been piecing together Paul’s theology in the epistle to the Colossians, I’ve found that there is something interesting he addresses when it comes to spiritual powers. While there is some debate about the verse in specific, there is a lot to glean from it when it comes to
- [B4T: Why Is It Important to Me?](https://www.thestonetable.org/b4t-why-is-it-important/) - Something that I have been reflecting on more recently is the increasingly apparent move of God that is now, and will be, coming through the marketplace rather than only in the church. While this does not take away from the vital nature of the church, it does increase the value of the marketplace Christian
- [The Discipline of Rest](https://www.thestonetable.org/the-discipline-of-rest/) - I’m on vacation this week with my whole family — Mandy and all three of our kids, my mom and dad, my brother and sister-in-law and their two little ones, and even some dear friends we’ve known for 25 years. So I thought it would be a good week to share an excerpt from
- [B4T: What is My Influence?](https://www.thestonetable.org/b4t-what-is-my-influence/) - Some of us may wonder, “What kind of influence can I have for God if I’m not working in the Church?” And the answer is, “quite a significant one.” B4T and the Great Command B4T is a unique approach to spreading the Gospel to the ends of the earth, as the Lord
- [BAM: What is My Influence?](https://www.thestonetable.org/bam-what-is-my-influence/) - Some of us may wonder, “What kind of influence can I have for God if I’m not working in the Church?” And the answer is, “quite a significant one.” BAM and the Great Command BAM is a unique approach to spreading the Gospel to the ends of the earth, as the Lord
- [We were made to point to God, not to be gods](https://www.thestonetable.org/we-were-made-to-point-to-god-not-to-be-gods/) - Last week on social media, I shared a Twitter thread from well-known Christian author and speaker, Beth Moore. In the wake of the Will Smith Oscar breakdown and the news of yet another high-profile minister who was losing his ministry to impropriety, she passionately tweeted the following. I’m going to share it in its
- [The Apostle Paul and B4T](https://www.thestonetable.org/the-apostle-paul-and-b4t/) - Leaning into something new with God can be uncomfortable. There is an element of unsureness that we can encounter because even though we know He is faithful and has never let us down (hallelujah), we can still be uncomfortable when walking into the unknown. If we think of our apostolic and Biblical heroes as
- [“The Best Day of the Year!”](https://www.thestonetable.org/the-best-day-of-the-year/) - Best day of the year? What a strange thing to say about Easter. Why is Easter important? What makes it so special? I guess I wanted to find out. These “Best Day of the Year” signs were held by the greeters at my home church on Easter 2019 when I walked in for the
- [The Gospel Redefines Your Day Job](https://www.thestonetable.org/the-gospel-redefines-your-day-job/) - Whether or not you're a fan of professional golf, The Masters marks the annual start of spring with its patrons, blossoming pink azaleas, and dulcet piano theme song. This year marked the remarkable return of Tiger Woods following a nearly fatal car accident 18 months ago, but it was the runaway play of 25
- [Workism: The Wooden Idol](https://www.thestonetable.org/workism-the-wooden-idol/) - Today I read through Isaiah 44-46 in my devotional study, and the LORD spends a good chunk of those passages explaining why the man-crafted idols are whack, why He Himself is great, and where Israel’s source of identity is found (spoiler alert, it’s found in being chosen by God). As I read through
- [Workism the Barrier](https://www.thestonetable.org/workism-the-barrier/) - Sin separates us from God. Therefore, we as Christians must be diligent to both hate & eradicate sin in our lives because we don’t want to be cut off from the fullness of God in our lives. Workism is one such sin. It is a form of idolatry that promotes self-worship and worship of our work. This is a 21st century reproduction of an ancient sin that has existed since Adam & Eve were in the garden. What can we do today to bring awareness to the influence of workism, eradicate it, and prevent it from coming back in our lives today?
- [Workism: Are You Free?](https://www.thestonetable.org/workism-are-you-free/) - Work is powerful. On its own, it’s just work, but with the Lord involved, it becomes a lot more. Workism is also powerful. On its own, it’s just a concept, but when you engage your heart with it, it becomes a lot more. Work is a function of the human creation – we were
- [B4T: Redeeming the Time](https://www.thestonetable.org/b4t-redeeming-the-time/) - We can impact entire families for generations upon generations by delivering the love of Jesus through our everyday work. Isn’t that something?
- [BAM: Redeeming the Time](https://www.thestonetable.org/bam-redeeming-the-time/) - We can impact entire families for generations upon generations by delivering the love of Jesus through our everyday work. Isn’t that something?
- [Workism: Working Without Rest](https://www.thestonetable.org/workism-working-without-rest/) - Workism is based on a value-system of productivity and our ability to get things done. It might make us look really good- we might have good grades, high standards, or a maxed-out margin of productivity- but in reality, our work has become an idol in our lives above God Himself. Workism is not rest. We are needy people that require rest and must rely on Jesus alone as our strength.
- [Workism: What If?](https://www.thestonetable.org/workism-what-if/) - I was thinking today, what if we were so confident in God’s provision that we never worried about our next paycheck? What would that look like? What would that feel like? In a culture consumed by workism and workist theology, what would it look like for Christ’s Church to stand out as those not
- [Workism and Culture](https://www.thestonetable.org/workism-and-culture/) - Workism filters into our hub display with messages such as “hustle harder”, “grind”, and “fueled by coffee”. It’s not bad or wrong to desire to accomplish something and leave a legacy – I think that’s an innate human desire – but the method, motivation, and purpose for which you do it is most important.
- [Restoration in a World of Workism](https://www.thestonetable.org/restoration-in-a-world-of-workism/) - Work is meant to add value to both the world around us and the human experience – it was something God ordained in His original created order. But workism is one distortion of our worship that takes our hearts from God and puts our focus into our work alone.
- [Workism v. Rest](https://www.thestonetable.org/workism-v-rest/) - I have been thinking a lot about rest lately. The time & place for it, the how-to, and the why. It’s a tough thing for us all to do sometimes, and, as I’ve written about before, I certainly haven’t always been the best at it! I was thinking about this concept of rest: God
- [Tentmakers and the Ease of the Gospel](https://www.thestonetable.org/tentmakers-and-the-ease-of-the-gospel/) - By living, serving, and working in community with locals in their area, a tentmaker is able to take part in growing their local community, and in so doing they are able to love, serve, and support those around them.
- [Recognizing Workism](https://www.thestonetable.org/recognizing-workism/) - Sometimes we have a natural tendency to build our identities around something. It comes as a subconscious move to fix ourselves around an object, habit, hobby, or person and it results in us being connected to this thing, deriving our sense of worth, value, or respect from it. We become inherently attached to this
- [Dependency as a Cure for Workism](https://www.thestonetable.org/dependency-as-a-cure-for-workism/) - Recently, the Lord has been leading me into a place of rest instead of study when it comes to my devotional times. I’m a big Bible nerd, so often my devotional time can be pretty intense – I’m talking lexicons, concordances, commentaries, Greek words, and more. It gets pretty wild. However, sometimes the Lord
- [A Servant’s Heart in the Shark Tank](https://www.thestonetable.org/a-servants-heart-in-the-shark-tank/) - When I was pastoring in Paris, I invited Erik to come and share with our people about faith and work. Our congregation of engineers, CEOs, HR managers, fashion designers - and a handful of professional hip hop dancers - strongly connected with the message of missional marketplace. I had to laugh when, during a
- [Women and Men- Together for the Gospel](https://www.thestonetable.org/women-and-men-together-for-the-gospel/) - In Philippians 4:3, Paul mentions a couple of women at the church in Philippi who he says have “contended at my side for the sake of the gospel.” In Acts 16:40, we learn that Paul and Silas went straight to their friend Lydia’s house after leaving prison. In Romans 16:17, Paul asks the readers
- [The Dignity the Imago Dei Demands](https://www.thestonetable.org/the-dignity-the-imago-dei-demands/) - Fundraising. It’s an unavoidable aspect of missionary life. Some are stars at it, others hobble through as best they can, but all fundraising missionaries have one thing in common - they need good stories. When I was small, my dad pastored a small Assemblies of God church in rural Indiana. The town was small
- [Work and Rest ](https://www.thestonetable.org/work-and-rest/) - Workism may drive us to the brink of collapse, but rest keeps us in touch with the healing power of God’s peace. Workism may exhort a striving for success, recognition, and more work, but the Bible exhorts us to strive to enter God’s rest.
- [Won’t You Be My...Neighbor ](https://www.thestonetable.org/wont-you-be-my-neighbor/) - Being a neighbor means we engage in mutual friendship with those we encounter in everyday life. It means seeing people, not as evangelistic opportunities, but as people who contribute to good in our own lives. It means being fully present in the place God has set us and among the people, He has surrounded us with.
- [How Did You Know You Were Called?](https://www.thestonetable.org/how-did-you-know-you-were-called/) - Live faithfully where you are, and trust the leading of the Lord. He is faithful to lead us. When we live with the sincere desire to be obedient, and we have the wisdom of healthy community around us, we can move forward with confidence, knowing His plans for us are sure.
- [Where Your Treasure Is](https://www.thestonetable.org/where-your-treasure-is/) - While it may feel strange, working our butts off 24/7 is not the will of God. Rather, God wills to give us rest, peace, and provision as we seek Him. While we may choose to fight against God’s will when we take matters into our own hands, His desire is always to provide for us and to give us rest.
- [Workism, Grace, and Beholding His Glory](https://www.thestonetable.org/workism-grace-and-beholding-his-glory/) - Workism, idolatry, and self-centeredness has been around since Genesis 3, but God’s story began before that. In disassociating with workism behaviors and returning humbly to the feet of Jesus, we can fix our eyes on Him, beholding His glory, and be transformed into His image.
- [Being a Leader in the Long Game](https://www.thestonetable.org/being-a-leader-in-the-long-game/) - Leadership is about both the short game and the long game but, frankly, the latter is so much more challenging. The leadership long game is too often filled with gut punches, bruises, seasonal doubts, frustration, tears, confusion, and more. It is true, sometimes we need to let go of an idea and move on…progress to something different.
- [The Missional Marketplace! ](https://www.thestonetable.org/the-missional-marketplace/) - Season 1 of the Missional Marketplace podcast is available on all your favorite listening platforms. We hope it encourages you to remember that the work of your hands holds eternal value to God.
- [A Sacred-Secular Divide?](https://www.thestonetable.org/a-sacred-secular-divide/) - Amy took the practical tools we learned from Erik & Darren today and applied them to her local community. She saw value in people, saw a need in her community, and set about pairing those things up to create something fresh for the people around her. She has embodied what it looks like to accelerate the Great Commission through the marketplace – exactly what the Stone Table stands for.
- [God’s Story in Your Work](https://www.thestonetable.org/gods-story-in-your-work/) - We are not only inviting God to be a part of our stories, He is actually inviting us to be a part of His. The overarching goal of this episode was to give us a new perspective that allows us to see our story as embedded in God’s greater story.
- [Work Theology 101 ](https://www.thestonetable.org/work-theology-101/) - In Episode Four of the Missional Marketplace Podcast, we learned the foundations of a good work theology. Erik & Darren unpack what a basic work theology looks like from a Christian perspective and give some insight on how we can live out our lives missionally with this new perspective.
- [The Great Commandment at Work, Literally.](https://www.thestonetable.org/the-great-commandment-at-work-literally/) - Work is not just work. A job is not just a job. Our vocation is a missions field, just like we’ve been exploring through this podcast series, and our vocation is an opportunity to worship God. What an honor it is to simply work!
- [Counterfeit!](https://www.thestonetable.org/counterfeit/) - Often cast as the enemy of all small businesses, elementary schools, and after school programs, the businessman has been portrayed as the greedy Hollywood antihero for decades. However, this unfortunate representation of business, and its leaders, is merely a reflection of its counterfeit image.
- [Nitty Gritty Glory to God](https://www.thestonetable.org/nitty-gritty-glory-to-god/) - In episode 7 of the Missional Marketplace Podcast, “Can You Fire Someone to the Glory of God?”, we explored this very question, unwrapping the relevance of whether or not we can “do all things as unto Christ” even in hiring & firing employees.
- [The Great Commission at Work](https://www.thestonetable.org/the-great-commission-at-work/) - In episode number nine of the Missional Marketplace Podcast series, we explored how our work can relate to the Great Commission.
- [BAM: Examples](https://www.thestonetable.org/bam-examples/) - In episode 10, we got to define Business as Mission. BAM is defined as, “the intentional integration of business and ministry to create a sustainable presence of the Kingdom of God in a particular community.”
- [God is with us.](https://www.thestonetable.org/god-is-with-us/) - Merry Christmas from the Stone Table! I just wanted to share with you this scripture and hopefully encourage you a little bit heading into this holiday...
- [We're In-Between People](https://www.thestonetable.org/were-in-between-people/) - It’s that eclectic week between Christmas and the New Year. As Christians, this "already-but-not-yet" reality is where we find ourselves today – charged with a calling to embody and proclaim Jesus in this great overlap. This in between.
- [Marketplace Fervency](https://www.thestonetable.org/marketplace-fervency/) - In episode 11 of the Missional Marketplace Podcast, the biggest takeaway is this… “Marketplace skills are missionary skills. So, marketplace people, what are you doing to forward the Great Commission?”
- [Relationships: the Currency of the Kingdom](https://www.thestonetable.org/relationships-the-currency-of-the-kingdom/) - In the 12th and final episode of our first season of the Missional Marketplace Podcast, we unpacked what our hosts call “the currency of the kingdom," and that is relationships.
- [Rest & Reset](https://www.thestonetable.org/rest-reset/) - Gospel theology must transform work theology for the Christian. We have financial needs – requirements such as bills, tuition, and groceries that need to be covered. With workism knocking at the door of our needs, how can we manage the tension of resting effectively while still meeting these needs for ourselves & our families?
- [Worshipping by Remembrance](https://www.thestonetable.org/worshipping-by-remembrance/) - May we remember who we are today, and in so doing, may we remember that worshipping God is not just a Sunday morning experience… But worshipping God is a lifestyle.
- [Worshipping God is Simple](https://www.thestonetable.org/worshipping-god-is-simple/) - As humans we tend to have this strong lean towards making everything complicated, but I feel like the Lord is constantly reminding me, and us, that things are so much simpler than they seem. The Gospel itself is so much simpler than it seems. We just make it hard & complex. And, in the same way, we often make worshipping God a lot more complex than it needs to be too, when really, it’s simple.
- [When Business Minds Develop Missionary Hearts](https://www.thestonetable.org/when-business-minds-develop-missionary-hearts/) - "Hey dad, I have a friend here at IU that wants to talk to you. He's a business school student, but he is feeling a call to missions. Would you be willing to meet with him?" Few things excite me more than a question like that! My daughter is deeply involved with an amazing
- [Long-Term Worship ](https://www.thestonetable.org/long-term-worship/) - Worshipping God is not just an activity, but it’s a lifestyle. And a lifestyle of worship is not something that lasts for a season or shows up as a passing trend, but a lifestyle of worship is meant to carry us into eternal life.
- [What Are You Worshipping?](https://www.thestonetable.org/what-are-you-worshipping/) - Today, the question of the age is not “will you be worshipping," but it has become “what are you worshipping?”
- [Worshipping in Maturity ](https://www.thestonetable.org/worshipping-in-maturity/) - At the moment, I’m sitting at the table in my apartment, watching the snow fall out my window on campus at North Central University in downtown Minneapolis. We are receiving our third or fourth “snowmageddon” this winter and I’m watching the wind blow the snow sideways out my window. I got to thinking, often
- [Missions: I Do Not Think it Means What You Think it Means](https://www.thestonetable.org/missions-i-do-not-think-it-means-what-you-think-it-means/) - In the 1987 cult classic The Princess Bride, Vizzini, the Sicilian mastermind, is constantly outmatched by heroic Wesley. Every time his new scheme is thwarted, he looks at his hired henchman and declares with a lisp, “inconceivable!” This happens again and again as the story unfolds until a puzzled Inigo Montoya finally quips: You
- [Business is Not the Enemy!](https://www.thestonetable.org/business-is-not-the-enemy/) - When we begin to reimagine the marketplace, business, and entrepreneurship through the lens of the Gospel, we will see the opportunity to proclaim the name of Jesus through business.
- [Are You Wrestling With The Call To Missions?](https://www.thestonetable.org/are-you-wrestling-with-the-call-to-missions-2/) - Today we saw how many of the marketplace skills that we have as believers can fit into God’s story and work in the world
- [Three Questions to Engage the Great Commission](https://www.thestonetable.org/21249-2/) - We can indeed engage the Great Commission wherever we go – even in the marketplace. What does that look like for you?
- [Three Dimensions of Authenticity](https://www.thestonetable.org/three-dimensions-of-authenticity/) - If we were to chart time versus level of authenticity, what would that curve look like?
- [Business as Mission](https://www.thestonetable.org/business-as-mission/) - Business as mission (BAM) is a Christian approach to business that applies biblical principles to business and views business as an opportunity to serve God and build relationships.
- [Trivial Obsessions: How a Missionary Encounter Reordered My Priorities](https://www.thestonetable.org/trivial-obsessions-how-a-missionary-encounter-reordered-my-priorities/) - I recently attended a missionary conference in Johannesburg, South Africa. It's an event that only happens once every four years – like a "Missions Olympics" of sorts – where 400 missionaries and their families gather together to learn, be encouraged, and connect with one another. My wife and I and our daughter were invited
- [Leadership through the Lens of the Gospel, Part 1](https://www.thestonetable.org/leadership-through-the-lens-of-the-gospel-part-1/) - I'm going to say something that may initially sound crazy and counterproductive, but hang with me. I'm suspect of our obsession with leadership development in Christian circles today. This may seem strange since I serve on the board of the Sagamore Leadership Initiative and on the board of regents for North Central University. What
- [Leadership Through the Lens of the Gospel, Part 2](https://www.thestonetable.org/leadership-through-the-lens-of-the-gospel-part-2/) - In part 1 of this article, we explored our tendency to define leadership the same way the world does. But godly influence is not the same as fame and notoriety. Jesus must become greater, and we must become less. Let’s continue with Part 2 and unpack a few more characteristics of Leadership through the
- [Marketplace Skills are Missionary Skills](https://www.thestonetable.org/marketplace-skill-are-missionary-skills/) - Marketplace skills are Missionary skills. I use this phrase a lot. The alliteration flows off the tongue, and it's just enough out of the box to grab people's attention. I throw it out in general conversation, when I preach, on videos we produce. And I truly do believe it. But one day recently, one
- [Together, Our Lives Bear Fruit](https://www.thestonetable.org/together-our-lives-bear-fruit/) - Together, Our Lives Bear Fruit Mandy and I just spent a few days with some of our life-long friends. We met Nathan and Trish when we were first married. They had just moved to Indianapolis and found their way to the church Mandy and I had been attending our whole lives. Mandy and Trish became fast
- [Beyond Resolutions: True Transformation For The New Year](https://www.thestonetable.org/beyond-resolutions-true-transformation-for-the-new-year/) - It’s the year 2024. Seeing that date in writing feels like the opening line of a sci-fi movie to me. I guess living in a world where we can order food to the house, turn our lights on and off, and play any song we can think of just by speaking into the air is kind of like living in a sci-fi movie. We’re just a flying car away from being the Jetsons. Oh wait, we have those, too? And don’t even get me talking about generative A.I. Welcome to Orbit City.
- [The Goodness of God Across Cultures](https://www.thestonetable.org/the-goodness-of-god-across-cultures/) - I lived among an unreached people group for 2 months in Africa, and this is what I learned. What is an unreached people group you may ask? According to The Joshua Project, “An unreached or least-reached people is a people group among which there is no indigenous community of believing Christians with adequate numbers
- [<br>The Stone Table Welcomes Bill Tibbetts as VP of Education & Multiplication</br>](https://www.thestonetable.org/pressrelease/) - [Indianapolis, May 1, 2024] – The Stone Table proudly announces the appointment of Bill Tibbetts as the Vice President of Education and Multiplication. With an illustrious career as the former Dean of the College of Business and Technology at North Central University, Bill Tibbetts brings a wealth of expertise to propel The Stone Table’s
- [Hitched Together Versus Pushed Together: BAM Integration](https://www.thestonetable.org/hitched-together-versus-pushed-together/) - This article was originally published at businessasmission.com and was reposted here with their permission. The Business as Mission website is a resource library and blog developed by BAM Global. It has largely become the authority for business as mission resources among the global movement. You can view the original article here. Business as mission
- [The Business as Mission Ecosystem Map: A New Interactive Tool](https://www.thestonetable.org/the-business-as-mission-ecosystem-map-a-new-interactive-tool/) - Interact with this new tool designed to connect you with the BAM Ecosystem. Check out investment, coaching, training, incubation, recruiting, networks and more!
- [Dear Pastor...](https://www.thestonetable.org/dear-pastor/) - 4 Questions Marketplace Believers Wish Their Pastor Knew They Were Asking Click here to have resources delivered to your inbox regularly that can help you empower the marketplace believers in your congregation. 1. Am I less “called” because I’m not a pastor or missionary? Not even close. Every believer is called, and that
- [Alive in Christ: Every Nation, Tribe, and Tongue](https://www.thestonetable.org/alive-in-christ-every-nation-tribe-and-tongue/) - I’m writing this week’s newsletter on a high-speed train from Amsterdam to Brussels as the sun sets over the old city skyline. It’s beautiful. We’re here with a small group of Stone Table colleagues, shooting video and collecting stories for a portfolio of missions projects we’re working on this year. This trip marks the
- [The Ripple Effect of Everyday Work](https://www.thestonetable.org/the-ripple-effect-of-everyday-work/) - Your everyday work has unseen Kingdom value. I guarantee it. I saw it firsthand this week in Eastern Europe. We were visiting a BAM (business as mission) project we support—meeting leaders, capturing video, interacting with customers, and witnessing the impact of a local church being planted through the business. While I’ll save the full
- [You Don’t Have to Love Your Job to Make It Matter](https://www.thestonetable.org/you-dont-have-to-love-your-job-to-make-it-matter/) - At the height of our real estate business, we had over 80 employees and managed more than 2,200 apartment units. We weren’t massive by industry standards, but we were responsible for about 5,000 residents on any given day. I’m so proud of our team and the faithful work they did for so many years.
- [Seasons Change. Our Calling Doesn't.](https://www.thestonetable.org/seasons-change-our-calling-doesnt/) - We just dropped my son at Taylor University for his junior year of college. It’s our third year of doing this and he’s only 90 minutes away, but this year adds a brand-new twist: My wife and I are returning to a completely empty nest. Well, almost. We still have two ridiculous canines. But
- [Bowling Balls, Tea Cups, and Dignity](https://www.thestonetable.org/bowling-balls-tea-cups-and-dignity/) - “Bill, you’re kind of like a bowling ball in a china shop.” “Excuse me?” (clutching my imaginary pearls) “You get results. Big ones. But you plow through people along the way—especially your own team.” That was Nate, my boss at the time. Not angry, not cruel. Just honest. And I hated how much it
- [The Gospel Monday: Shining Where You Work](https://www.thestonetable.org/the-gospel-monday/) - I’m Not a Crook I was twelve when I picked up All the President’s Men. Two reporters. A break-in at the Watergate Hotel. A secret source. The President of the United States on the other end of the trail. I was hooked. Maybe it was all those Scooby-Doo reruns. Or maybe I just liked
- [God's Glory is My Good](https://www.thestonetable.org/gods-glory-is-my-good/) - I sat behind a young couple at church this week—missionaries I’ve known for nearly a decade. They serve in one of the darkest, most difficult corners of the world. And they don’t go alone. They’re raising a crew of kids in this difficult field! Yet not one of them sees their calling as a
- [There are Missionaries in our Business Schools](https://www.thestonetable.org/weekly-newsletter-there-are-missionaries-in-our-business-schools/) - I recently spoke to a class of senior marketing students at Indiana Wesleyan University. The professor is a new friend and a member of one of The Stone Table's church partners. He asked me to share about Business as Mission (BAM) as a way to open these students' minds to creative ways they can use their newly
- [Prayer is the Work](https://www.thestonetable.org/weekly-newsletter-prayer-is-the-work/) - Perhaps your office wall is already wallpapered with certificates, diplomas, and other marketplace achievements. Regardless of how many skills you've mastered in your career, here's one I'm going to challenge you to brush up on: Prayer. In fact, I believe that prayer is the most important workplace skill you can acquire. Most of us know we should pray.
- ["Apart from me you can do nothing."](https://www.thestonetable.org/weekly-newsletter-apart-from-me-you-can-do-nothing/) - Over the last 5 years, our nonprofit affordable housing company expanded into assisted living. A.L. wasn’t in our original vision plan – we provided apartments not services – but the opportunity and the extensive need eventually drew us in. Since then, our compassion for those in this stage of life has expanded as well.
- ["You Can't, So God Did"](https://www.thestonetable.org/weekly-newsletter-you-cant-so-god-did/) - Unique Value Proposition (UVP) is a business term used to clearly describe the specific benefit an organization or product offers to the market. While it seems sort of blasphemous to ask about the Gospel’s UVP, I hope you’ll put down your stones for a second and let me develop this thought a bit more.
- ["Your Work is Part of God's Story"](https://www.thestonetable.org/weekly-newsletter-your-work-is-part-of-gods-story/)
- [What is Your Theology of Work?](https://www.thestonetable.org/weekly-newsletter-what-is-your-theology-of-work/) - Theology is so much more than just the academic study of religion. Our theology has a tangible impact on every aspect of our lives, even if we're completely oblivious to it. You have a theology of work. You might not be able to articulate it, but you definitely have one. For the longest time,
- [Why Do I Go To Work Every Day Anyway?](https://www.thestonetable.org/weekly-newsletter-why-do-i-go-to-work-every-day-anyway/) - If I ask why you go to work every day, a majority of you would statistcally answer "because I need money to pay my bills." This isn't a wrong answer. It's even an honorable answer. Life carries with it responsibility and we trade our time and our skillsets for the resources it requires to
- [Greed is Not a Business Problem](https://www.thestonetable.org/weekly-newsletter-greed-is-not-a-business-problem/) - My cultural references are admittedly starting to show their age. My parents' generation loved to quote Andy Griffith and M.A.S.H, much to our chagrin. Now I bury my kids with Seinfeld and Ferris Beuler one-liners. The eyeroll emojis are plentiful. With that confession in mind, there's an old 80s movie called Wall Street that
- [Retirement is Not in the Bible](https://www.thestonetable.org/weekly-newsletter-retirement-is-not-in-the-bible/) - My friend Chuck has always been an encouragement to me. (Read his first article on retirement here.) A few years ago he retired from his 40+ year corporate career. A short time later, he started volunteering with One Mission Society, a 100-year-old missions organization based on the south side of Indianapolis. That "volunteer" role
- [What Does My Work Have to Do with God's Mission in the World?](https://www.thestonetable.org/weekly-newsletter-what-does-my-work-have-to-do-with-gods-mission-in-the-world/) - Missiologists estimate there are between 6,000 and 7,000 people groups in the world that are unreached with the gospel. In this case, “unreached” is defined as a population that is less than 2% Christian. It means there are not enough believers within the people group to catalyze their own movement to Jesus. In some
- [Why Should We Embrace Business as Mission?](https://www.thestonetable.org/weekly-newsletter-why-should-we-embrace-business-as-mission/) - A few years ago, I was visiting a team of missionary friends on a small island dominated by Islam. After years of laboring in this dry soil, the team was finally starting to see Gospel fruit. In fact, while I was there, I had the joy of witnessing the baptism of the first known
- [Marketplace Skills are Missionary Skills](https://www.thestonetable.org/weekly-newsletter-marketplace-skills-are-missionary-skills/) - Few people have impacted our missiology like my friend Dick Brogden. In an interview for The Stone Table website, I asked Dick why business has become such a vital mechanism for missions work. Here was his answer: "Business goes beyond pragmatism. The pragmatic view is we can’t get into these countries or access these communities
- [Are there Unreached People Groups in Your Own Backyard?](https://www.thestonetable.org/weekly-newsletter-are-there-unreached-people-groups-in-your-own-backyard/) - We live in Avon, Indiana, a conservative suburb on the far west side of Indianapolis. We are the definition of the heartland, the Midwest, where traditional suburban neighborhoods with basketball goals in every driveway backup to corn and soybean fields. Even though we’re just twenty five minutes from Indy’s urban center, it’s not unusual
- [Do You Worship Your Work?](https://www.thestonetable.org/weekly-newsletter-do-you-worship-your-work/) - Has your work become an idol? I'm not suggesting you commissioned a giant golden statue in your backyard (I'm guessing your home owners' association would frown on that). But as fallen human beings, you and I do have a propensity for making idols. An idol is anything we place our trust in or find our identity in
- [Doing Good is Not Enough](https://www.thestonetable.org/weekly-newsletter-doing-good-is-not-enough/) - Let me say something that might be a bit controversial in the 21st Century West where even some believers have begun to question the moral merits of evangelism: The Great Commission does not say “Go and do good things among all nations.” As a huge proponent of faith and work, the sacredness of the marketplace, and Business as
- [Our Antidote for Fear](https://www.thestonetable.org/weekly-newsletter-our-antidote-for-fear/) - I have to confess, sometimes I really wrestle with fear. I have seasons where I wake up around 4am obsessing over some business problem or financial challenge, my mind unable to fully distinguish between what is real and what I'm only dreaming. Have you ever noticed how irrational your thoughts can be in the
- [God is Milking the Cows](https://www.thestonetable.org/weekly-newsletter-god-is-milking-the-cows/) - Most of us have been wired to separate our everyday work lives from our spiritual lives. Theologians call this the sacred/secular divide or Christian dualism, our instinct to see our everyday work as a less-than necessity of this temporal life that is separate from our much more important spiritual endeavors. I get the tension.
- [When the Gospel Finally Becomes Good News](https://www.thestonetable.org/weekly-newsletter-when-the-gospel-finally-becomes-good-news/) - Getting older has its benefits. The hairline might be a bit thinner and the body may recover a little slower, but life experience has a way of paying some worthwhile dividends. You know stuff, not because you're more intelligent, but because you've just seen it before. At age 45, there isn't a defensive scheme
- [Greetings from East Africa](https://www.thestonetable.org/weekly-newsletter-greetings-from-east-africa/) - After a few long years of pandemic-restricted travel, I'm getting back into a more regular cycle of visiting many of the people and places we are privileged to support. I wish I could share more stories in this online format, but suffice it to say – God was not slowed by lockdowns and social
- [The Marketplace is a Mission Field](https://www.thestonetable.org/weekly-newsletter-the-marketplace-is-a-mission-field/) - I have a friend who consults with business as mission projects across the globe. Earlier this year, he was overseas with a missionary friend who is running a coffee shop. He inherited the shop when the founder, a fellow global worker, was reassigned to a new region, and he was struggling with how to
- [Not Every Believer is a Missionary, But...](https://www.thestonetable.org/weekly-newsletter-not-every-believer-is-a-missionary-but/) - I had lunch with my friend Ali today. Ali is a Moroccan Christian who lives here in Indianapolis with his wife and children. He has an incredible story of coming to faith in Jesus, fleeing Morocco, and rebuilding his life here on the west side of Indianapolis. It will bring you to tears. It
- [Redeemed Meaning for Your Everyday Work](https://www.thestonetable.org/weekly-newsletter-redeemed-meaning-for-your-everyday-work/) - Famed author Fyodor Dostoevsky once said: "Deprived of meaningful work, men and women lose their reason for existence; they go stark, raving mad." That's a pretty extreme statement, but I'm guessing it resonates with many of us live when it comes to our day-jobs. When the alarm clock goes off on the average workday,
- [Why Christianity is So Compelling to Me](https://www.thestonetable.org/weekly-newsletter-why-christianity-is-so-compelling-to-me/) - Nothing captivates me like the Gospel. The reason Christianity – true Gospel Christianity – is so compelling to me is because it is rooted in God’s work for us, not our work for God. This isn't some superficial characteristic. What some may think of as Christianity is actually counterfeit religious moralism. Moralism starts with reforming my
- [Looney Tunes Work Theology](https://www.thestonetable.org/weekly-newsletter-looney-tunes-work-theology/) - My guess is that most of you don’t have a well studied, reflective, or overtly taught theology of everyday work. I certainly didn’t. My work theology was assumed, and it’s safe to say I mindlessly inferred at least some of it from Saturday morning cartoons. I call this Looney Tunes work theology. Perhaps some
- [Marketplace Skills are Great Commission Skills](https://www.thestonetable.org/weekly-newsletter-marketplace-skills-are-great-commission-skills/) - I am in Springfield, Missouri this week to meet with our friends and partners in the AGWM BAM Office. As a missions organization rooted in the marketplace, The Stone Table is so passionate about BAM – or business as mission. But if you ask twenty people to define BAM you’ll likely get twenty different answers.
- [Activate Your Whole Life](https://www.thestonetable.org/weekly-newsletter-activate-your-whole-life/) - If we're going to see the Great Commission fulfilled in our lifetime, we have to tackle the crippling power of the Sacred-Secular Divide. This heresy has left so many of us on the Kingdom sidelines 40-50 hours a week, living as if our spiritual life and our everyday work life are from different planets. When many
- [Living in the Dissonance of the In-Between](https://www.thestonetable.org/weekly-newsletter-living-in-the-dissonance-of-the-in-between/) - We hosted thirty-one people at our house for Thanksgiving this year. We setup tables in three different rooms as well as a make-shift football watching zone in the garage. It was a festive family kickoff to the holiday season. There was no tryptophan rest for the weary though, as our Thursday Thanksgiving teardown gave way to
- [We're Not Heroes](https://www.thestonetable.org/weekly-newsletter-were-not-heroes/) - We had the honor of hosting 41 Business as Mission (BAM) missionaries here in Indianapolis last week for two days of training with our friends from the BAM Office at Assemblies of God World Missions. We learned together, we prayed together, we laughed together, and we most certainly ate together! Since The Stone Table's inception, it's been our dream
- [Christmas is an Action Word](https://www.thestonetable.org/weekly-newsletter-christmas-is-an-action-word/) - Being an overtly faith-based company has its obvious advantages. We try to honor the diverse backgrounds of our staff, but we've never been afraid to talk about Jesus. That's especially true during the holiday season. When I talk with our team about Christmas, I usually highlight its unusual direction. Did you know Christmas has
- [We are "In-Between" People](https://www.thestonetable.org/weekly-newsletter-we-are-in-between-people/) - It’s that eclectic week between Christmas and the New Year. Some of you are already back to work while others are enjoying an extended vacation or burning those “use it or lose it” PTO hours. Regardless of your situation, this “in between” week is always kind of strange. The world is starting to re-emerge
- [A New Year's Resolution Worth Making](https://www.thestonetable.org/weekly-newsletter-a-new-years-resolution-worth-making/) - This time of year sparks some healthy introspection. Resolutions abound as we ponder our latest trip around the sun and look ahead into our next orbital adventure. What worked? What didn’t? What would I like to see change this year? What successes can I build on? How do I further close the undeniable gap
- [Few Things Shake Me Up More Than This](https://www.thestonetable.org/weekly-newsletter-few-things-shake-me-up-more-than-this/) - I'm on a long flight home as I type this week's newsletter, heading back from a transformative week in Johannesburg, South Africa. My wife and I were graciously invited to attend a once-every-four-years gathering of all the AGWM missionaries investing their lives on the continent of Africa. It was a week of reconnecting with some of
- [Prayer is a Vital Marketplace Skill](https://www.thestonetable.org/weekly-newsletter-prayer-is-a-vital-marketplace-skill/) - Today, right about the time this newsletter hits your inbox, The Stone Table will be hosting its first ever business prayer gathering. The Stone Table is a global missions organization rooted in the marketplace, so why are we hosting a prayer event? Our heart is to inspire, educate, and mobilize marketplace believers to see themselves
- [Reclaiming the Marketplace](https://www.thestonetable.org/weekly-newsletter-reclaiming-the-marketplace/) - Marketplace skills are missionary skills. This is a phrase we use often around The Stone Table because we actually believe it. Business does not belong to the “secular world,” it’s part of God’s Kingdom plan for His world. Is it broken by sin? Of course. Creation is cursed by “thorns and thistles.” But the marketplace has
- [God Doesn't Want to be Your Business Coach](https://www.thestonetable.org/weekly-newsletter-god-doesnt-want-to-be-your-business-coach/) - If you are a follower of Jesus and work in the marketplace, you have a "theology of work." Yep, you do. Don't worry, work theology is not nearly as academic as it sounds. It simply means that your faith has shaped the way you think about why you get up and go to work
- [Carrying Mercy Into Monday](https://www.thestonetable.org/carrying-mercy-into-monday/) - Back in 2006, I worked in international finance. Yes, right at the beginning of the economic collapse. And yes, at a company you would recognize. (It’s gone now. That tells you everything you need to know.) Company culture was hypercharged, mostly due to the Loan Officers who chased commissions and measured success by how
- [You Won't Be Forgotten](https://www.thestonetable.org/you-wont-be-forgotten/) - I was at a missions meeting recently with the new Executive Director of the agency we have worked with for decades. He said something sobering I have been chewing on for a month now. I’ll paraphrase: “I have a short window here in this job. Really, we all have short windows in the big
- [When the Lord Starts Messing with You in All the Right Ways](https://www.thestonetable.org/weekly-newsletter-when-the-lord-starts-messing-with-you-in-all-the-right-ways/) - I had a recent conversation with a graduate student at Indiana University that really got me thinking. He is a friend of my daughter and part of the vibrant Chi Alpha campus ministry that is discipling hundreds of IU students each year. This kid is incredibly gifted, a graduate assistant that oversees and mentors a few hundred
- [Living a Story that Matters](https://www.thestonetable.org/weekly-newsletter-living-a-story-that-matters/) - I'm a bit of a mess today, so please take that into account as you read this week's newsletter. We just finished an emotional weekend, taking in four performances of our son's lead role in his school musical, Big Fish. Now I know I'm a biased dad, but we were not at all prepared for what we
- [Returning to the Posture Where We Were Designed to Live and Flourish](https://www.thestonetable.org/weekly-newsletter-returning-to-the-posture-where-we-were-designed-to-live-and-flourish/) - By now, I'm sure you have heard about the "outpouring" at Asbury University in Wilmore, Kentucky. Articles, personal stories, and plenty of opinions have filled my social feeds for the better part of the last two weeks. I have quite a few friends who have hopped in a car and driven there to see it for
- [All the Earning is Done](https://www.thestonetable.org/weekly-newsletter-all-the-earning-is-done/) - A few minutes before opening curtain, my friend Krista (the fine arts director at my son's high school) asked if I could pinch hit on the pre-performance devotional. I soon found myself standing in the middle of 75 full-costumed cast members looking to me for some spiritual inspiration before they stepped on stage for
- [Loving Your Neighbor Through Your Marketplace Work](https://www.thestonetable.org/weekly-newsletter-loving-your-neighbor-through-your-marketplace-work/) - We don't just honor God and love our neighbor through acts of charity, we can honor God and love our neighbor through acts of commerce as well. This statement usually gets some pushback, and I understand the visceral reaction. Many of us have mentally abdicated the marketplace to the "secular" sphere. We've seen the broken expression of the
- [Charisma, Talent, and Leadership Chops](https://www.thestonetable.org/weekly-newsletter-charisma-talent-and-leadership-chops/) - My wife and I are less than a year away from an empty nest. We've known it was coming, but as every "last" crosses our calendar – last parent/teacher night, last high school football game, last school musical, last spirit week – there is a bittersweet reminder that a rich and meaningful season of
- [The Gospel Redeems Your Day Job](https://www.thestonetable.org/weekly-newsletter-the-gospel-redeems-your-day-job/) - If you've heard me talk about the gospel and the marketplace, you've probably heard about my definitive psychological disorder: ​Brumotactillophobia. These 19 letters spell out one of my greatest fears – the fear of food touching on my plate. I can't stand when I get green bean juice in my mashed potatoes. And no
- [Do What Makes You Happy is Horrible Advice](https://www.thestonetable.org/weekly-newsletter-do-what-makes-you-happy-is-horrible-advice/) - If there is a mantra of the modern world, it's "be true to yourself." It's the spoken and unspoken worldview that drives so much of our culture today. It can even infect how we follow Jesus, embracing faith as a self-help strategy to live our best lives now. ​According to sociologist Christian Smith, the most popular
- [How to Celebrate Easter in the Hospital](https://www.thestonetable.org/weekly-newsletter-how-to-celebrate-easter-in-the-hospital/) - As I began to think about Holy Week, I remembered these words I wrote nine years ago from a hospital bed on Easter morning. I hope it encourages you. Momentary affliction is our current reality, but resurrection is our eternal promise. And resurrection dawns in the darkest of places. Be encouraged this week. He
- [The Father We Were Looking For](https://www.thestonetable.org/the-father-we-were-looking-for/) - The Father We Were Looking For How a young man in South Africa reminded me about identity, belonging, and the heart of the Gospel. A few weeks ago, I was in Durban, South Africa, leading a business conference hosted by one of our church partners. They leveraged the event as a community outreach. Brilliant! We had budding entrepreneurs and business owners gathered to learn
- [How to Keep Your Faith Strong When Work Falls Apart](https://www.thestonetable.org/how-to-keep-your-faith-strong-when-work-falls-apart/) - Most Christians assume their work is secular. These three marketplace believers prove that the sacred-secular divide was never real to begin with.
- [Why Not You?](https://www.thestonetable.org/why-not-you/) - A couple of months back, my wife and I were enjoying a rare, peaceful midweek moment in the living room, most likely running on fumes after a full day of teaching preschoolers for my wife and chasing the rush of everyday life. In walked our 17-year-old son, RJ, the youngest of our children. RJ
- [Unreached is About Access: A Response to Recent Conversations on Global Missions](https://www.thestonetable.org/unreached-is-about-access-a-response-to-recent-conversations-on-global-missions/) - A few years ago, I spoke at a faith-and-work event here in Indianapolis. It was a day-long gathering filled with popular speakers talking about God’s work through the business world—tech CEOs, entrepreneurs, sports personalities…and me. I had 13 minutes to talk about my book Missional Marketplace, which had been released just a few months
- [God Will Most Definitely Give You More Than You Can Handle](https://www.thestonetable.org/weekly-newsletter-god-will-most-definitely-give-you-more-than-you-can-handle/) - There's a self-soothing saying I've heard for most of my life: "God will never give you more than you can handle." It's a bit of psychological gamesmanship, a way of shoring up our courage when we are facing a difficult season – I can do this! If God allowed it, I must be able handle it!
- [The Gift of Friendship ](https://www.thestonetable.org/the-gift-of-friendship/) - The Gift of Friendship Cultivating gratitude for the relationships that shape our lives. Being from Indianapolis, Indiana, you might assume that the Indy 500 is one of my greatest passions and that I never miss a race. The truth is…that isn't the case. My relationship with the race is different. What makes Memorial Day weekend special to me has very little to do with the checkered flag, the
- [Life in Full Color](https://www.thestonetable.org/life-in-full-color/) - Life in Full Color The Gospel restores what sin has faded. Did you ever have one of those Magic Ink coloring books when you were a kid? The pages were dull and lifeless until you ran a special marker over them. The true picture was hidden beneath a chemical coating, and that one special marker revealed the full
- [Does My Career Actually Matter To God?](https://www.thestonetable.org/does-my-career-actually-matter-to-god/) - Most Christians assume their work is secular. These three marketplace believers prove that the sacred-secular divide was never real to begin with.
- [The Story You Were Made For ](https://www.thestonetable.org/the-story-you-were-made-for/) - The Story You Were Made For Our love for stories is pointing us to the true Story. My father-in-law loved telling our kids stories when they were little. He even made up a character—Ellie the Elephant—and crafted imaginative tales of this sweet elephant and her adventures to captivate my kids or to put them to sleep. My kids are all adults now, but
- [Work Wasn't The Curse (Here's What Genesis Actually Says)](https://www.thestonetable.org/work-wasnt-the-curse-heres-what-genesis-actually-says/) - Most Christians assume their work is secular. These three marketplace believers prove that the sacred-secular divide was never real to begin with.
- [Defining BAM: Navigating Terminology in a Decentralized Movement ](https://www.thestonetable.org/defining-bam-navigating-terminology-in-a-decentralized-movement/) - “What do you mean by Business as Mission?” It’s not a silly question. In fact, sometimes it is the only way to start a conversation with someone about BAM. The phrase sounds simple enough. Business. Mission. Put them together and surely we all know what we mean. Except we don’t. For some, Business as Mission means creating a legitimate business in a
- [The Urge to Climb](https://www.thestonetable.org/the-urge-to-climb/) - The Urge to Climb The answers we’re looking for aren’t one step higher Have you ever done any minaret climbing? Last week, I found myself in Cairo. I mean, I didn’t just randomly wake up there, we booked plane tickets and flew there to explore a few projects and capture some stories for The Stone Table. On a walk
- [HISTORY OF BAM: ORIGINS, MANIFESTO, AND THE DIVIDE](https://www.thestonetable.org/history-of-bam-origins-manifesto-and-the-divide/) - For days the discussions stretched late into the night. Drafts were written, revised, and intently analyzed. Words were chosen carefully. Diverse opinions had to be honored. Intense discussions arose from every corner of the room. Their decision here would pave the way for generations to come. Seventy men and women were locked in the room and forced to come
- [The Sacred Space Between Doors](https://www.thestonetable.org/the-sacred-space-between-doors/) - There’s a phrase a friend told me years ago that resurfaces occasionally during my more restless seasons: “Don’t waste time while you’re waiting in the hallway for God to open the door.” (variations of this exist on the internet) I’ve thought about that sentence more times than I can count. Maybe because I naturally
- [You Can’t, So God Did](https://www.thestonetable.org/you-cant-so-god-did/) - You Can’t, So God Did The Gospel uniquely levels the ground beneath every one of us. I’m back in school again. No trapper keepers or locker combinations nowadays. It’s all computer screens and virtual lectures. But I am back to reading assignments, double-spaced papers, and homework deadlines. I’m finishing the first year of an
- [The Ministry of With](https://www.thestonetable.org/the-ministry-of-with/) - Most people assume witness begins with proclamation. We often imagine evangelism as articulation: explaining truth, defending belief, or speaking about Jesus with courage and clarity. Certainly, words matter. But before Christianity was ever preached, it was embodied. The Witness of Presence Before the disciples fully understood Jesus, they experienced Him. They watched Him dwell
- [What the Bible Actually Says About Calling, Vocation, and Your Career](https://www.thestonetable.org/what-the-bible-actually-says-about-calling-vocation-and-your-career/) - Your Job Is Not Your Calling (And That's the Most Liberating Thing You'll Ever Hear) Most Christians have been handed the wrong map for understanding their work. Here's the one that actually leads somewhere. The Mix-Up That's Costing You Everything When a pastor leaves his church, why does it sometimes feel like he's lost his
- [The Gift of Powerlessness](https://www.thestonetable.org/the-gift-of-powerlessness/) - The Gift of Powerlessness When I Am Weak, Then I Am Strong I have two life-long friends dealing with long-term and extremely painful cancer diagnoses. One just got home from the hospital (again) and another is still fighting in the hospital (again). It’s heartbreaking to watch friends suffer, and to feel so limited in
- [The Missing Backstory to Your Everyday Work](https://www.thestonetable.org/the-missing-backstory-to-your-everyday-work/) - For a short stint last summer, both my adult daughters were living with us. My oldest was waiting to move into the new house she had just purchased, and my younger daughter was home for a month in between ministry assignments. It was a glorious few weeks. But the joy of having our girls
- [Lessons from Zone 8](https://www.thestonetable.org/lessons-from-zone-8/) - Greed gets the headlines. Envy hides in plain sight. When you have to fly a lot, there are perks for picking an airline and going all-in on the relationship. Even just a little bit of status can get you free checked bags, lounge access, and (the thing I’m most obsessed with) early boarding so
- [The Weight of Monday | Panel Discussion](https://www.thestonetable.org/the-weight-of-monday-panel-discussion/) - Most Christians assume their work is secular. These three marketplace believers prove that the sacred-secular divide was never real to begin with.
- [The Left Side of the Comma](https://www.thestonetable.org/the-left-side-of-the-comma/) - Last month, I wrote about living in proximity to God, but without intimacy. That seemed to hit a nerve. This is the continuation of that story. Because by God’s grace, I didn’t stay there. Years ago, I had a job that often took me to London. I loved it. I would walk for hours,
- [The Gospel Doesn’t End at Redemption ](https://www.thestonetable.org/the-gospel-doesnt-end-at-redemption/) - This is a continuation from The Scopes Trial and the Birth of a Divide The Scopes Trial Revisited In 1925, a courtroom in a small Tennessee town drew the attention of the entire country. John Scopes had been accused of violating state law by teaching evolution. What could have remained a local legal matter quickly expanded into something much
- [Perform From a Place of Freedom](https://www.thestonetable.org/perform-from-a-place-of-freedom/) - Perform From a Place of Freedom An Olympic moment reminded me of a better way to live and work It’s been almost two months since the closing ceremonies of the Milan Cortina Olympics, but there is a story from the games that continues to resonate in my mind. Every four years, we have to watch the figure skating competition. In another life, my wife likes to envision herself
- [The Weight of Monday | Bill Tibbetts Keynote](https://www.thestonetable.org/the-weight-of-monday-bill-tibbetts-keynote/) - Your Work Is Holy Ground: The Biblical Case Against the Sacred-Secular Divide The sacred-secular divide has shaped how Christians think about work and calling for nearly a century. Here is where it came from and the theology that tears it down. The Guilt Most Christians Never Name Most Christians have felt it at some point.
- [We Will Be Forgotten…Eventually](https://www.thestonetable.org/we-will-be-forgotteneventually/) - We Will Be Forgotten...Eventually And that might be the most freeing truth you hear today I was at a meeting recently where the speaker dropped a sober truth bomb right into the middle of the room: “There is going to come a day—sooner than I want to admit—where my leadership here will be done.
- [THE QUIET SHIFT IN GENEROSITY](https://www.thestonetable.org/the-quiet-shift-in-generosity/) - THE QUIET SHIFT IN GENEROSITY How Gen X approaches generosity differently and why that matters for the future of ministry Let me begin with a bit more candor than I typically use. The strategies that worked with Boomer donors are not producing the same response from Gen X when it comes to fundraising or giving
- [DO YOU KNOW JESUS THIS WAY?](https://www.thestonetable.org/do-you-know-jesus-this-way/) - DO YOU KNOW JESUS THIS WAY? We’re Not Exporting Another Self-Improvement Program I flew straight from North Africa to Washington DC for the inaugural AGWM Gospel Access Conference. There’s no better way to beat jet lag than immersing yourself in global missions conversations with 700 pastors, business leaders, and missionaries. Gospel access isn’t just a catchy conference title—it’s a
- [From Sanctuary to Cubicle with Dr.Allen Tennison](https://www.thestonetable.org/from-sanctuary-to-cubicle-with-dr-allen-tenniso/) - The Question Most Pastors Are Afraid to Ask Where does your church go on Monday morning? For most congregations, Sunday is the only moment pastors can account for. The rest of the week, their people scatter into offices, hospitals, construction sites, courtrooms, labs, and classrooms. And in those spaces, something is always doing the forming.
- [Business, Brokenness, and the Gospel: When Work Becomes Witness](https://www.thestonetable.org/business-brokenness-and-the-gospel-when-work-becomes-witness/) - I’m sitting on the roof of a hotel in North Africa as I write this, watching the sunrise over a city of millions with only 60–70 known followers of Jesus. The call to prayer will sound here in just a few minutes filling the air with one of the most recognizable sounds of Islam. It’s the last
- [Business is Not the Bad Guy](https://www.thestonetable.org/business-is-not-the-bad-guy/) - I just got new glasses—and they’re driving me crazy. My most recent trip to the eye doctor showed little change in my prescription—just a tweak—so I splurged and ordered two pairs of stylish new frames (approved by my daughter). I was so excited when I got word they were ready, we raced to the store to pick them up. When I first
- [The Long Obedience](https://www.thestonetable.org/the-long-obedience/) - My childhood pastor, Tom Paino, just died at 101 years old. The passing of this spiritual giant has stirred some powerful memories in me. Just last year, Pastor Tom called and asked me to come over to his apartment for a visit. Pastor Tom was always bigger than life to me, so the invitation
- [What Happened to the Epic Story I Was Going to Write?](https://www.thestonetable.org/what-happened-to-the-epic-story-i-was-going-to-write/) - I loved writing stories when I was a kid. Somewhere in my parents’ attic, there are probably decades-old blue-lined spiral notebooks filled with epic handwritten tales of knights and dragons, illustrated with my double-decker super-pack of 64 Crayola colored pencils. Our childhood imaginations seem to get swallowed up by the responsibilities of life. But
- [Somewhere in the World: Calling and Assignment](https://www.thestonetable.org/somewhere-in-the-world-calling-and-assignment/) - Somewhere in the World One of my favorite stories in my faith journey begins with my praying momma. In 1985, Christian artist Wayne Watson released a song called Somewhere in the World. One lyric especially captured my mom’s heart: “And I don’t even know her name, but I am praying for her just the
- [HISTORY OF BAM: EARLY FIGURES & BIBLICAL CONTEXT](https://www.thestonetable.org/history-of-bam-early-figures-biblical-context/) - PART 2 - HISTORY OF BAM: EARLY FIGURES & BIBLICAL CONTEXT This is part 2 of 2 in a “History of BAM” series. Click here for Part 1. When you read the headline “early figures” of BAM, you might think 20 years ago, maybe even 50 years ago. BAM is not so old. But that’s only true in terminology. The reality is that BAM is much, much older – perhaps
- [The Approval Trap - Fear That Shaped My Faith for Years](https://www.thestonetable.org/the-approval-trap-fear-that-shaped-my-faith-for-years/) - I got out of a toxic relationship. It was with God. I do not say that for shock value. It is simply the most honest way I know how to describe it. For a long time, my inner life with God functioned like a relationship where love had to be earned. Approval could be
- [The Four Greats: A Theology of Work with Dr. Allen Tennison](https://www.thestonetable.org/the-four-greats-a-theology-of-work-with-dr-allen-tennison/) - What Is Your Daily Work REALLY Saying About God? Most marketplace believers have spent years feeling spiritually invisible from 9 to 5. Dr. Allen Tennisen, chief theologian for the Assemblies of God, makes the biblical case that your job isn't just a way to fund ministry, it IS ministry. A retired police detective in Kansas
- [Unreached People Groups: Why This Matters More Than You Think](https://www.thestonetable.org/unreached-people-groups-why-this-matters-more-than-you-think/) - A Baptism That Changed Everything Picture this: a single man standing in a small inlet of the Indian Ocean, about to be baptized. It sounds like a simple moment, maybe even ordinary. But this baptism was anything but ordinary. This young man was the first known believer in a completely unreached people group. No one
- [An Unofficial History of the Sacred-Secular Divide](https://www.thestonetable.org/an-unofficial-history-of-the-sacred-secular-divide/) - The Lunch Tray That Changed Everything Picture a school lunch tray. You know the one: rigid compartments keeping the mashed potatoes far away from the fruit cup, the main course separated from the dessert. For many of us, this tray has become an unintentional blueprint for how we organize our entire lives. Church goes in
- [The Scopes Trial and the Birth of a Divide](https://www.thestonetable.org/the-scopes-trial-and-the-birth-of-a-divide/) - In the summer of 1925, a small courtroom in Dayton, Tennessee became the stage for one of the most consequential legal and cultural confrontations in American history. A high school biology teacher, John T. Scopes, was charged with violating Tennessee’s Butler Act by teaching evolutionary theory in a public school classroom. On one side
- [God Is Not Finished with Sarajevo](https://www.thestonetable.org/god-is-not-finished-with-sarajevo/) - Overview Sarajevo is a city marked by the beginning of World War I and the devastation of the Bosnian War. Physical scars still line its streets, and memorials call its people to remember lives lost. But beyond the visible damage is a deeper reality—Sarajevo is a city with very little access to the hope of
- [Your Missions Vision Starts With One Simple Decision](https://www.thestonetable.org/your-missions-vision-starts-with-one-simple-decision/) - How Proximity Unlocks Your Vision for the Great Commission Twenty years ago, Bill Tibbets had zero interest in moving to Minnesota. He and his wife were living comfortably in Indianapolis when an opportunity to interview for a professor position in Minneapolis came up. Minnesota meant negative 60-degree winters, lung damage warnings, and a life far Discover how marketplace professionals are reaching the 42% of the world that has never heard the gospel through business as mission.
- [An Upside-Down Kingdom](https://www.thestonetable.org/an-upside-down-kingdom/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”]https://www.thestonetable.org/wp-content/uploads/ai-text-to-speech/post-27583-AZ-an-upside-down-kingdom.mp3I found myself in a recent conversation that felt heavier than I expected. It started casually. Coffee. Catching up. A friend talking about faith, culture, and the state of the world. At some point, the word radical came up. He said Christianity was supposed to be radical, and he was right.
- [The Mission Field You're Already In](https://www.thestonetable.org/the-mission-field-youre-already-in/) - Why Your Marketplace Skills Are Missionary Skills There's a 99.99% Muslim island in the Indian Ocean where no indigenous church existed until a few years ago. Today, multiple generations of believers worship Jesus there. The catalyst? Not a traditional missionary. An English school. This is the power of marketplace missions, and it challenges everything we've Discover how marketplace professionals are reaching the 42% of the world that has never heard the gospel through business as mission.
- [Gospel Access | A Conversation with John Easter](https://www.thestonetable.org/gospel-access-a-conversation-with-john-easter/) - What does it mean for people to have access to the gospel? In this short conversation from the streets of Prague, Erik Cooper talks with John Easter, Executive Director of Assemblies of God World Missions, about the global reality of gospel access—and why it should matter deeply to every follower of Jesus. Even in one
- [10 Quotes on the Sacred-Secular Divide](https://www.thestonetable.org/10-quotes-on-the-sacred-secular-divide/) - As followers of Jesus, we almost instinctively separate our lives into sacred and secular partitions. Going to church is seen as a sacred activity, but going to work is secular. Preaching a sermon is an obvious godly endeavor, but managing apartments, waiting tables, or building houses is just worldly work. But this is not
- [Living as an Image Bearer](https://www.thestonetable.org/living-as-an-image-bearer/) - As Jesus charged us, we are to take the Gospel to all corners of the world, to preach the Gospel in word and deed, and be the image bearers of God in the world. As Jesus charged us, we are to take the Gospel to all corners of the world, to preach the Gospel in word and deed, and be the image bearers of God in the world. As Jesus charged us, we are to take the Gospel to all corners of the world, to preach the Gospel in word and deed, and be the image bearers of God in the world.
- [How To Be Creative - A Christian Perspective](https://www.thestonetable.org/how-to-be-creative-a-christian-perspective/) - You were created to create. As a Christian, that’s what I believe. I believe this because “God created the heavens and the Earth” (Gen. 1:1, NIV). And He also “created mankind in his own image” (Gen. 1:27, NIV). So, if God created everything and He created you and me in His likeness, then it
- [Principles of Biblical Entrepreneurship: Learning from the Generals](https://www.thestonetable.org/principles-of-biblical-entrepreneurship-learning-from-the-generals/) - Following last week’s article on Principles of Biblical Entrepreneurship from Matthew 6:33, I want to take us about a direction that I have come to see from my personal experience working under some fellow Christian entrepreneurs. I spoke with a husband & wife team regarding what principles of Biblical entrepreneurship they utilize in their
- [The Struggle of a Christian Artist](https://www.thestonetable.org/the-struggle-of-a-christian-artist/) - As I young aspiring musician within the church, I was confident in what it looked like for me to integrate my faith and my art. Christian music was a clear-cut path for me to create music and live out my faith. Until the day my life decided to pick me up and toss me
- [An Emotional Encounter with a Man Who Gave Up Everything to Follow Jesus](https://www.thestonetable.org/an-emotional-encounter-with-a-man-who-gave-up-everything-to-follow-jesus/) - “We have a surprise for you.” Our hosts were almost giddy with excitement as they shared a secret I was asked to keep to myself for the next four days. After nearly 30 hours of travel and two nights of sleeping on an airplane, we had finally arrived at our destination. My wife and
- [The Power Behind Your Faith, Hope, and Love](https://www.thestonetable.org/the-power-behind-your-faith-hope-and-love/) - The holy triad of faith, hope, and love is found multiple times in the New Testament. Many people the world over are familiar with 1 Corinthians 13:13, “And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.” (NIV) Other references to these virtues can be found elsewhere in
- [Principles of Biblical Entrepreneurship: Lessons from Matthew 6:33](https://www.thestonetable.org/principles-of-biblical-entrepreneurship-lessons-from-matthew-633/) - Principles of Biblical Entrepreneurship: Lessons from Matthew 6:33 Entrepreneurship is a tough assignment. There are many challenges that business owners face daily. Through our “Principles of Biblical Entrepreneurship” letters, I hope that you are encouraged to find God’s peace as He walks alongside you throughout the process. Today we are going to be looking
- [The B4T Canvas: Problem & Solution](https://www.thestonetable.org/the-b4t-canvas-problem-solution/) - The B4T Canvas is a template for mapping Business as Missions (BAM) structures that are focused on reaching Unreached People Groups (UPGs).
- [The B4T Canvas: Sales & Marketing](https://www.thestonetable.org/the-b4t-canvas-sales-and-marketing/) - Now that you have an idea that solves a problem and an initial transformation plan for your B4T, the next step is to determine how you will connect with your customers. We are going to draw on two foundational principles for sales and marketing that will determine the rest of your strategy in this section: Target Market, and Sales Channels.
- [The B4T Canvas: Operations](https://www.thestonetable.org/the-b4t-canvas-operations/) - Step 3 of the B4T Canvas begins to describe the operations side of the business. With this section, we want to determine both how and what we need to fulfill the customer needs we are selling a solution to.
- [The B4T Canvas: Finance](https://www.thestonetable.org/the-b4t-canvas-finance/) - Step 4 of the B4T Canvas is financial analysis to determine the viability of the business model.
- [The Next Generation of Missionaries](https://www.thestonetable.org/the-next-generation-of-missionaries/) - How will they know unless someone tells them? This is the missional call of Romans 10:14. It is our call. Yet today we wrestle with another question: How can they know if no one is legally allowed to tell them?
- [Is an A.I. Powered Church Really a Church?](https://www.thestonetable.org/is-an-a-i-powered-church-really-a-church/) - Did you hear about the AI-powered church service that was held in Germany a couple months ago? The sermon, the worship songs, and even the prayers were all written and delivered by Artificial Intelligence. There were AI voices and realistic avatars delivering the service from a large projector screen at the front of the
- [Business as Mission: When Business Is Not Your Gifting](https://www.thestonetable.org/business-as-mission-when-business-is-not-your-gifting/) - The Missionary Band is the marrying of business-background and ministry-background believers in a mutual business partnership for a common ministry goal.
- [Top 10 BAM Books: Roadmap to Business as Mission Success](https://www.thestonetable.org/top-10-bam-books-roadmap-to-business-as-mission-success/) - Top 10 BAM Books including Missional Marketplace, Missions Disrupted, Tentmaking, BAM Global Movement, The Missional Entrepreneur, Scatter, and more
- [Upside-Down Kingdom Business: A Response to Milton Friedman](https://www.thestonetable.org/upside-down-kingdom-business-a-response-to-milton-friedman/) - For fifty years, Milton Friedman’s doctrine has embedded itself in the minds of America’s best and brightest business leaders, but it is good and godly business?
- [Upside-Down Kingdom Business: Evangelism Vs Social Responsibility](https://www.thestonetable.org/evangelism-vs-social-responsibility/) - Social responsibility and evangelism are not diametrically opposed to one another. They are rightly seen as partners to the same end when rooted in love.
- [Upside-Down Kingdom Business: The Many Bottom Lines of BAM](https://www.thestonetable.org/upside-down-kingdom-business-the-many-bottom-lines-of-bam/) - For years, discussion around the multiple bottom lines of BAM has been heated. Spiritual only? Spiritual and profit? Maybe CSR, CSR+, or a quadruple bottom line with social and environmental issues.
- [Kingdom Business And The Baker’s Dilemma](https://www.thestonetable.org/kingdom-business-and-the-bakers-dilemma/) - “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...
- [Stand Outs: Creating Counter-Cultural Companies with Biblical Values ](https://www.thestonetable.org/stand-outs-creating-counter-cultural-companies-with-biblical-values/) - What makes a Christian business different from the rest? We’re called to stand out, and when we infuse our businesses with biblical values, people will notice.
- [The 3 Missional Marketplace Models](https://www.thestonetable.org/the-3-missional-marketplace-models/) - Broadly, there are three ways to do Business for Transformation (B4T): employees as mission, customers as mission, or philanthropy as mission.
- [Building Missional Habits for an Unhurried Life](https://www.thestonetable.org/building-missional-habits-for-an-unhurried-life/) - We were grilling a feast of teriyaki chicken by the pool, with a pot of rice and enough watermelon to feed an army. It was starting to become our routine—overcooking food, that is, not necessarily the teriyaki—though we did love that sweet, tangy glaze over a plate of basmati. The surplus wasn’t an accident.
- [A Step by Step Guide to Effective Prayer](https://www.thestonetable.org/a-step-by-step-guide-to-effective-prayer/) - Let’s be honest, it’s hard to pray. At least consistently. Daily. Effectively. We can spout all the super-spiritual mantras about prayer that we want. We know it’s vital to Christian living, the health of our daily relationships, our family, the impact of our work, our ability to lead. We know we should pray. We believe we should want to
- [Death itself begins working backward](https://www.thestonetable.org/death-itself-begins-working-backward/) - Hey friends, While the cross and the empty tomb are the foundational imagery of Easter weekend and of Christianity itself, we're all familiar with Easter's other seasonal icons. There's Lillies, and pastels, fancy hats and dresses, bunnies and baskets (and when I was a kid, there was plenty of scratchy uncomfortable Sunday church clothes as
- [Worshipping God in our Everyday Life](https://www.thestonetable.org/worshipping-god-in-our-everyday-life/) - Worshipping God in our everyday lives can be simple. It begins with turning your heart toward God amidst the busyness of life and choosing to direct your thoughts towards Him.
- [When Fred Flintstone Sold Cigarettes](https://www.thestonetable.org/when-fred-flintstone-sold-cigarettes/) - A few weeks ago I stumbled across a strange piece of TV history. Something I still can’t fully wrap my head around. During the first two seasons of The Flintstones, the show was sponsored by Winston Cigarettes. Yes, that Flintstones. Fred and Barney. Yabba-dabba-doo. Selling smokes. There is an actual commercial of Fred taking a long drag, exhaling
- [How Missionaries Became My Evangelism Teachers](https://www.thestonetable.org/how-missionaries-became-my-evangelism-teachers/) - Most of us genuinely believe in the power of the gospel. We have experienced it. We have watched it touch parts of our lives that no self-help book ever could. Some of us can even point to the exact moment Jesus interrupted our story. But believing the gospel and sharing the gospel often feel like
- [The Suffering and Prayer that Transforms Nations](https://www.thestonetable.org/the-suffering-and-prayer-that-transforms-nations/) - “Please, do not pray that we will not suffer. Pray that we will have boldness and courage to share the gospel.” These were the words our African brothers spoke to us as we left their radical Muslim hometown. Their families had tried to kill them on multiple occasions—throwing them in the ocean, lighting their homes
- [Why Europe? | A Conversation with Larry Henderson](https://www.thestonetable.org/why-europe-a-conversation-with-larry-henderson/) - Europe, Gospel Access, and the Mission Field We Often Overlook Walking along the river in Prague, it’s easy to assume Europe is already “reached.” But as Larry Henderson—Regional Director for Europe—explains, the reality is far different. In many cities across Europe, less than 1% of the population are evangelical believers. Gospel access is not a
- [From Stone to Flesh | Gil Williams Story of Transformation](https://www.thestonetable.org/27456-2/) - In this unforgettable testimony, you’ll hear the journey of a soldier who carried unimaginable trauma, hatred, and grief after witnessing the death of lifelong friends—both at home and on the battlefield. His heart grew cold. His pain became armor. And bitterness became his “normal.” But God wasn’t done with him. Through the faithful persistence of
- [The Creation Mandate and the Great Commission: Let's Be Both-And People](https://www.thestonetable.org/the-creation-mandate-and-the-great-commission-lets-be-both-and-people/) - Back when I began this whole Missional Marketplace journey, I attended a faith and work conference in New York. The event drew attendees from all over the country and from a wide variety of faith backgrounds and denominational affiliations. The conference was incredible—not only in the content shared, but in the vast perspectives and experiences
- [Your Work and the Great Commandment | CBB](https://www.thestonetable.org/your-work-and-the-great-commandment-cbb/) - What does your work really mean to God? At the Christian Business Breakfast, Erik Cooper unpacks the third pillar of the Missional Marketplace framework: Work and the Great Commandment. Too often we look to our careers for identity, security, and fulfillment—turning good things into ultimate things. But the gospel reshapes how we see our jobs.
- [From Transactional to Transformational](https://www.thestonetable.org/from-transactional-to-transformational/) - So I decided to lean in. I discovered her favorite drink and occasionally blessed her with it. I jumped in to carry packages when the pile threatened to topple over. I made sure her boss knew when she quietly went above and beyond. And when the stress finally spilled over, I slowed down long enough
- [From Humble Beginnings | The CRF Story](https://www.thestonetable.org/27330-2/) - Business is more than profit—it’s about purpose. In this video, Erik Cooper, president of The Stone Table, shares how his family’s business journey led to the founding of CRF (Community Reinvestment Foundation) and ultimately The Stone Table. What started as one property grew into thousands of housing units, channeling profits into global missions and fueling
- [The Switchbacks of Life: Finding God’s Purpose in the Detours](https://www.thestonetable.org/the-switchbacks-of-life-finding-gods-purpose-in-the-detours/) - https://www.thestonetable.org/wp-content/uploads/ai-text-to-speech/post-27285-eV-the-switchbacks-of-life-finding-gods-purpose-in-the-detours.mp3 A younger couple I’ve known since they were teens bought a horse farm in Colorado. When I pulled up the first time, I thought I had driven straight into a Hallmark Christmas movie. The town even had a festive name. The farmhouse had glowing candles in every window. A snow-covered field stretched out in
- [Work As Worship](https://www.thestonetable.org/work-as-worship/) - From the famous (but maybe misattributed) “shoemaker quote” to Tim Keller’s wisdom on calling, this video explores how the gospel redefines work. Whether you’re leading worship or leasing apartments, your job can be an act of worship when rooted in Jesus’ finished work. Discover practical ways—excellence, integrity, gratitude, prayer, presence, and generosity—to live out the
- [The Gospel Makes Cultures Come Alive](https://www.thestonetable.org/the-gospel-makes-cultures-come-alive/) - What does it look like to be an outpost of the gospel in one of the most war-torn regions of Eastern Europe? In this video, filmed on location in Bosnia and Herzegovina, we reflect on the deep history of conflict, pain, and division in this region—and the even deeper hope of the gospel breaking through.
- [When Marketplace Experience Meets the Great Commission](https://www.thestonetable.org/when-marketplace-experience-meets-the-great-commission/) - What do firefighting, construction, and general contracting have to do with missions in Europe? As it turns out—everything. In this video, Erik Cooper of The Stone Table sits down with missionary John Alderman in Brussels, Belgium, where John and his wife have served faithfully for the last 18 years. What makes John’s story so compelling
- [You Might Be Going to Work, but Are You on Mission? | CBB Workshop 2025](https://www.thestonetable.org/you-might-be-going-to-work-but-are-you-on-mission-cbb-workshop-2025/) - What do choose-your-own-adventure books, Pacers games, and Excel spreadsheets have to do with faith, business, and the marketplace? As it turns out—quite a lot. In this Christian Business Breakfast session, Stone Table Vice President Bill Tibbitz blends humor, storytelling, and practical exercises to help us think differently about our work. From nostalgic stories about Scholastic
- [Work and the Great Story | CBB June 2025](https://www.thestonetable.org/work-and-the-great-story-cbb-june-2025/) - What does the NBA Finals have to do with faith, work, and business? Believe it or not, more than you might think. In this Christian Business Breakfast session, we continue our year-long journey of rethinking work through a biblical lens. After exploring Work and the Great Separation in April—how the sacred/secular divide has fractured our
- [What Copernicus Can Teach Us About Business](https://www.thestonetable.org/what-copernicus-can-teach-us-about-business-2/) - What does a water hose have to do with business, faith, and the marketplace? More than you might think. In this video, we trace the surprising history of the garden hose—from its invention in 1673 by Dutch innovator Jan van der Heyden, to its modern-day uses in our backyards—and show how it actually points to
- [Reimagining Your Day Job as Kingdom Work](https://www.thestonetable.org/reimagining-your-day-job-as-kingdom-work/) - I love to joke that I’m a “recovering accountant,” and that I’ve been clean of all debits and credits for 25 years now. If you’re an accountant, I apologize—for the joke, not your profession. The five or so years I spent in both public and private accounting were tough on me. Not only did I
- [Redeeming Your Work: Erik's Story](https://www.thestonetable.org/redeeming-your-work-eriks-story/) - Are you the center of your work story—or is Jesus? In this deeply personal episode, Erik Cooper reflects on a moment behind the piano during worship that revealed a tension many of us feel: the subtle pull between glorifying God and seeking recognition for ourselves. It’s a tension that doesn’t just show up in church—it
- [Learn. Give. Go. | The Stone Table 2.0](https://www.thestonetable.org/27227-2/) - What if the line between sacred and secular was never meant to exist? At The Stone Table, we’re not just talking about bridging that divide—we’re dismantling it. Welcome to Stone Table 2.0—a bold movement mobilizing marketplace Christians to embrace the sacred value of their work, wealth, and witness in God’s global mission. Whether you're a
- [The Surprising Formula for Biblical Generosity](https://www.thestonetable.org/the-surprising-formula-for-biblical-generosity/) - Explore a transformative perspective on generosity with Stone Table board member David Wigington as he challenges conventional views at the Chi Alpha Commission Conference. Discover the biblical formula of “joy plus poverty equals generosity,” and learn how heartfelt giving transcends financial status. Delve into scriptural insights and historical context, contrasting the wealthy Corinthian church with
- [The Role of Business in the Great Commission](https://www.thestonetable.org/the-role-of-business-in-the-great-commission/) - Join Erik Cooper as he explores the profound connection between marketplace skills and missionary work. Drawing on personal anecdotes and insightful stories, Erik emphasizes how the Great Commission extends beyond traditional ministry roles, involving everyone in spreading the Gospel. Discover diverse examples of individuals integrating their professional lives with a mission-driven purpose, from freelancers in
- [Change is Hard, But God is Faithful](https://www.thestonetable.org/27194-2/) - Erik Cooper explores the emotional complexities of life's transitions, whether entering adulthood, changing careers, or embracing retirement. Through personal reflections and professional insights, he illustrates how discomfort during these times is natural and emphasizes the importance of trusting in faith and resilience. Cooper shares thoughtful advice on navigating change, highlighting the steadfastness of divine guidance
- [Zoom Out | God's Got You](https://www.thestonetable.org/zoom-out-gods-got-you/) - Erik Cooper reflects on the intricate relationship between marketplace skills and missionary work, weaving personal insights through the lens of his new health-tracking ring. He explores how life’s uncertainties require a long-term perspective, drawing parallels between faith and data patterns. Cooper shares his journey of seeking divine answers, recognizing God’s overarching faithfulness amidst life’s unpredictabilities.
- [Ministry Isn't Just For Pastors](https://www.thestonetable.org/ministry-isnt-just-for-pastors/) - During a recent trip to Springfield, Missouri, Erik Cooper found time to visit his 86-year-old aunt and uncle—faithful missionaries and bivocational pastors who have spent their lives serving Jesus without fanfare or headlines. As they reminisced, Erik was reminded of the power of simple, steady obedience in the kingdom of God. His uncle shared a
- [You Are Not God's B-Team](https://www.thestonetable.org/you-are-not-gods-b-team/) - Erik Cooper shares a story about his son’s journey to making the C Team in middle school basketball—a reminder of how so many marketplace believers feel about their role in God's Kingdom. They see pastors and missionaries as the A Team, while they feel like B Team or even C Team leftovers. But that’s not
- [Does Your Work Matter to God? | CBB April 2025](https://www.thestonetable.org/does-your-work-matter-to-god-cbb-april-2025/) - In this kickoff session of the 2025 CBB series, Erik Cooper unpacks “The Great Separation”—the false divide between sacred and secular that leaves many believers feeling like second-class citizens in God’s Kingdom. Through stories, humor, and theology, Erik challenges marketplace Christians to see their work not as “less than” ministry, but as central to God’s
- [This will Transform You | CBB Workshop April 2025](https://www.thestonetable.org/this-will-transform-you-cbb-workshop-april-2025/) - Bill Tibbetts walks participants through a reflective exercise during this CBB session on “Work and the Great Separation.” Using the metaphor of a lunch tray, he challenges attendees to identify which areas of their work feel “sacred” and which still feel “secular”—and to ask why. This isn’t just theory. It’s a wake-up call for believers
- [What If True Wealth Has Nothing to Do With Money?](https://www.thestonetable.org/what-if-true-wealth-has-nothing-to-do-with-money/) - What if true wealth isn’t about money but something far more meaningful? In this week's video, discover how collecting friends and investing in relationships can impact your life and God’s kingdom. Drawing wisdom from scripture and heartfelt stories, this video challenges you to redefine wealth and live a life rich in community and purpose.
- [How A Theater Seat Can Make A Difference Around The World | A Bible School Story](https://www.thestonetable.org/how-a-theater-seat-can-make-a-difference-around-the-world-a-bible-school-story/) - How a theater seat can make a difference around the world. This is a story of hope. Check it out.
- [Is Your Job Part of God’s Plan?](https://www.thestonetable.org/is-your-job-part-of-gods-plan/) - How do marketplace skills connect with God’s mission in the world? In this video, we explore how every believer, regardless of profession, is called to participate in the Great Commission. This inspiring message from The Stone Table challenges the traditional views of calling, showing that your work can be your worship. Whether you’re an engineer,
- [Creating the Map: Exploring Categories in the BAM Ecosystem ](https://www.thestonetable.org/creating-the-map-exploring-categories-in-the-bam-ecosystem/) - In Part 2 of this series, we unpack the research and findings behind the creation of the BAM Ecosystem Map. Learn about key exclusions, historic moves and more.
- [Brothers Reunited After FIFTY YEARS | Alberto's Story!](https://www.thestonetable.org/brothers-reunited-after-fifty-years-albertos-story/) - Learn how two brothers reunite after fifty years in this amazing story of redemption. You don't want to miss this!
- [How Generosity Is Impacting the Mosquito Coast | Ricky and Gloria's Story](https://www.thestonetable.org/how-generosity-is-impacting-the-mosquito-coast-ricky-and-glorias-story/) - It's amazing how a life of generosity is impacting the Mosquito Coast in Nicaragua. You have to hear how Ricky and Gloria are impacting this area of the world with the love of Jesus.
- [How a Strip Club Became a Seminary Training Gospel Leaders](https://www.thestonetable.org/how-a-strip-club-became-a-seminary-training-gospel-leaders/) - High in the Andes Mountains, the Cusco Ketchua have lived as an oral society for centuries, bound by myths, legends, and animistic traditions. Today, over 5,000 villages remain unreached by the Gospel, with only 105 churches scattered across this vast region. At the heart of this story is a remarkable transformation—a building once intended to
- [The Salt That Shapes: Embracing Jesus’ Call in a Modern World](https://www.thestonetable.org/the-salt-that-shapes-embracing-jesus-call-in-a-modern-world/) - Josh and Morgan delve into Matthew 5:13, exploring the metaphor of being the "salt of the earth." They discuss how followers of Jesus can preserve and enhance the world, reflecting God's beauty and goodness. Through anecdotes, like a sunrise in St. Augustine, they illustrate the importance of cultural care over cultural wars. They emphasize the
- [The Industry of Anger and Anxiety](https://www.thestonetable.org/the-industry-of-anger-and-anxiety/) - Erik Cooper delves into the pervasive influence of fear and anger in society and media, highlighting their role as tools of persuasion and control. He contrasts this with the teachings of Jesus, emphasizing peace and love as alternative paths. Cooper urges listeners to reject fear-driven manipulation and embrace tranquility and compassion. By recognizing the misuse
- [How an Insurance Career Became and Unexpected Mission Field | Brittany Wells](https://www.thestonetable.org/how-an-insurance-career-became-and-unexpected-mission-field-brittany-wells/) - .Brittany shares her unexpected journey from aspiring pastor to successful State Farm agent. Coming from a family of pastors, she initially pursued ministry but found herself working in insurance to pay off student loans. Despite doubts, Brittany discovered her passion for the insurance industry and eventually opened her own agency. Guided by faith, she redefined
- [Common Ground | The One Thing We All Have In Common](https://www.thestonetable.org/common-ground-the-one-thing-we-all-have-in-common/) - What does an Indigenous farmer high in the Andes, a Muslim shop owner in East Africa, an Arab oil executive in Abu Dhabi, a street vendor in Kolkata, or a middle-class American running a real estate nonprofit in Indiana all have in common? One profound truth: Jesus came for all of us. Marketplace skills are
- [4 Things Marketplace Leaders Can Learn From Church Leaders](https://www.thestonetable.org/4-things-marketplace-leaders-can-learn-from-church-leaders/) - Business Leaders, here are a few things you can learn from the pastors and church leaders in the room. 1. Relational Currency is More Valuable than Actual Currency In the church, relationships are the currency for getting things done. Often, in the business world, we focus so intently on execution, profit, and margin that we
- [When You're the Most Important Person in the Room, Serve | David Wigington](https://www.thestonetable.org/when-youre-the-most-important-person-in-the-room-serve-david-wigington/) - Imagine walking into a room this morning, looking around, and realizing, I am the most important person here. I don’t know who that is today. Maybe it’s Adam, whose church in Greenfield is thriving. Or perhaps Jameson, who ran for Congress. Micah, who's running for Lieutenant Governor. Dave Cooper, who kickstarted the business engine funding
- [My Hot Take Usually Aren't God's Takes](https://www.thestonetable.org/my-hot-take-usually-arent-gods-takes/) - Here at the Stone Table, we’re passionate about global missions. Sometimes, that passion can get us a little ahead of ourselves—just like Marketplace skills are also missionary skills. A few years ago, I learned this the hard way. A headline hit the news about a man claiming to be a missionary who seemed to have
- [Why Marketplace Skills ARE Missionary Skills | The Stone Table](https://www.thestonetable.org/why-marketplace-skills-are-missionary-skills-the-stone-table/) - I recently had a friend tell me that a phrase I use all the time may not be as clear to other people as I thought it was.
- [From Indiana to Singapore: How Worship Transcends Culture and Borders | The Stone Table](https://www.thestonetable.org/from-indiana-to-singapore-how-worship-transcends-culture-and-borders-the-stone-table/) - Recently, I found myself 10,000 miles from home, and on that trip, God spoke something very profound. I just returned from the Asia Pacific region. We were with about a dozen pastors and some key business guys from their churches. We were there interacting with missionaries and on the ground, kind of on-site, with Insight, connecting with the culture and what God is doing in those parts of the world, and really, ultimately, what still needs to be done.
- [How God's Promise Lead to Finding Jesus at 103 Years Old | The Stone Table](https://www.thestonetable.org/how-gods-promise-lead-to-finding-jesus-at-103-years-old-the-stone-table/) - The power of prayer is found in this story of finding Jesus at 103. Check it out. Learn more about this year's priority projects: http://t.ly/0Q5Mr
- [The Power of Christmas | How Jesus Changes Everything](https://www.thestonetable.org/the-power-of-christmas-how-jesus-changes-everything/) - Erik shares his deep love for Christmas and the direction it represents. He highlights the significance of Christmas as a reminder that God came for humanity, bridging the divide caused by sin. Unlike other world religions and self-improvement programs, Christianity offers the miracle of God becoming flesh and moving into the neighborhood. This video is a reminder to not forget the billions of people who have yet to hear this message. Will you join in proclaiming the Savior's arrival?
- [Unpacking Gospel Outreach to Unreached People Groups | Interview with Missionary Bob Holloway](https://www.thestonetable.org/unpacking-gospel-outreach-to-unreached-people-groups-interview-with-missionary-bob-holloway/) - We just got back from a whirlwind three days in Peru, up in the Andes Mountains, between 11,000 and 12,000 feet above sea level. I've almost recovered the oxygen I lost during that trip. While we were there, we got to talk to my new friend, missionary Bob Holloway, and his wife, Lisa. They've been
- [Crisis and Compassion: Finding Empathy in the Heat of Adversity](https://www.thestonetable.org/crisis-and-compassion-finding-empathy-in-the-heat-of-adversity/) - You know, running a business or interacting in the marketplace in a way that honors the Lord is sometimes harder than we want it to be. And through the process, we often learn a lot about ourselves. Marketplace skills, as I’ve come to realize, are missionary skills. A few months ago, one of our properties
- [When Promotion Feels Like Punishment | Sanford Swanson](https://www.thestonetable.org/when-promotion-feels-like-punishment-sanford-swanson/) - My name is Sanford Swanson. I know it's hard to believe with this baby face, but for 18 and a half years, I've been a police officer. For the last 8 and a half years, I’ve been in West Lafayette, Indiana, where I get the privilege of raising my family alongside my wife. In November,
- [From Rock Bottom to Renewal: A Story of Faith and Redemption | Bryan Crouch](https://www.thestonetable.org/26891-2/) - I'll go back to Philippians 4:6-7: "Don't worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need and thank Him for all He has done. Then you will experience God's peace." So that means, basically, the more time you spend with God, the more peace you're going to feel. When you can’t pay
- [Identity over Performance: How to Find Freedom in Your Work](https://www.thestonetable.org/identity-over-performance-how-to-find-freedom-in-your-work/) - Our value was set by a Savior who declared, "While you're yet a sinner, I will come and die for you." You're valuable because I made you, I love you, and I came for you. This Value-First identity changes the entire nature of our work. It transforms it from earning to love. Marketplace skills become
- [Mental Health in the Marketplace | April Bordeau](https://www.thestonetable.org/mental-health-in-the-marketplace-april-bordeau/) - And I thought about this morning: What do I share? How do I share about this topic, and why don't we talk about it as Christians? I think I understand the reason why. I was thinking about my own life, and I was like, okay, I can go back to, you know, I'm in my
- [Faith in the Fog: Understanding God’s Will in Confusing Times](https://www.thestonetable.org/faith-in-the-fog-understanding-gods-will-in-confusing-times/) - Obedience is our response to God's grace, but it doesn't always mean a specific instruction. Discover the freedom of living within God's divine backyard.
- [Bill Tibbetts | How to Be a Witness in the Marketplace](https://www.thestonetable.org/bill-tibbetts-how-to-be-a-witness-in-the-marketplace/) - Learn how to be a witness in the marketplace with these powerful insights from Bill Tibbetts. Discover the importance of prayer, bearing fruit, and being present in the lives of your coworkers.
- [Unexpected Heroes: How Two Praying Widows Changed The World](https://www.thestonetable.org/unexpected-heroes-how-two-praying-widows-changed-the-world/) - Don't underestimate the power of your everyday life to change the world. Two widows' obedience and prayer led to a ripple effect that will reach eternity.
- [The Unexpected Journey: How Business and Ministry Co-Exist](https://www.thestonetable.org/the-unexpected-journey-how-business-and-ministry-co-exist/) - Discover the power of using your skills and talents for God's purposes in the world. This church in Lafayette, Indiana is making a difference.
- [Amy Dingman | The Power of Generosity: How Putting People First Can Increase Your Profits](https://www.thestonetable.org/26837-2/) - Amy’s business, Remade, is not just about profits, but about investing in people and communities. Learn how she's making a difference.
- [Discovering the Freedom in Dependence on God](https://www.thestonetable.org/discovering-the-freedom-in-dependence-on-god/) - Are you tired of feeling like you have to do it all on your own? Learn how dependence on God can lead to true strength and success. "If you're like me, you probably hate that feeling of being in over your head. You know, in whatever sphere of life— in leadership and business, in
- [The Most Valuable Asset in Life: Cherishing Relationships](https://www.thestonetable.org/the-most-valuable-asset-in-life-cherishing-relationships/) - As I look back at old photos, I realize the true value in life lies in the relationships we cherish. Take a moment to appreciate the people who have made a difference in your life. "You know, when I take time to contemplate the most valuable things that I own, you know, in my
- [Confronting Our Insecurities: The Key to Becoming Powerful Leaders](https://www.thestonetable.org/confronting-our-insecurities-the-key-to-becoming-powerful-leaders/) - "Hey leaders, let's deal with our insecurities. Marketplace skills are missionary skills; we all deal with insecurities—all of us. Those nagging little voices that whisper, "You're not enough"—this, of course, is completely true. On our own, you and I are not nearly enough, so these voices, they sort of have a point. There's a gap
- [Brian Wheeler | When God's Prompting Leads to Divine Encounters](https://www.thestonetable.org/brian-wheeler-when-gods-prompting-leads-to-divine-encounters/) - "I want to introduce you to my friend, Brian Wheeler. Outside of Christ, my life doesn't make much sense. Can anyone else relate to that? They don't go together, except for inside of Christ, they make total sense. Brian is a serial entrepreneur who has started and purchased multiple businesses and brings his faith in
- [How to Leave a Legacy of Love: Rethinking Success and Productivity](https://www.thestonetable.org/how-to-leave-a-legacy-of-love-rethinking-success-and-productivity/) - Discover how your everyday job can be a powerful opportunity to love and serve others in this thought-provoking episode. Explore the idea that our greatest contribution to the world is not just the work we do, but the people we love. Learn how to reimagine your day job through a gospel lens and see the ways in which your work can add value to the lives of those around you. Join the conversation on reframing the economy and embracing the call to love your neighbor as yourself.
- [Konica Butler | The Power of Being Found Faultless](https://www.thestonetable.org/konica-butler-the-power-of-being-found-faultless/) - In this episode, Konica Butler shares her powerful message at a Christian business breakfast. She emphasizes that marketplace skills are missionary skills and discusses how God finding her faultless has inspired her to serve others. Konica shares touching stories of compassion and support, highlighting the importance of empathy and understanding in the marketplace. Her inspiring
- [VIDEO: Erik Cooper's Sermon on The Great Commission and the Marketplace](https://www.thestonetable.org/video-erik-coopers-sermon-on-the-great-commission-and-the-marketplace/) - The Stone Table presents a very special video today, as The Stone Table's very own Erik Cooper had the opportunity to share at Grace Assembly of God in Greenwood Indiana.
- [VIDEO: All about BAM ft. Dr. Brian Stewart](https://www.thestonetable.org/all-about-bam-ft-dr-brian-stewart/) - BAM stands for "Business as Missions". This means your business acts as a way to reach others in a mission's way. We challenge you to try BAM and see how God can use your work.
- [VIDEO: Managing Work Life Balance ft. Professor Dean Tibbetts](https://www.thestonetable.org/video-managing-work-life-balance-ft-professor-dean-tibbetts/) - Struggling with managing both Work and your personal Life? Check out this video where Erik Cooper of The Stone Table speaks with Professor Dean Tibbetts of North Central University.
- [VIDEO: Gen Z Answers Questions: What Does a Work-Life Balance Look Like?](https://www.thestonetable.org/video-gen-z-answers-questions-what-does-a-work-life-balance-look-like/) - Work-life balance can look different to people of different generations. In the past The Stone Table has released videos talking about work-life balance from an older generation perspective, but how do the younger generations view work-life balance?
- [VIDEO: What Does Easter Have To Do With My Everyday Work?](https://www.thestonetable.org/video-what-does-easter-have-to-do-with-my-everyday-work/) - "Paid in full, it is finished". Work from the place of "it is finished". Jesus has done the heavy lifting, Jesus's finished work is the starting place for all of your work.
- [VIDEO: Do I Have One Calling My Whole Life?](https://www.thestonetable.org/video-do-i-have-one-calling-my-whole-life/) - Many of us often question what our calling is in life. We walk a tightrope worrying that we may fall and be off course of what God has destined for us. In this video, Erik Cooper of The Stone Table shares some fascinating points on God's calling for our life.
- [VIDEO: Miracles Still Happen: Saved From Covid-19](https://www.thestonetable.org/video-miracles-still-happen-saved-from-covid-19/) - In this video Greg Mundis of AGWM talks with Erik Cooper of The Stone Table, about how he was miraculously saved from Covid-19. Later on, they cover how missionaries are continuing through the pandemic and how to minister through disaster. They continue to talk about Business as Missions (BAM) and much more, you won't want to miss it.
- [The Key to Restore What 2020 Has Stolen](https://www.thestonetable.org/the-key-to-restore-what-2020-has-stolen-2/) - There are a lot of "Gospel words" that we love to talk about. Words like; renew, regenerate, or resurrection, those are words we can get behind when it comes to our faith. But there is another word that we don't like to talk about too much, but yet it's equally as important. This week Erik shares with us what God has been speaking to him during this unique season of life.
- [VIDEO: Business as Missions (BAM)](https://www.thestonetable.org/video-business-as-missions-bam/) - "BAM is recapturing something old, not creating something new." Hear from Erik Cooper as he explains business as mission is not a gimmick. It's the real deal, and we expect to see more and more of it as the days unfold, and we see the Great Commission fulfilled.
- [VIDEO: The Brett Snodgrass Podcast: Part 2 (The Great Commission)](https://www.thestonetable.org/video-the-brett-snodgrass-podcast-part-2-the-great-commission/) - We're back with Part 2 of the Brett Snodgrass Podcast. Hear from Erik Cooper as he shares his heart for ministry in the marketplace and our responsibility in The Great Commission.
- [VIDEO: The Brett Snodgrass Podcast: Part 1 (The Great Commission)](https://www.thestonetable.org/video-the-brett-snodgrass-podcast-part-1-the-great-commission/) - We're back with Part 1 of The Brett Snodgrass Podcast featuring Erik Cooper. This segment is focusing on the responsibility of a work-life balance. Check it out and click here to view Part 2.
- [VIDEO: We Asked Gen Z: Is it Wrong to be Wealthy?](https://www.thestonetable.org/video-we-asked-gen-z-is-it-wrong-to-be-wealthy/) - We’re back with “We Asked Gen Z: Is it Wrong to be Wealthy?” Hear from Blake Falstad and Kylie De Boef who are apart of IIE (Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at North Central University) as they discuss this topic from a Generation Z perspective. 💰💸🤑
- [VIDEO: Marketplace Mission with President Hagan](https://www.thestonetable.org/video-marketplace-mission-with-president-hagan/) - We had the honor to sit down with President Hagan, PhD from North Central University as he answers “How do you see the marketplace becoming part of God’s mission?”
- [VIDEO: Leadership Through Crisis with President Hagan](https://www.thestonetable.org/video-leadership-through-crisis-with-president-hagan/) - What are the two characteristics every leader should have when leading through a season of crisis? Hear from President Scott Hagan, PhD as he shares his advice on this topic of leadership. -- Comment below if you agree!
- [VIDEO: When You Are Not Called to Serve in the Church (Daron Earlewine Podcast)](https://www.thestonetable.org/video-when-you-are-not-called-to-serve-in-the-church-daron-earlewine-podcast/) - Erik Cooper and David Cooper guest starred on the Daron Earlewine podcast. Hear from them as they discuss the “Ezra Calling.”
- [VIDEO: What if You Did Exactly as God Called You To, and No One Ever Knew It?](https://www.thestonetable.org/video-what-if-you-did-exactly-as-god-called-you-to-and-know-one-ever-knew-it/) - What if You Did Exactly as God Called You To, and No One Ever Knew It? Hear from Erik Cooper discuss this topic on the Daron Earlewine Podcast.
- [Missional Marketplace Promo Video](https://www.thestonetable.org/missional-marketplace-promo-video/) - Is there any eternal value to your day job? Is it possible to find gospel meaning in your "secular" career? If you really love Jesus, shouldn't you quit your job and go into full-time ministry? How does your everyday work have anything to do with God's mission in the world? Order Missional Marketplace today to
- [How We Build Our Teams](https://www.thestonetable.org/how-we-build-our-teams/) - Nothing like some valuable #teambuilding advice from Erik Cooper for your Monday morning!
- [VIDEO: Humility in Leadership](https://www.thestonetable.org/video-humility-in-leadership/) - Let's talk a little bit about humility in leadership. You know leaders are leaders oftentimes because they are very skilled. They're very talented, they are charismatic, they can draw attention, they have good ideas, they can cast vision, and sometimes that can cause leaders, including me, to begin to think they are the driving force. And so, as Christians, we know that we are called to humility; that arrogance doesn't really partner itself well with the gospel and the gospel redeemed life.
- [VIDEO: Audiobook Promo](https://www.thestonetable.org/video-audiobook-promo/) - We were so excited here recently to launch this brand-new book, this resource, from The Stone Table called Missional Marketplace: Finding Your Everyday Work in God's Eternal Plan and want to let you know that the paperback has been available for a little while now, but now the kindle book, and also the audiobook, of this is available now at Amazon and at other retail distributors. So, if you're into audiobooks, I can actually read this book to you as you kind of go about your business. So, if you'd like to hear me read this book to you, you can download the audiobook right now as well. So, Missional Marketplace: Finding Your Everyday Work in God's Eternal Plan, go pick it up right now and we pray it’s an encouragement to you.
- [VIDEO: To The Pastors](https://www.thestonetable.org/video-to-the-pastors/) - I just wanted to take a second and talk to all of my pastor friends out there today. You know, I spent 12 years in full time ministry and really, I think over this this last year and a half, have felt such a pull and a longing to encourage my pastor friends because I think this season of COVID and 2020, and now into 2021, has been one of the most difficult seasons to be a leader of any kind but especially a spiritual leader in our polarized world where everything seems to create conflict even within the context of our local churches.
- [VIDEO: Can I Enjoy My Work?](https://www.thestonetable.org/video-can-i-enjoy-my-work/) - You know one of the things we talk about here at The Stone Table is how our stories, the story of our life, the story of our careers, really the story of everything as a follower of Jesus, is really part of a much greater story. We talk about our work and the great story and I’ve had some folks ask me, you know, “What does it look like to engage my work and my career and my vocation through that great story? Is it ok if I like my work? Is it ok if I pursue a career that excites me? Is it okay if I make money and profit from my work? Or, does embedding my story in a greater story mean that I can’t enjoy any of those things?”
- [VIDEO: Thankfulness](https://www.thestonetable.org/video-thankfulness/) - You know every Monday morning at our housing company, CRF Affordable Housing, we have a conference call where all of our staff across the state of Indiana can call in and kind of give updates on things that are happening at each of the properties, share stories, and we’re able to share things with them as well. But, the way we have committed to start this call every Monday morning is that everyone shares a win; everyone shares something good that’s happened. Maybe at their property, within the context of their work, or even within their own family or something personal that’s happened.
- [VIDEO: A Stone Table Christmas](https://www.thestonetable.org/video-a-stone-table-christmas/) - For those of you who may not know, I'm a huge Indianapolis Colts football fan. In fact, my family gets a little concerned about me during the games, during the autumn football season, because I can get pretty intense. Weather I'm physically at Lucas Oil Stadium, you know yelling and screaming, or if I'm in my own living room screaming, the dogs underneath the table in fear or making my neighbors wonder if they should call the police for a domestic disturbance.
- [VIDEO: The True Weight of the Christmas Season](https://www.thestonetable.org/video-the-true-weight-of-the-christmas-season/) - Merry Christmas friends. I absolutely love this time of year. I've always loved this time of year, but I think as I've gotten older, I've gotten a little bit sappier and even a little more weepy this time of year because 've grown to feel the weight of what the Christmas season really means, and I think all of us understand there's something that's just not right with the world that that even when good things happen, they're not ultimately fulfilling.
- [VIDEO: Success and Failure](https://www.thestonetable.org/video-success-and-failure/) - A mentor once told me that the two most vulnerable moments for any leader are after a great failure or after a great success. And it’s those moments of success that I want to talk about today. I think it’s when God has breathed on something that we are involved in; When God has done something more than we could have ever asked or expected. We tend to want to take more ownership of those things than we should. And it’s not that we don’t have a role to play, but I think in those moments of success when God has just multiplied something beyond our wildest imaginations, we can tend to pat ourselves on the back. Maybe begin to arrogantly think we were more of the causation for that than we actually were. And there’s going to be moments in any leadership journey of failure, but there’s also gonna be these moments where things just work. Where you look back and you realized, “Oh my gosh, look what has happened in and around me.” And it’s in those moments that we need to humbly fall on our knees and remember that we have a role to play. We are stewards. We function in obedience and response to God but the work, and ultimately the glory, for any success, in any endeavor, goes to God alone. And so, I want to encourage you, in those moments of success, to stay close to the heart of God. Cause there’s gonna be moments where God just miraculously breathes on something and it’s in those moments, we should be grateful that He allowed us to be a part of that journey.
- [VIDEO: The Gospel is Power](https://www.thestonetable.org/video-the-gospel-is-power/) - You know when we talk about the gospel, we often think about something kind of ethereal and in over here. It deals with our spiritual life and so, when we go to work every day, when we engage in the realities of our everyday life, it's like we know those two things go together but kind of you know the gospel is more spiritual. It’s over in this realm and you know then I gotta deal with my business, I gotta deal with my work and strategy and marketing and finance and all of those different kinds of things. And we don't really connect to those things, but I was reading in Romans one this morning. In Romans one there's this famous verse says, “I am not ashamed of the gospel, the good news of Jesus Christ. For it is the power of God.” The gospel is the power of God. I just got to thinking about that within the context of our everyday lives, including our everyday work. You know the gospel is not just some other good moral philosophy, it's not just another interesting religious story. The gospel is literally power. The gospel is power. The gospel actually does something in us and around us and through us. The gospel is intended to be fuel for everyday living, our faith, our work, our home lives, our finances. The gospel is power; the gospel is not just another interesting moral philosophy. The gospel is power. So, I just want to encourage you with that this week, to think about how you can tap into the gospel. The power of God. It is there as a gift for you, it is not just some spiritual aspect of your life to be relegated to the spiritual or ethereal realm. It is the power of God for real everyday living. You can tap into it; your work can tap into it. It is the power of God unto salvation for everyone who believes.
- [VIDEO: Erik Cooper at the Truth at Work Conference!](https://www.thestonetable.org/video-erik-cooper-at-the-truth-at-work-conference/) - That's why two recent Barna surveys on global missions and evangelism really shocked and troubled me. Maybe you saw these. According to Barna, over half of all churchgoers, 51%, are completely unfamiliar with the concept of the Great Commission. But I think even more disturbing, they found almost half of practicing Christian millennials believe that evangelism is wrong. And perhaps these responses reflect a rejection of some historical missions’ missteps that were rooted more in western colonialism than the gospels full redemptive work. Perhaps, but I fear something worse. I fear God's people may actually be losing God's heart for the nations. I fear we've turned the Great Commission into more of a great suggestion. If we really love people, won't we move heaven and earth to tell them how their sins can be forgiven, how they can find union with their heavenly father, and how they can function in the fullness of the resurrection power of Jesus Christ. The answer is yes, and we passionately believe that mobilizing entrepreneurship, business, and the marketplace is a vital part of that Great Commission calling.
- [VIDEO: The Great Commission Belongs to You | Erik Cooper at the Truth at Work Conference](https://www.thestonetable.org/video-the-great-commission-belongs-to-you-erik-cooper-at-the-truth-at-work-conference/) - So, what is the Great Commission? Do you know? The Great Commission is Jesus’ last instructions to his disciples as he ascended into heaven. These instructions weren’t just for professional pastors and missionaries. Jesus’ words were aimed at all of us who call him “Lord,” including those of us with marketplace jobs. Look at Matthew 28:19. It says, “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations.” It says “go,” to move out, to train up followers of all nations. And the Greek word here is actually ethnos. It’s ethnos or a people joined by similar customs or culture. We can better translate this word, not as geo-political nation states, but as people groups. And Jesus said to go make disciples of all of them. But the Joshua Project estimates there as many as 7,400 unreached people groups in the world today. These 7,400 people groups total 3.1 billion people or 42% of the global population. And for many of these people, were not just talking about a general disinterest in Christianity, we’re talking no access to the Gospel. If you are born into this 42%, there is a good chance that you will live and die without ever as much as meeting a Christian let alone hearing the life-giving message of Jesus. And this should disturb all of us. See, if you belong to Jesus, the Great Commission belongs to you.
- [VIDEO: Erik Cooper at the Truth at Work Conference](https://www.thestonetable.org/video-erik-cooper-at-the-truth-at-work-conference-2/) - And at The Stone Table, we define BAM this way: Business as mission is the intentional integration of business and ministry to create a sustainable, missional presence of the kingdom of God in a particular community. Across the globe, all kinds of marketplace work is being embraced as a Great Commission opportunity to take the Gospel to every ethnos. We have missionary entrepreneurs that are starting sustainable farms, tourism companies, CrossFit gyms, and coffee shops in areas devoid of Gospel witness. We have gig economy workers like graphic designers and book editors that are moving their base of operations to strategic missions’ outposts. We have take-a-job missionaries that are partnering with local church planting teams and are embedding in local corporations that are moving them to unreached parts of the world. We have business owners that are franchising their models to missionary teams that could take the Gospel into places that traditional missionaries cannot go. And missionary investors are underwriting the risky startup costs of these strategic BAM projects through grant and investment dollars. And they’re embracing this multiple bottom-line definition of success and Great Commission returns.
- [VIDEO: Gospel Passion](https://www.thestonetable.org/video-gospel-passion/) - You know when I was a pastor, my passion was the Gospel; the proclamation of Jesus Christ and the discipleship of people through the local church. That was my job. So, my job was pastor, my passion was the Gospel. But now for the last decade or so, I have been back in the marketplace. And you know what? My passion is still the Gospel. I sit at a different seat now. I'm in a marketplace seat. I'm involved in managing apartments and developing apartments and Realestate but my passion as a believer is still the same. My job is different but my vocation (my vocation or "vocare" from the Latin word "calling") is still the same; the Gospel and the proclamation of Jesus Christ. I just do that now from a marketplace seat. So, I want to encourage all of you, whether you work in a church, whether you work in a marketplace, whether you're on the mission field, the vocation and calling of every believer ultimately is the same. It is to embody the kingdom and to proclaim and glorify the name of Jesus Christ to the ends of the earth. That's your job, that's your vocation.
- [VIDEO: Gospel is Not](https://www.thestonetable.org/video-gospel-is-not/) - Let me tell you what the Gospel is not. The Gospel is not, “I am a Sinner; I work hard to improve myself and God approves me because of my effort.” That is not the Gospel. This is the Gospel: “While we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.”
- [Are You Wrestling With The Call To Missions?](https://www.thestonetable.org/are-you-wrestling-with-the-call-to-missions/) - Our non-profit organization is dedicated to bridging the gap between faith and work through global missions efforts. As a marketplace-rooted brand, we believe that spiritual fulfillment and professional success go hand in hand. In this video, we explore how our mission is to empower individuals to bring their faith into the workplace and make a positive impact on a global scale. Join us as we work towards creating a world where faith and work are seamlessly integrated.
- [Uncovering Your Global Missions Path: The 3 Questions You Need to Ask](https://www.thestonetable.org/uncovering-your-global-missions-path-the-3-questions-you-need-to-ask/) - Are you feeling called to make a difference in the world through global missions, but unsure of where to start? In this video, we dive into the three key questions you need to ask yourself to uncover your unique path in global missions. Join us as we explore the deep personal reflection required to find your passion, your skills, and your calling in global missions work. Whether you're just starting to explore this path or looking to reaffirm your purpose, these questions will help guide you towards fulfilling your destiny in making a positive impact on the world.
- [Bono Explains How The Marketplace Can Engage The Great Commission | U2s Bono](https://www.thestonetable.org/bono-explains-how-the-marketplace-can-engage-the-great-commission-u2s-bono/) - Bono, U2's poetic and influential front man, made some powerful statements on this topic in a recent World Magazine interview. After years of championing only charity-based activism, a more seasoned Bono has awakened to the Gospel-redeemed potential of the marketplace, too.
- [Erasing The Sacred Secular Divide](https://www.thestonetable.org/erasing-the-sacred-secular-divide/) - Are you tired of feeling like you have to separate your faith from your everyday life? Are you ready to erase the boundaries between the sacred and the secular and fully embrace your identity as a follower of Jesus in all aspects of your life? Then join us for this powerful message as we explore the transformative power of integrating our faith with our daily activities.
- [The Secret To High Performance | Rethinking It All](https://www.thestonetable.org/the-secret-to-high-performance-rethinking-it-all/) - Do you find yourself striving for success, looking for certain markers to prove that you have arrived? What if everything you thought about success, achievement, and high performance was skewed? Well in this week's video, we are discussing the secret to high performance and how to achieve it with ease, but it might not be at all what you are thinking. Let's dive in.
- [The Gospel's Resurrection Power: Becoming a Better Leader, Spouse, and Parent](https://www.thestonetable.org/the-gospels-resurrection-power-becoming-a-better-leader-spouse-and-parent/) - In this week's video, Erik reflects on the idea of making changes in life and the introspection that comes with the start of a new year. He shares his personal struggle with road rage and the desire to manage his frustrations while driving. He discusses the importance of discipline and self-control but emphasizes that true transformation can only come through the power of the gospel. He also encourages us to depend on Christ and his finished work for lasting change in our lives.
- [The Unseen Injustice: How 42% of the World is Being Left Behind | The Stone Table](https://www.thestonetable.org/the-unseen-injustice-how-42-of-the-world-is-being-left-behind-the-stone-table/) - In this eye-opening video, we delve into the shocking statistic that 42% of the world's population still doesn't have access to the life-changing message of Jesus. We believe this is a huge injustice and want to do our part to help shrink that percentage. Join us as we seek to understand why this gap still exists and what we can do to help bridge it.
- [Unleashing Creativity in Entrepreneurship: A Conversation with Tim Shrout](https://www.thestonetable.org/unleashing-creativity-in-entrepreneurship-a-conversation-with-tim-shrout/) - Recently we sat down and had an awesome chat with Tim Shrout, one of our founding board members! We got to talk about how to unleash your inner creativity as an entrepreneur. It's interesting, many business leaders out there don't think of themselves as creative people. But we think they're selling themselves short! So, let's dive in and see what Tim had to say about it. Are you ready?
- [Generosity's Ripple Effect: A Conversation on Lasting Impact with Tom Paino | The Stone Table](https://www.thestonetable.org/generositys-ripple-effect-a-conversation-on-lasting-impact-with-tom-panio-the-stone-table/) - Recently we sat down and had a great chat with Tom Paino, a 98-year-old (or should we say 98-year-young) pastor whose mission legacy is one for the books! We got to talk about generosity's ripple effect and how one conversation with a local businessman inspired others to join in global missions giving. So, let's dive in and hear some of Tom's story. Are you ready?
- [What Tim Keller Taught Me About Leadership and Legacy | The Stone Table](https://www.thestonetable.org/what-tim-keller-taught-me-about-leadership-and-legacy-the-stone-table/) - Join us this week as we pay tribute to the remarkable life and profound influence of the late Pastor Tim Keller, a true champion of faith in the marketplace. With heavy hearts, we mourn his passing, but we are inspired to celebrate the enduring legacy he leaves behind. In this enlightening video, we delve deep into the invaluable lessons we've learned from this extraordinary servant of God. Don't miss this opportunity to delve into the transformative legacy of Pastor Tim Keller. Subscribe now and be part of this inspiring journey!
- [Unleashing Kingdom Impact: Leveraging Your Business Skills for God’s Kingdom | The Stone Table](https://www.thestonetable.org/unleashing-kingdom-impact-leveraging-your-business-skills-for-gods-kingdom-the-stone-table/) - In 'Unleashing Kingdom Impact,' join us as we interview Dave Cooper, the founder, and president of CRF, who has raised over 20 million dollars through his business for global missions.
- [The Sacred Responsibility of Every Leader with Rob Ketterling](https://www.thestonetable.org/the-sacred-responsibility-of-every-leader-with-rob-ketterling/) - Listen in to this clip from The Stone Table's Christian Business Breakfast event, as renowned Pastor Rob Ketterling shares insights from his transformative book, "Speed of Unity."
- [Impacting The Nations: An Interview With Dave Wigington](https://www.thestonetable.org/impacting-the-nations-an-interview-with-dave-wigington/) - In this week's video, join us as we delve into the world of global missions as Erik talks with Pastor Dave Wigington of Cornerstone Christian Fellowship. Discover the profound impact of global missions on individuals, communities, and nations, and gain a deeper understanding of why reaching the unreached is so important today.
- [The Power of Embracing Small Beginnings | The Stone Table](https://www.thestonetable.org/the-power-of-embracing-small-beginnings-the-stone-table-2/) - In this week's video we discuss the transformative power of embracing small beginnings. Join Erik Cooper, the President of The Stone Table as he shares the inspiring story of CRF Affordable Housing and the three decades of faith and resilience. Hit the play button now and be inspired to embrace your own journey with confidence. Like, share, and subscribe for more empowering content on faith, business, and global missions.
- [Redefining Leadership and Influence with Jesus at the Center | The Stone Table](https://www.thestonetable.org/the-power-of-embracing-small-beginnings-the-stone-table/) - In this week's video, Erik redefines the very essence of leadership, shedding light on the power of making Jesus the heart of our influence. Discover how true impact is achieved not through personal fame, but by elevating Jesus as the driving force behind our actions. Join us as we learn to lead with purpose, guided by faith, and find new meaning in the phrase 'Redefining Leadership with Jesus at the Center.' Unleash your potential and become a leader who makes a lasting difference.
- [What Is Missiology and Why Does It Matter? | The Stone Table](https://www.thestonetable.org/what-is-missiology-and-why-does-it-matter-the-stone-table/) - What is missiology and why is it important today? Let's talk about it.
- [3 Ways Faith Transforms Your Everyday Work | Senator John Crane](https://www.thestonetable.org/3-ways-faith-transforms-your-everyday-work-senator-john-crane/) - Senator John Crane shares 3 ways faith transforms your everyday work
- [Building God’s Kingdom By Investing In Business | The Stone Table](https://www.thestonetable.org/building-gods-kingdom-by-investing-in-business-the-stone-table/) - In this interview with Tim Shrout, we will talk about how to build God's kingdom by investing in the right businesses.
- [Engaging as Believers in the Marketplace | Q&A with Senator John Crane](https://www.thestonetable.org/engaging-as-believers-in-the-marketplace-qa-with-senator-john-crane/) - John Crane discusses the topic of engaging as believers in the marketplace and the importance of humility in leadership. He highlights how power is not inherently bad but should be approached in a way that aligns with Christ's example. John also shares his experiences in politics, including the challenges he faced during a special session and the importance of hope in difficult times. He emphasizes that success should not be measured solely by external factors but by the impact one has in their role. John's focus on leadership development and his efforts to establish processes for onboarding new senators demonstrate his commitment to creating a positive and impactful culture within the Senate.
- [Unlocking the Secrets of Strong Leadership | The Stone Table](https://www.thestonetable.org/unlocking-the-secrets-of-strong-leadership-the-stone-table/) - What does it look like to be a strong leader? A decisive leader to step into conflict, to deal with difficult situations, and yet do it with the fruit of the spirit? With love, with joy, with peace, patience, kindness, goodness, with faithfulness, with gentleness, and with self-control?
- [When Boldness Turns into Foreclosure: Lessons from a Failed Development](https://www.thestonetable.org/when-boldness-turns-into-foreclosure-lessons-from-a-failed-development/) - This week we discuss the misconception that people of faith are always bold and irrational risk-takers. Erik shares a personal story about a partially developed property in southern Indiana that was foreclosed on by a bank. The property was being developed by Christian builders who had a vision but lacked the funds to complete the project. He emphasizes that faith and risk are not synonymous, but faith always requires obedience. Erik highlights the importance of discerning what God is saying and being obedient to His guidance. He concludes by encouraging listeners to consider whether they are being obedient to God's calling, whether it requires taking a bold step or exercising the discipline of waiting.
- [VIDEO: Interview with Matthew Rohrs from Sinapis on the Transformational Power of Business.](https://www.thestonetable.org/video-interview-with-matthew-rohrs-from-sinapis-on-business-for-transformation-b4t/) - Sinapis is a global community blending intensive training with faith-based principles and access to capital. Click to hear from Matthew Rohrs and Erik Cooper discuss the power of Business for Transformation (B4T)
- [VIDEO: How Did You Become A BAM Missionary?](https://www.thestonetable.org/video-how-did-you-become-a-bam-missionary/) - How did you become a BAM missionary? This week we sat down with Business As Mission (BAM) missionary Ryan Crozier. Ryan is the founder of Agency Boon, a creative agency in Bucharest, Romania. helping businesses grow their capacity and business. We wanted to hear more about Ryan's story and how he ended up becoming a
- [Can You Tell Us a Story of How You've Seen the Power of Business as Mission in Action?](https://www.thestonetable.org/can-you-tell-us-a-story-of-how-youve-seen-the-power-of-business-as-mission-in-action/) - We talk a lot about business as mission (BAM) and how powerful we believe it is in taking the Gospel to the hard to reach places around the world, but we often aren't allowed to share the amazing stories that are happening. This week we got the chance to sit down with a BAM missionary to
- [What Are Some Ways Business as Mission is Being Used Around the World?](https://www.thestonetable.org/what-are-some-ways-business-as-mission-is-being-used-around-the-world/) - https://youtu.be/zZS70A2ITkI When you talk about business as mission ten different people will think of ten different things, so today we wanted to take some time to define the two branches that we see when we talk BAM and how they go together. What we are seeing is that these two ways don't need to battle each other, but really be more of a "both and" type of scenario. We believe that we need to embody and proclaiming the Gospel around the world. It's true that BAM is changing everything! Transcript: You know, it's interesting when we say business as mission or use the short phrase of bam, um, 10 different people will think of 10 different things and that's become more and more obvious to me as we engage this conversation, both at home and, uh, overseas where business as missions is being used in, uh, missional contexts. And so I think it's good to take some time to define and the way I see it, there, there are kind of two branches of this. And then, uh, they go different directions, uh, from there. But there are folks that are engaging in bam that see the objective as kind of a holistic gospel approach, which is to bring the kingdom or to embody the kingdom of God through the marketplace through entrepreneurship. And so they go into local communities and they hire locals. They make an economic impact. And the ultimate outflow is what we would say is, is maybe human flourishing to, to bring the kingdom in a way that brings human flourishing. So we have, uh, an angle of business as mission that that is their focus. And then we have another angle to business as mission where business entrepreneurship, the marketplace is being utilized as an access point to proclaim the gospel and take the gospel into places where we cannot go with traditional missionary mindsets and methodology. And, uh, sometimes these two angles kind of hit up against each other. Missiologically and I think what I'm finding, what I'm processing through is that it really, as usual as a both, and rather than an either or, you know, the gospel is to be embodied. So we are to live it out. I mean, even here in the States, we are in the housing business, we are in the affordable housing business and we say every day we have the opportunity to embody the gospel to honor God and love our neighbor because of who God is. Then we inject that into the business itself. So we embody and bring the kingdom through the marketplace. Um, so we believe that, right, but we also believe in proclaiming talking, uh, sharing about Jesus, pointing to the one who makes us right. And ultimately we believe that if, if we're not both embodying and proclaiming, then we're not engaging in a holistic missions or misseology. And so I don't think these things need to go against one another. I think they're part of a broad tapestry of business as mission and how the marketplace is engaging people for the gospel, both at home and abroad.
- [VIDEO: How Can I Impact the Unreached Places of the World with the Gifts God Gave Me?](https://www.thestonetable.org/video-how-can-i-impact-the-unreached-places-of-the-world-with-the-gifts-god-gave-me/) - God is going to use teachers, entrepreneurs, people with heart gifts, hand gifts, head gifts, business gifts, and academic gifts to change the world How are you going to use your gifts to reach the unreached?
- [If God is Sovereign Then Why is Missionary Work Necessary?](https://www.thestonetable.org/if-god-is-sovereign-then-why-is-missionary-work-necessary/) - "Why does God need us" has been asked many times and in many different ways over the years. It's an overwhelming thought if you sit with it too long, but it's one that we wanted to address this week. In this short, but powerful video hear a UPG worker and friend share why he believes
- [VIDEO: Interview with Greg Beggs, of Assemblies of God World Missions (AGWM)](https://www.thestonetable.org/video-interview-with-greg-beggs-of-assemblies-of-god-world-missions-agwm/) - Using Business as missions (BAM), gives us the ability to reach unreached people groups To put it simply: Business gives us access Thanks to Greg Beggs with Assemblies of God World Missions (AGWM) for reminding us to pursue others with our business
- [Business As Mission Is Changing Everything!](https://www.thestonetable.org/business-as-mission-is-changing-everything/) - We are so proud to partner with the AGWM Business as Mission office. This short video gives a beautiful overview of how we are engaging the marketplace to accelerate The Great Commission. Will you join us?
- [Retire To Something](https://www.thestonetable.org/retire-to-something/) - In this episode, we learned about the concept of retirement. Not from our typical Western perspective, but rather from a place of understanding that work is not the enemy, that we aren’t just running to the finish line, and that retirement actually isn’t in the Bible!
- [Retirement Is Not In The Bible | Missional Marketplace Podcast S1E8](https://www.thestonetable.org/retirement-is-not-in-the-bible-missional-marketplace-podcast-s1e8/) - What was God’s original design for work and rest? Are these two concepts opposites? Are they enemies? This week on the podcast we talk about the “dance” of work and rest, and how embracing both as part of God’s design for our lives is part of living in Gospel fullness. We also dive deeply into
- [VIDEO: B4T ReMade India Interview with Amy Dingman](https://www.thestonetable.org/video-remade-india-interview/) - ReMade India is changing lives across the world and that is what Business for transformation (B4T) is all about! Amy Dingman is using her business to employee, educate and empower women while producing amazing products made from repurposed sarees.
- [How Can I Impact The Unreached Places of the World With The Gifts God Gave Me?](https://www.thestonetable.org/how-can-i-impact-the-unreached-places-of-the-world-with-the-gifts-god-gave-me/) - We all have been created on purpose and for a purpose, but sometimes it's hard to know how that plays out each and every day. We want to make an impact but how? This week we sat down with a UPG friend of ours working among unreached people groups to talk about how the gifts
- [Was Jesus Always Nice? - Reflecting Jesus In The Marketplace](https://www.thestonetable.org/was-jesus-always-nice-reflecting-jesus-in-the-marketplace/) - We had some tension in the office last week. Negotiations on project hit a snag and neither side was blinking. I didn’t respond well. I was tired of the delays and the details were silly, so I fired off an uncharacteristically frustrated email to one of our attorneys. I led with my emotions instead of
- [What Is It Like Working In A Business As Mission Context Everyday?](https://www.thestonetable.org/what-is-it-like-working-in-a-business-as-mission-context-everyday/) - During the General Council for the Assemblies of God, Erik was able to sit down with a few leaders in the business as mission charge. Their stories are humbling and call us to action in new and important ways. Today you are hearing from a business as mission attorney helping missionaries all around the world
- [Lessons and Principles for Biblical Entrepreneurship: Calling and Partnership](https://www.thestonetable.org/iie-lessons-and-principles-for-biblical-entrepreneurship-calling-and-partnership/) - Principles for Biblical Entrepreneurship #1: “You are God. I am Not” I try to instill this deep down in my heart and even try to pray some form of this prayer multiple times a day. Not because I fear God is having some kind of identity crisis. I know He’s been around forever and all, but He’s not suffering from dementia. As I declare His identity
- [Four Bible Verses About Business and Entrepreneurship to Inspire Your Work Week](https://www.thestonetable.org/four-bible-verses-about-entrepreneurship-and-missions-to-inspire-your-work-week/) - Can you name any bible verses about business and entrepreneurship? If you're a serious Christian who works in the marketplace and wants to live by Biblical business principles, you may have wondered what Scripture teaches on the work you engage each day. These, "what does the Bible say about ____________" questions roll around in the recesses of
- [More Than A Job Devotional Promo](https://www.thestonetable.org/more-than-a-job-devotional-promo/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”] [et_pb_row admin_label=”row”] [et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”]Do you ever struggle to find meaning and purpose in your everyday work as a Christian? Do you ever struggle to connect your, your faith and your passion for God and for his kingdom with your day job? Well, I’ve certainly been there and I think countless Christians find
- [VIDEO: Importance of Prayer](https://www.thestonetable.org/video-importance-of-prayer/) - One of the most powerful tools you can add to your business arsenal this year is prayer. Prayer changes everything. Prayer aligns our hearts with the heart of God and makes us a safe place for Him to deposit His creativity and His ideas and His blessing. There’s this great scene from the Magicians Nephew in The Chronicles of Narnia series that I think illustrates why prayer is so vital. And I’m just going to read it to you, I’m just going to read right out of, right out of this great book. If you haven’t read The Chronicles of Narnia series, I highly recommend it, but the Magicians Nephew, there’s this great scene when Aslan has sent young Digory on a journey to accomplish something for him with one of his friends and they’ve gone on a flying horse together.
- [VIDEO: Dick Brogden of Live Dead discusses Missions and using Business as Missions](https://www.thestonetable.org/video-dick-brogden-of-live-dead-discusses-missions-and-using-business-as-missions/) - Dick Brogden of Live Dead and Erik Cooper of The Stone Table discuss reaching unreached people through missions, and the importance of using business as a vessel to do so.
- [VIDEO: Dick Brogden of Live Dead talks about his work in Saudi Arabia and how missions is being done there](https://www.thestonetable.org/dick-brogden-of-live-dead-talks-about-his-work-in-saudi-arabia-and-how-missions-is-being-done-there/) - Here's Part two of the interview with Dick Brogden of Live Dead. In this video, Dick shares his current mission location and how the country is opening up to missions work.
- [VIDEO: Interested in Missions?  Dick Brogden shares how you can get involved](https://www.thestonetable.org/video-interested-in-missions-dick-brogden-shares-how-you-can-get-involved/) - In this video, Dick Brogden of Live Dead talks to Erik Cooper of The Stone Table, about missions in Saudi Arabia and how you can join. There is tons of great information as Dick shares about Saudi Arabia and how it's changing. Also, there's plenty of great stories in between.
- [VIDEO: Talking Faith and Work with Darren Messick Part 1](https://www.thestonetable.org/video-talking-faith-and-work-with-darren-messick-part-1/) - Do you want to learn how to lead in the Marketplace? This is the video for you! Erik Cooper of The Stone Table talks with Darren Messick on working and serving in the marketplace.
- [VIDEO: Talking Faith and Work with Darren Messick Part 2](https://www.thestonetable.org/talking-faith-and-work-with-darren-messick-part-2/) - Do you want to learn how to lead in the Marketplace? This is part 2 of the incredible interview with Darren Messick! A big thanks to Darren Messick for sharing with us today.
- [VIDEO: Talking Entrepreneurship with Adam and Amanda Bocik](https://www.thestonetable.org/video-talking-entrepreneurship-with-adam-and-amanda-bocik/) - Entrepreneurship is not for everyone, but it may be for you! This video is packed full of great stories, and information regarding entrepreneurship and brings encouragement for those who may be afraid to take the leap.
- [Is Jesus Calling You Out of the Boat?](https://www.thestonetable.org/is-jesus-calling-you-out-of-the-boat/) - Some people do stupid things and call it faith, while others sit on opportunities and call it wisdom. There's always tension between these polarizing sides, so what do we do with it? We need to lean in and listen for God to speak. Just like Peter who asked Jesus to call him out on the water, we need to wait for Jesus to call us. We have to move and get out of the boat...
- [Good Leaders Don't Have to Be the Smartest People in the Room](https://www.thestonetable.org/good-leaders-dont-have-to-be-the-smartest-people-in-the-room/) - You know, it's an interesting season for us here right now. We are in the middle of trying to close multiple large real estate transactions. We've got a new assisted living facility that we're planning for Whitestown (Indiana) and we're trying to get the economics worked out for the beginning of The Stone Table Campus hopefully sometime next year. And it becomes obvious to me very, very quickly how inadequate I am as a leader.
- [Faith, Work, and Property Management - A Conversation With One of Our Company’s Most Dynamic Leaders](https://www.thestonetable.org/faith-work-and-property-management-a-conversation-with-one-of-our-companys-most-dynamic-leaders/) - Today we sat down with Konica Butler, one of our company's most dynamic leaders to talk about faith, work, and property management. Konica is the property manager for one of our largest property in the portfolio. You don't want to miss the insight she shares. Check it out!!
- [Project Rescue: An interview with Beth Grant](https://www.thestonetable.org/project-rescue-an-interview-with-beth-grant/) - This week we had the wonderful privilege of sitting down with Beth Grant, the co-founder of Project Rescue, on of our amazing ministry partners. We wanted to talk with her about the important work that Project Rescue is doing. You don't want to miss this one.
- [Women In Leadership: An Interview With Beth Grant - Part 2](https://www.thestonetable.org/women-in-leadership-an-interview-with-beth-grant-part-2/) - Part 2 of our incredible interview with Beth Grant, Co-Founder of Project Rescue. This week we discuss "Women in Leadership." Here's the transcript:
- [Think On These Things](https://www.thestonetable.org/think-on-these-things/) - We all can admit that we are bombarded everyday with all kinds of information. From news outlets to our social media consumption, it's easy to get lost in it all. When this happens fear and anxiety can easily set in before the day can begin. Today Erik gives us a scripture to help us focus our minds on something new.
- [The Unexpected Entrepreneurial Journey | Table Talk with Dave Cooper](https://www.thestonetable.org/the-unexpected-entrepreneurial-journey-table-talk-with-dave-cooper/) - Imagine coming home after work and to tell your wife and five year old son that you had quit your job. How do you think they would take the news? Well, that's exactly what Dave Cooper did when he started his entrepreneurial journey three decades ago. His story will inspire you, as well as give you wisdom if you are looking to adventure out on your own sometime. Watch now and enjoy!
- [VIDEO: Politics, Power, and Jesus](https://www.thestonetable.org/video-politics-power-and-jesus/) - We are in one of the most contentious and intense seasons that we have seen right now. It kind of feels like we are in a constant state of road rage. It causes us to worry, to fear, to wonder what's going to happen. But here at The Stone Table, we are under the conviction that we are invited into God's story, not the other way around.
- [The Marketplace Revival Is Now!](https://www.thestonetable.org/the-marketplace-revival-is-now/) - In a recent discussion with the president of North Central University, President Scott Hagan stressed the importance of training up the next generation of educators, scientists, engineers, and business leaders of all kinds to be released into the mission field. According to missionary leaders and strategists, marketplace graduates are vital to engaging the Great Commission around the world. Business as Mission is a vital part of global missiology in the 21st Century.
- [VIDEO: What The Bible Says About Business](https://www.thestonetable.org/video-what-the-bible-says-about-business/) - Ever wondered what the Bible had to say about business? As believers, we must understand that God created us to take care of his creation and we are to carry His kingdom into the broken world. Listen as we hear Erik Cooper share some Bible verses about entrepreneurship and business.
- [VIDEO: Why should Christians care about Unreached People Groups?](https://www.thestonetable.org/why-christians-should-care-about-unreached-people-groups/) - Every Believer should be Praying for the unreached people groups Giving to the unreached people groups Reaching out to the unreached people in their community
- [VIDEO: Merry Christmas 2020](https://www.thestonetable.org/video-merry-christmas-2020/) - Brainstorm some ways you can use this Christmas season to reach unreached people groups and make a difference in people's lives. We pray you have an incredible Christmas season and look forward to the upcoming year!
- [VIDEO: Happy New Year](https://www.thestonetable.org/video-happy-new-year/) - 2020 has given us some setbacks, Jesus is the only thing that can bring us forward In 2021 let us make it our resolution to collapse more on Christ
- [VIDEO: The Danger of Workism](https://www.thestonetable.org/video-the-danger-of-workism/) - In 2021 let’s be careful of the danger that is workism and evaluate our personal work so that it may honor God.
- [What is Different For Christians in Seasons of Difficulty?](https://www.thestonetable.org/what-is-different-for-christians-in-seasons-of-difficulty/) - We are facing a difficult season aren't we? Each and every day we hear about more and more people who are getting sick. Friends and family members are losing their jobs or being forced to lay off their dedicated employees. So what's the difference for Christians in times like these?
- [In One Day Everything Changed with Ryan Sisson of Moniker Group](https://www.thestonetable.org/in-one-day-everything-changed-with-ryan-sisson-of-moniker-group/) - The outfall of the Coronavirus is affecting us all in some way or another, but for Ryan Sisson of Moniker Group Inc., everything changed overnight. This week we sat down with him to discuss what it's like facing all of the changes and how he plans to move forward through the uncertainty.
- [Hope From The Frontlines with Heather Forbush](https://www.thestonetable.org/hope-from-the-frontlines-with-heather-forbush/) - There is something special about those who work on the frontlines of our healthcare system.
- [The Importance of Business with Matthew Rohrs of Sinapis](https://www.thestonetable.org/the-importance-of-business-with-matthew-rohrs-of-sinapis/) - We love this conversation! We often define the business world by its excesses, and those critiques aren’t all wrong. But that’s not the real story of the marketplace. Profitable businesses dedicated to God that creates jobs provide for families and care for people in ways that nothing else can. That is why we wanted you to hear from our friend Matthew Rohrs of Sinapis, as we discuss the life-changing work they are doing with East African entrepreneurs in poor countries each and every day.
- [When It's Against The Law To Go To Work with Joe Bradford](https://www.thestonetable.org/when-its-against-the-law-to-go-to-work-with-joe-bradford/) - Coronavirus is dominating the global conversation, and for good reason. This pandemic has shaken us to our core, showing us the instability of the things we so instinctively put our trust in. For many of us, the statistics have a face and a name attached. This week, as we watched one dear friend begin a miraculous recovery after a month in ICU, we watched another friend lose her life.
- [Faith and Politics with Senator John Crane](https://www.thestonetable.org/faith-and-politics-with-senator-john-crane/) - This week we had the wonderful opportunity to sit down with Senator John Crane to talk with him about faith, leadership and politics and why it all matters so much. He has some brilliant insights (and some funny jokes) that will leave you encouraged no matter what side of the aisle you fall on.
- [Depression and Entrepreneurship with Todd Francis](https://www.thestonetable.org/depression-and-entrepreneurship-with-todd-francis/) - This week we sat down with Todd Francis of First Serve Cleaning and Restoration for a real conversation about depression and entrepreneurship. Todd is very open and honest about his struggle with depression and how it affected everything in his life, including his business. Check it out and let his story encourage you today!
- [The Economy vs Corona](https://www.thestonetable.org/the-economy-vs-corona/) - The Coronavirus has changed everything and it's stirred up a lot of emotions for everyone in the process. Whether it's about the health of our communities or the desire to reopen the economy, everyone is talking. As a faith and work organization we wanted to speak up and clarify because what we have been talking about for years is now on full display. That's what Erik shares in this week's video.
- [A Pastor's Perspective on Reopening the Church](https://www.thestonetable.org/a-pastors-perspective-on-reopening-the-church/) - Within a small 48 hours window churches had to figure out how they were going to learn new technology and take their weekly services online. Now that states are slowly re-opening, what should the church do to protect the most vulnerable as well as start meeting together again? Pastor David Wigington had a unique opportunity to speak into it all.
- [Want To Solve Problems? Turn Issues Into People.](https://www.thestonetable.org/want-to-solve-problems-turn-issues-into-people/) - It's easy to look through the filter of social media and say "they" are the problem, but what if we took a moment and began to turn issues we have into people. How would that change the situation? How would it change us? Well, that's the exact idea we are exploring in this week's video.
- [How Does Your Role as a Teacher Connect You to Your Faith?](https://www.thestonetable.org/how-does-your-roll-as-a-teacher-connect-you-to-your-faith/) - Circling back to our conversation with David Tripple we wanted to ask him how being a teacher connects him to his faith. David is a teacher at Covenant Christian High School in Indianapolis, Indiana and you are going to love the wisdom he shares with us.
- [Sustaining Vision During the Coronavirus Crisis](https://www.thestonetable.org/sustaining-vision-during-the-coronavirus-crisis/) - It's safe to say that we are all pretty tired of talking about the Coronavirus, but as we continue to move forward into this unknown future, it's easy to lose heart and vision. So we sat down with one of the most visionary leaders we know, our good friend and Stone Table board member, Pastor Rob Ketterling of River Valley Church in Minnesota, to talk about how he is sustaining vision when there is no wind in the sails.
- [How To Make Tough Decisions In The Marketplace](https://www.thestonetable.org/how-to-make-tough-decisions-in-the-marketplace/) - How do you make tough decisions in the marketplace when your desire is to love and lead people well? When it comes to parting ways with an employee or an employer, what's the best way to move forward? Is it possible to lead well through tough decisions? This week we sat down with Bob Carrell, of T&W Construction, about how he is able to make tough decisions in the marketplace.
- [How Do People of Faith Engage In Politics In a Healthy Way?](https://www.thestonetable.org/how-do-people-of-faith-engage-in-politics-in-a-healthy-way/) - https://youtu.be/KO5OKsRpcFg As people of faith, how do we engage in politics in a healthy way? Should we engage in politics? These are questions we are all wrestling with right now, so we wanted to talk to our good friend Todd Scoggins about how he walks the fine line of faith and politics.
- [The One Thing You Can’t Let 2020 Steal From You](https://www.thestonetable.org/the-one-thing-you-cant-let-2020-steal-from-you/) - https://youtu.be/BNrUnXm8t3Q This year has been full of unexpected twists and turns to say the least. Although it's really easy to allow fear set in, there's one thing you can't let 2020 steal from you. It won't be easy, but it will be worth it! Transcript: Hope seem to be a precious commodity today, there doesn’t
- [How Do You Glorify God In Your Industry](https://www.thestonetable.org/how-do-you-glorify-god-in-your-industry/) - The construction industry has a slight reputation of taking advantages of people and establishments. Although this can be true, companies like T&W have been doing everything they can to make God the focal point of their business. This week we sat down with our good friend Steve Shehorn who says, "Just because we center around
- [3 Ways to Eliminate Confusion in Our Culture](https://www.thestonetable.org/3-ways-to-eliminate-confusion-in-our-culture/) - https://youtu.be/ReeOdMxtreo Social media has completely transformed human social interaction. What started as a fun way to reconnect with old friends, share family photos, and watch funny cat videos, has slowly morphed into a political and ideological battleground where self-righteous zingers and condescending insult-grenades have become the norm. This digital platform designed to bring us together
- [What Hamilton Taught Me About Legacy](https://www.thestonetable.org/what-hamilton-taught-me-about-legacy/) - Since it's released back in July, my family and I, like so many others, have become almost mildly obsessed with the musical Hamilton. It’s a fantastic, really a masterwork, by Lin-Manuel Miranda that brings together pop culture and history and kind of this beautiful storyline that really is bigger than any one of us. It kind
- [Rob Ketterling: The Marketplace is Ministry](https://www.thestonetable.org/rob-ketterling-the-marketplace-is-ministry/) - https://youtu.be/PFpbuofX2FE This week we sat down with our good friend and board member, Rob Ketterling to talk about how the marketplace is ministry. It's easy to think that only the select few that get to "do ministry" are pastors and missionaries, but that's far from the truth and today Rob sheds light on it. Check
- [We Have Plenty of Information, We Need More Wisdom](https://www.thestonetable.org/we-need-more-wisdom/) - https://youtu.be/9BtAu1qddZs This week we are sitting down with Erik Cooper, the president of The Stone Table to talk about knowledge verses wisdom. After sending his daughters off to college he hopes that they attain knowledge, but seek out wisdom.
- [How Can You Lead Through Tough Decisions That Need To Be Made?](https://www.thestonetable.org/how-can-you-lead-through-tough-decisions-that-need-to-be-made/) - https://youtu.be/OHYFCNR6U2k It's never fun when you know you have to make a decision that will not only affect someone's life, it has the potential to damage the relationship altogether. Leading through these kind of decision is tough and not always fun. This week we say down with Pastor Rob Ketterling from River Valley Church in
- [What Does Christian Growth Look Like?](https://www.thestonetable.org/what-does-christian-growth-look-like/) - https://youtu.be/jfSi20UGYTA The longer you walk with Jesus, the more you realize how much you need Jesus. Often in life when you get better at something you can begin to lean on your own skill set. But in our faith it doesn't work that way. This is the idea that Erik shares with us today. As
- [What Does The Future of Missions Look Like?](https://www.thestonetable.org/what-does-the-future-of-missions-look-like/) - https://youtu.be/H7QAD-fztnc We sat down with Jonathan Barrett of Project Rescue to talk with him about the future of missions and what he sees working moving forward. He has some nice things to say about us here at The Stone Table and we are incredibly excited to be partnering with them this year. Enjoy.
- [Rest is a Gift, But Has it Caused You to View Work as the Enemy?](https://www.thestonetable.org/rest-is-a-gift-but-has-it-caused-you-to-view-work-as-the-enemy/) - https://youtu.be/nB9ExwSQf_U The American culture is known for being busy and technology is helping us to move at a faster and faster pace, but is it healthy? Work is always at our fingertips, calling for us to "get it done" now. This week Erik talks about the importance of rest, but also makes the bold statement
- [Why is it so Important to Work Together in our Missions Effort?](https://www.thestonetable.org/why-is-it-so-important-to-work-together-in-our-missions-effort/) - https://youtu.be/GIGhAqBLuQA Often we think of church work and business work we tend to keep them seperate, yet they are a blend of both the supernatural and strategic. Much like when God created the universe, He was very supernatural in creating, but then on the seventh day he switches it up and shows us how to
- [How Is Project Rescue Making a Difference Around the World?](https://www.thestonetable.org/how-is-project-rescue-making-a-difference-around-the-world/) - https://youtu.be/7rJdZwIlICw One of the great injustices in our world is children being sold into sex slavery. This is why the work of Project Rescue is so important. To be able to partner with such an amazing organization is humbling. This week we sat down with Rod Loy, Lead Pastor of First Assembly North Little Rock,
- [How Is The Marketplace Acting As A Conduit For The Gospel?](https://www.thestonetable.org/how-is-the-marketplace-acting-as-a-conduit-for-the-gospel/) - https://youtu.be/7dfCr_wHabQ This week we sat down with Ryan Crozier of Agency Boon and Good Bureau to discuss how the marketplace is acting as a conduit for the Gospel around the world. We love his analogy of how God has used business in his life to make him more like Christ. Great insight from Ryan so be sure
- [What Does Christmas Mean to You?](https://www.thestonetable.org/what-does-christmas-mean-to-you/) - https://youtu.be/5qhl5ffXhT4 It's the most wonderful time of the year so we sat down with Erik, the president of The Stone Table, to ask him what Christmas means to him. Thanks for spending the time engaging with us this year, we are excited for 2020 and all that will come with it! See you then!! Merry
- [You Do Not Need More Self-Help Resolutions](https://www.thestonetable.org/you-do-not-need-more-self-help-resolutions/) - https://youtu.be/IKwomHQwL-4 Happy New Year from us here at The Stone Table. We love this time of year because it allows us to focus on new things, new initiatives, new ways of living. We all want to make changes and that's a good thing, but what we don't need this year is more self-help resolutions. What
- [Why Do You Believe In Business As Mission So Much?](https://www.thestonetable.org/why-do-you-believe-in-business-as-mission-so-much/) - https://youtu.be/z5-oruLXdIc Here at The Stone Table we believe that there is no sacred secular divide. We honestly believe that your work matters and that it can be used to worship God and serve your fellow man. Work isn't punishment for the fall and together we can do amazing things around the world when we work
- [How to Find Hope When Your Dream Suddenly Dies](https://www.thestonetable.org/how-to-find-hope-when-you-dream-suddenly-dies/) - https://youtu.be/u9SbQBbztis What do you do when you know for a fact that God has called you to a certain type of work, but then one day it all goes away. The dream dies and you are left questioning if you ever really heard God in the first place. How do you walk through the valley
- [Tell Us A Story From Your Time Visiting The Persecuted Church](https://www.thestonetable.org/tell-us-a-story-from-your-time-visiting-the-persecuted-church/) - https://youtu.be/nu1yCnW7ifI We've all heard stories of incredible faith, the kind that puts you back in your chair, but not often are you in the room with those people. Recently, David Tripple, of Covenant Christian High School, had the humbling opportunity to visit the persecuted church (in an undisclosed location) and hear first hand accounts of
- [How Can I Embrace My Faith When My Work Doesn't Feel Sacred?](https://www.thestonetable.org/how-can-i-embrace-my-faith-when-my-work-doesnt-feel-sacred/) - https://youtu.be/7yWnX1bUOjg Have you ever felt like the only way to really embrace your faith is to quit your job and go into ministry? Well you aren't alone. This week we sat down with Steve Shehorn, Executive Vice President at T&W Construction to ask him about his journey in learning to embrace his calling in the
- [Do You Need More Meaning and Purpose In Your Work?](https://www.thestonetable.org/do-you-need-more-meaning-and-purpose-in-your-work/) - Have you ever felt like there is no real purpose to your day job? When you wake up it's hard to even muster up the strength to hit the alarm clock because you know how the day is going to feel? Yes, there are those jobs that just aren't right for us, but what happens
- [How Do You Lead Others Well When You Disagree on How to Move Forward?](https://www.thestonetable.org/how-do-you-lead-others-well-when-you-disagree-on-how-to-move-forward/) - One of the toughest parts as a leader is learning how to manage relationships when disagreements arise? How can you truly care for people while leading a team forward. This week we say down with long time project manager, Bob Carrell, of T&W Construction to gain some insight on how he has taken this on
- [How Have You Seen God's Redemption Work Through Your Photography?](https://www.thestonetable.org/how-have-you-seen-gods-redemption-work-through-your-photography/) - Todd Scoggins is a brilliant architect and photographer who has traveled the world taking taking pictures and documenting his experiences. We love it when we get the chance to hear one of his amazing stories. This week we sat down with him to ask how he has seen God's redemption work through his travels and
- [Do You Really Believe That Jesus Is Worth It?](https://www.thestonetable.org/do-you-really-believe-that-jesus-is-worth-it/) - On a recent trip to Africa Erik, the President of The Stone Table, had the privilege of witnessing a Muslim background believer's baptism. On average it takes about seven years for a Muslim to find faith in Jesus so this was a special moment and one that he will never forget. In this week's video
- [What Does Jesus Really Want From Us?](https://www.thestonetable.org/what-does-jesus-really-want-from-us/) - \Everyone loves a good life hack. A steps by step guide to a better life, who wouldn't want that, right? But when it comes to our spiritual life is there such thing as a good life hack? Maybe... This week Erik, President of The Stone Table, shares what he believes to be the best life
- [A Doctor's Perspective on Faith, Work and COVID-19](https://www.thestonetable.org/a-doctors-perspective-on-faith-work-and-covid-19/) - It’s been a scary week, and it seems that every update from the news just gets scarier. Coronavirus has rapidly overtaken daily life like few things I’ve seen in our lifetime. We're not quite sure how to process the volume of information and emotion that is being throw our way. Because of this reality we
- [So God Does Give You More Than You Can Handle?](https://www.thestonetable.org/so-god-does-give-you-more-than-you-can-handle/) - You have probably seen it framed and hanging in someone’s home, or maybe it was said to you when you were going through a tough time. No matter where you've seen it, we have all been told that “God doesn't give us more than we can handle,” but is that true? This week, Erik shares
- [What Does Servant Leadership Look Like To You?](https://www.thestonetable.org/what-does-servant-leadership-look-like-to-you/) - The term "servant leadership" has been around for a little while and although it can mean different things to different people, it's pretty safe to say that it's an important way to serve and lead others. This week we sat down with Ryan Ison to ask him about how he sees and tries to serve
- [How Can I Find My Identity In Christ?](https://www.thestonetable.org/how-can-i-find-my-identity-in-christ/) - It's safe to say that at some point in our lives we all wrestle with finding our identity. Who am I? Why am I here? What purpose do I serve? These questions run through everyone's mind at some point in life, but how do we root our identity in Christ? This week Erik explains how
- [What Advice Would You Give To A Young Entrepreneur In The Marketplace?](https://www.thestonetable.org/what-advise-would-you-give-to-a-young-entrepreneur-in-the-marketplace/) - Whenever you have a chance to sit down with someone who has gone where you want to go, you take the opportunity and ask really good questions. This week we had that kind of experience when we were able to talk with Dave Cooper, the President of CRF Affordable. His story is inspiring and we
- [How can we keep our peace in an age of constant technological interruption?](https://www.thestonetable.org/how-can-we-keep-our-peace-in-an-age-of-constant-technological-interruption/) - Everyday we are bombarded by a thousand different messages. Technology is all around us and has enhanced our our everyday lives in good and bad ways. This week we wanted to discuss the topic of technology and how we can keep our peace in an age of constant technological interruptions. What do you think?
- [How Do You Drive Godly Vision and Values Into a Marketplace Organization?](https://www.thestonetable.org/how-do-you-drive-godly-vision-and-values-into-a-marketplace-organization/) - Driving Godly vision and values into your organization, when you don't work in full time ministry, can be a difficult thing to wrestle with. How can you point others to Christ when that isn't the organizations focus everyday? This week we sat down with Ryan Ison to talk about how he is helping drive Godly
- [How Can I Get My Church to Engage More In Global Missions?](https://www.thestonetable.org/how-can-i-get-my-church-to-engage-more-in-global-missions/) - This week we sat down with Rob Ketterling, lead pastor of River Valley Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota. How can pastors get their churches more deeply engaged in global missions? Rob share some challenging ideas. We are grateful to have Rob on The Stone Table board and always love hearing his insights and wisdom. We know
- [God of the Longview](https://www.thestonetable.org/god-of-the-longview/) - What if God wasn't in a hurry? What if the waiting is part of His plan? What if delay doesn't mean denial? Humanity tends to gravitate toward the quick solution. If it can be cooked faster, delivered faster, or fixed faster, we're all in. But this is just one of the infinite ways that God
- [Do I Have to be Good at Everything to be Successful?](https://www.thestonetable.org/do-i-have-to-be-good-at-everything-to-be-successful/) - Have you ever met someone who just seems to be good at everything? It's kinda frustrating, even intimidating to be around them, and it can leave you wondering if you need to be like them to be successful. That's exactly what we are discussing this week. Check out this short video with Erik Cooper, the
- [How is Business Taking the Gospel Around the World?](https://www.thestonetable.org/how-is-business-taking-the-gospel-around-the-world/) - During the General Council for the Assemblies of God, Erik was able to sit down with a few leaders in the business as mission charge. Their stories are humbling and call us to action in new and important ways. Today you are hearing from a business as mission attorney helping missionaries all around the world
- [Looking For Something Powerful? Pray This...](https://www.thestonetable.org/looking-for-something-powerful-pray-this/) - "Your kingdom come, your will be done" is a very powerful, even dangerous, prayer that can change everything. When we begin to pray this simple prayer God begins to not just change our circumstances, he changes the things that we want. The Gospel is not an outward in, behavior modification experience. It's the power of
- [Why is it Important to Focus on the Unreached Areas of the World?](https://www.thestonetable.org/why-is-it-important-to-focus-on-the-unreached-areas-of-the-world/) - The easy to reach places in the world have access to the Gospel, so today we have to go to the tough and hard to reach places. We have to go into all the world to share the good news to all people. This is what we are passionate about. This week we sat down
- [What Is Our Greatest Human Resource?](https://www.thestonetable.org/what-is-our-greatest-human-resource/) - When we look at the scriptures the people of God never got themselves in trouble until they began to look to themselves and the powers of this world. It's when there eyes shifted away from God that everything fell apart. This week Erik, the President of The Stone Table, shares the idea that our greatest
- [What Would You Say to Someone Who Feels They Have More in Them?](https://www.thestonetable.org/what-would-you-say-to-someone-who-feels-they-have-more-in-them/) - There is a drive in all of us that pushes and compels us to forward. Sometimes that feeling tell us that we have more to offer, more to give. When that happens what do we do? Is it ok to strive for more? This week we talk with Rob Ketterling, Pastor of River Valley Church
- [What If The Way You Think About Missions Is Wrong?](https://www.thestonetable.org/what-if-the-way-you-think-about-missions-is-wrong/) - What is missions? It's a constant debate within the Church. Does it count as missions if I dig a well or help build a medical clinic? It's a great questions and one that Dave Wigington, Pastor and Stone Table board member answers in this week's video. Our heartbeat is that missions has to end with
- [How do you handle the death of a life-long dream?](https://www.thestonetable.org/how-do-you-handle-the-death-of-a-life-long-dream/) - Not many of us can say that we have run out under the bright lights during a Major League Baseball game. Even fewer of us can say that we can throw the ball over ninety miles an hour. So imagine living your whole life in pursuit of one goal only to wake up at 25
- [How Can You Negotiate Well As A Believer In The Marketplace?](https://www.thestonetable.org/how-can-you-negotiate-well-as-a-believer-in-the-marketplace/) - When it comes to negotiation and positions of power, how should a believer come to the table? Usually you find and leverage what you can to get what you want. Yes, there maybe times for that, but is that always the case? This week Erik shares how he is learning that this is a tension
- [What Happens When Pastors and Businesspeople Come Together for Kingdom Purposes?](https://www.thestonetable.org/what-happens-when-pastors-and-businesspeople-come-together-for-kingdom-purposes/) - What happens when pastors and businesspeople come together for kingdom purposes? We believe that it can change the Kingdom of God when they do. This week we sat down with Rod Loy to talk to him about what he sees when pastors and businesspeople come together to push kingdom purposes forward. Enjoy.
- [What Does The Christmas Season Mean to You?](https://www.thestonetable.org/what-does-the-christmas-season-mean-to-you/) - This week we're talking with Erik about what excites him most about the Christmas season. I think we all agree that for some this time of year is filled with child-like joy. For others it's heart-wrenching as they reflect on those who are no longer with them. But the true reason to celebrate the season
- [What Would You Say to a Single Parent Who Feels Called to Missions?](https://www.thestonetable.org/what-would-you-say-to-a-single-parent-who-feels-called-to-missions/) - This week we had the privilege of sitting down with missionary, Kendal Ford, who is working in Ethiopia. You could say that Kendal has a unique story as she felt called into missions as a single parent. She explains how resistant she was at first, but that as she stepped out in faith, God met
- [What's The Best Way a Business Leader Can Encourage Their Pastor?](https://www.thestonetable.org/whats-the-best-way-a-business-leader-can-encourage-their-pastor/) - This week we sat down with Pastor Rob Ketterling of River Valley Church to talk about the best way a business leader can encourage their pastor. As a leader it's easy to see what's going wrong and want to fix it, but Rob gives us an awesome (and easy) way to come along side our
- [Why is it so important for you to build community as a missionary in Ethiopia?](https://www.thestonetable.org/why-is-it-so-important-for-you-to-build-community-as-a-missionary-in-ethiopia/) - No matter where you are, community is important. But as a missionary, it's a vital process to the work being done. This week we sat down with Doug Myers, who is the pastor of Eastridge International Church in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to learn how he builds community and why it's so important for him in
- [Your husband had a very specific call to missions but what was that like for you?](https://www.thestonetable.org/your-husband-had-a-very-specific-call-to-missions-but-what-was-that-like-for-you/) - Last week Doug Myers shared how community is making a difference in his ministry in Ethiopia. This week, his wife, Tasha, who didn't necessarily feel her husband's "call," shares how God has been working in her life to embrace her own personal calling to missions. A wonderful story from a wonder family.
- [Tell Us a Story About Life Change Happening Among Unreached People Groups](https://www.thestonetable.org/tell-us-a-story-about-life-change-happening-among-unreached-people-groups/) - We love hearing stories of life change happening around the world among unreached people groups. This week we sat down with one of our good friends, Dick Brogden, and asked him share with us an amazing story from Libya. Reaching unreached people groups is hard work, but it's stories like this that gives us hope
- [How Can The Church Better Prepare Its People To Live Missionally In The Marketplace?](https://www.thestonetable.org/how-can-the-church-better-prepare-its-people-to-live-missionally-in-the-marketplace/) - This week Erik discusses how we can begin to live missionally and see all work in a different light. He admits that as a pastor it was easy to inspire people to serve within the church, but always felt there was more to it than that. We can't compartmentalize our lives into sacred and secular.
- [What does success look like in the Kingdom of God?](https://www.thestonetable.org/what-does-success-look-like-in-the-kingdom-of-god/) - As Christians we often struggle to know what it looks like to be successful in life. Is it even okay to have those aspirations? Over the years we've seen the Gospel used to prop up success in harmful ways that scare us away from pursuing it. But what does it look like to be successful
- [What Is It Like Being A Missionary Kid?](https://www.thestonetable.org/what-is-it-like-being-a-missionary-kid/) - The call to the mission field doesn't just affect the "called," it impacts the whole family. That's why this week we sat down with a couple of amazing missionary kids to ask them about their experience growing up on the field. Just try not to smile through this whole video! We hope it also serves
- [How Do You Fire Someone to the Glory of God?](https://www.thestonetable.org/how-do-you-fire-someone-to-the-glory-of-god/) - Terminating an employee is never easy to do, especially for those of us who call ourselves Christians. When we are faced with this difficult decision is it possible to still honor God in the process? If so, how do we do that? What do you think? Comment below with your thoughts.
- [If I really love God should I quit my job and go into full-time ministry?](https://www.thestonetable.org/if-i-really-love-god-should-i-quit-my-job-and-go-into-full-time-ministry/) - Those old school lunch trays were the best because they kept your food from touching. Let's be honest, there's nothing more gross than the juice from your green beans seeping over into your dessert! While separation like this might be good for school lunches, it's not ideal in our lives. This week Erik Cooper, President
- [How Can My Everyday Work Impact People In Other Parts Of The World?](https://www.thestonetable.org/how-can-my-everyday-work-impact-people-in-other-parts-of-the-world/) - The Stone Table started as a global missions organization and, although we talk a lot about faith and work, we are really about the Great Commission. To go into all of the world to make disciples of all nations. This is our call. This is our why. Billions of people around the world have no
- [How Are You Serving Business as Mission Projects Around the Globe and How Can I Get Involved?](https://www.thestonetable.org/how-are-you-serving-business-as-mission-projects-around-the-globe-and-how-can-i-get-involved/) - Many missionaries admit they have no real business training. Their call to be a missionary never envisioned being an entrepreneur. In today’s world, however, the best way to build relationships and make an impact is through business. This week we sat down with Mike Messner to discuss how the missionaries we serve through the Stone
- [How Can You Incorporate Spiritual Development Into Business Development?](https://www.thestonetable.org/how-can-you-incorporate-spiritual-development-into-business-development/) - Is it possible to incorporate spiritual development into business development? We believe that you can. When we sat down with Brian Wheeler of Legacy Wealth Management, he shared that it all starts with being good stewards of our time, talent, and treasure. God created us to build, grow, and make things. When we turn that
- [What Did You Learn From Your Recent Trip To Russia?](https://www.thestonetable.org/what-did-you-learn-from-your-recent-trip-to-russia/) - What do you think of when you think of Russia? Do you think of unreached people groups? Well on a recent trip to Russia we were confronted with the reality of the highly unreached places of Russia. Check it out.
- [How Are You Seeing God Move Miraculously In The Unreached Places Of The World?](https://www.thestonetable.org/how-are-you-seeing-god-move-miraculously-in-the-unreached-places-of-the-world/) - It's always amazing when you hear stories of how God is moving in unreached places all around the world. It's even more amazing when those stories meet you face to face in the most unexpected time and space. In this week's video we hear a story about how a Russian family's life was changed when
- [How Can I Incorporate Prayer Into My Everyday Life?](https://www.thestonetable.org/how-can-i-incorporate-prayer-into-my-everyday-life/) - It's probably safe to say that we all believe in the power of prayer and that it has the power to change our circumstances, as well as our perspective. While this is true, developing a daily habit of prayer can prove to be difficult. This week Erik shares a story from his recent trip to
- [Is It Possible To Change The World?](https://www.thestonetable.org/is-it-possible-to-change-the-world/) - I think it's safe to say we all desire to make an impact on the world. We might even go as far as saying we want to change the world, which is noble, but is it possible? This week Erik shares an idea on how we all can actually make an impact, but maybe not
- [Why is it important for Christians to give to global missions efforts?](https://www.thestonetable.org/why-is-it-important-for-christians-to-give-to-global-missions-efforts/) - Why is it important for Christians to give to global missions efforts? As this year comes to a close we wanted to sit down with David Wigington, Lead Pastor at Cornerstone Christian Fellowship, to talk about why it's important for Christians to give to global missions efforts. He offers a challenging response that calls us
- [VIDEO: Why did you become a missionary?](https://www.thestonetable.org/video-why-did-you-become-a-missionary/) - Why did you become a missionary? This week we sat down with Scott Hanson, the strategic leader for unreached people groups in Africa to hear his story on why he became a missionary. He shares how his heart was broken for the people of Africa and it wasn't because of their extreme poverty. It was
- [VIDEO: How do you define success working with unreached people groups?](https://www.thestonetable.org/video-how-do-you-define-success-working-with-unreached-people-groups/) - HOW DO YOU DEFINE SUCCESS WORKING WITH UNREACHED PEOPLE GROUPS? This week we sat down with Dick Brogden, one of our great friends at Live Dead. We asked him how he defines success when working with unreached people groups (UPGs) because this is an area where growth is slow and hard to measure. He provided
- [VIDEO: What is your marketplace ministry story?](https://www.thestonetable.org/video-what-is-your-marketplace-ministry-story/) - This week we sat down with Anca Enache from Agency Boon, located in Bucharest, Romania, to hear more of her marketplace ministry story. What she shares with us is a powerful message we all need to hear about how we see our work and our ministry. Agency Boon is doing some amazing creative work, as
- [VIDEO: Is It Possible To Find Meaning In Our Daily Work?](https://www.thestonetable.org/video-is-it-possible-to-find-meaning-in-our-daily-work/) - Is It Possible To Find Meaning In Our Daily Work? This week Erik Cooper, The Stone Table President, shares that after speaking on Faith and Work with a number of churches, pastors, and business leaders, they all echoed the same idea: they want their work to be meaningful. Is it possible to find meaning in
- [VIDEO: Will There Be Work In Heaven?](https://www.thestonetable.org/video-will-there-be-work-in-heaven/) - Will There Be Work In Heaven? Childhood cartoons would have us believe eternity consists of floating around on clouds playing a harp all day. So, what does work look like in Heaven? Is there work at all? Here are some thoughts on a fascinating question.
- [VIDEO: Why is it so important for the church and the business community to work together in missions?](https://www.thestonetable.org/video-why-is-it-so-important-for-the-church-and-the-business-community-to-work-together-in-missions/) - This week we spoke with Ron Maddux, the Assemblies of God World Missions Area Director for Northern Asia, to ask him why it's so important for the church and the business community to work together in missions. He brings some wonderful insight and even says some flattering things about us here at The Stone Table.
- [VIDEO: How Can We Turn Our Work Place Into Our Mission Field?](https://www.thestonetable.org/video-how-can-we-turn-our-work-place-into-our-mission-field/) - How can we turn our work place into our mission field? This week we had the wonderful privilege of sitting down with Lidia Toader who works in Digital Marketing and Advertising in Bucharest, Romania. She shared with us how she felt God challenge her to begin to see her work place as her mission field.
- [VIDEO: Why is Business as Mission Such An Important Part of Missiology Today?](https://www.thestonetable.org/video-why-is-business-as-mission-such-an-important-part-of-missiology-today/) - Why is Business as Mission such an important part of missiology today? This week we sat down with Pastor David Wigington from Cornerstone Christian Fellowship in Bloomington, IN to discuss why Business as Mission is so important today. Not only is David a wonderful pastor, he is also apart of The Stone Table board helping
- [VIDEO: How has business as mission excited the business leaders in your church?](https://www.thestonetable.org/video-how-has-business-as-mission-excited-the-business-leaders-in-your-church/) - How has business as mission (BAM) excited the business leaders in your church? This week we sat down with Pastor Nathan Peternel of Life Church in Fishers, Noblesville, and Indianapolis, Indiana to talk about how BAM is exciting the business leaders of his church. At the end he tells a story from one of his
- [VIDEO: A Message From China](https://www.thestonetable.org/video-a-message-from-china/) - A Message From China: How we're leveraging business to reach the unreached and how you can help. This week's video comes from a slightly different location than normal. Erik shares with us how The Stone Table is leveraging business to reach the unreached and how you can get involved. Maybe you are a high school
- [VIDEO: How do you keep Gospel centered missions at the forefront of your church?](https://www.thestonetable.org/how-do-you-keep-gospel-centered-missions-at-the-forefront-of-your-church/) - How do you keep Gospel centered missions at the forefront of your church? This week we talked with Adam Detamore who is the Lead Pastor at Realife Church in Greenfield, IN. We asked him why it's so important for him to keep Gospel centered missions at the forefront of his church. He has a pretty
- [VIDEO: How Can Christians in the Marketplace Engage the Kingdom Everyday?](https://www.thestonetable.org/video-how-can-christians-in-the-marketplace-engage-the-kingdom-everyday/) - How can Christians in the marketplace engage the kingdom everyday? This week when talking with Pastor Rob Ketterling (River Valley Church) we asked him how he encourages those in his church who are working in the marketplace. Like always, he had some wonderful insight to share with us from his years as a Pastor. As
- [VIDEO: What is it like to be called to the mission field?](https://www.thestonetable.org/video-what-is-it-like-to-be-called-to-the-mission-field/) - What is it like to be called to the mission field? This week we sat down with Pastor Robby Bradford of River City Church in Lafayette Indiana to talk about what it was like being called to the missions field. The insight he gives to us is profound and the challenge he offers will lead
- [VIDEO: How do we find happiness in our work?](https://www.thestonetable.org/video-how-do-we-find-happiness-in-our-work/) - How do we find happiness in our work? This week we spoke with Erik Cooper, the President of The Stone Table, about finding happiness in our work. It's safe to say that we all want to be happy, but should the pursuit of happiness be our focus? You see, happiness is not a pursuit. It’s
- [VIDEO: Why Is Business As Mission So Important Today?](https://www.thestonetable.org/video-why-is-business-as-mission-so-important-today/) - Why is Business As Mission so important today? This week we sat down with Ron Maddux, the regional director of Northern Asia for Assemblies of God World Missions, to talk about why business as mission is so important today! "The power of BAM is it gains access to places that we could not otherwise go."
- [VIDEO: What excites you most about Global Missions right now?](https://www.thestonetable.org/video-what-excites-you-most-about-global-missions-right-now/) - What excites you the most about global missions right now? During this week's video, we sat down with Pastor Wayne Murray of Grace Assembly of God in Greenwood, Indiana to talk about what excites him the most about Global Missions right now. It's so exciting to be apart of Global Missions right now because there are
- [VIDEO: Why Should Christians Care About Unreached People Groups?](https://www.thestonetable.org/video-why-should-christians-care-about-unreached-people-groups/) - Why should Christians care about unreached people groups? David Wiginton, Pastor of Cornerstone Christian Fellowship addresses this question on this week's video. For more videos like this check out our YouTube channel and be sure to subscribe. Christians should care about unreached people groups because Jesus cared about the unreached. Jesus came to seek and
- [Rob Ketterling: Why he decided to join The Stone Table Board](https://www.thestonetable.org/rob-ketterling-why-he-decided-to-join-the-stone-table-board/) - We sat down with Pastor Rob Ketterling of River Valley Church and asked why he decided to join The Stone Table board of directors. His excitement was palpable! Rob pastors a large, multi-site church in the greater Minneapolis area, and he gets plenty of requests to sit on organizational boards. But something about The Stone Table really intrigued him.
- [VIDEO: How does your work in technology fulfill The Great Commission?](https://www.thestonetable.org/video-how-does-your-work-in-technology-fulfill-the-great-commission/) - If you struggle to find meaning in your work maybe it's time to shift your perspective and begin to see your work through The Great Commission. Your work is important even if you are not a pastor or a missionary. No matter what field you find yourself in, we need you!! Check out this short
- [The Gospel Redeems All Things, Even Business](https://www.thestonetable.org/the-gospel-redeems-all-things/) - Big Business gets a bad rap in the postmodern West, and perhaps rightfully so in some instances. All cultures have their idolatries, and the sinful hijacking of capitalism tends toward the worship of excess, comparison, pride, and an “I win, you lose” mentality. Unfortunately, we’re often guilty of defining things by their abuses instead of
- [Maybe It's Time To Think Differently?](https://www.thestonetable.org/think-differently/) - VIDEO: Rob Ketterling Last month we were able to take Rob Ketterling, one of our awesome board members, on a tour of our much anticipated assisted living facility, Glasswater Creek of Lafayette. After a quick tour, he asked if he could shoot a quick video for the business leaders of his church. The challenge he
- [VIDEO: The Sacredness of Work](https://www.thestonetable.org/video-the-sacredness-of-work/) - The Stone Table President, Erik Cooper, teaches on the sacredness of work as part of Grace Assembly of God's "I Love My Job" message series. Thank you to Pastor Wayne and the congregation of Grace for allowing us to be part of this vital conversation. https://vimeo.com/240485269
- [Word and Work](https://www.thestonetable.org/word-and-work/) - [et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial” _builder_version=”3.2.1″]The debate concerning the role and engagement of Christianity with the world has raged unabated for many years. It has reared its ugly head more than a few times since the time of Christ. With the rise of modernism, Christians broke into two distinct
- [Missional Marketplace S1 E2: The Sacred and Secular Divide](https://www.thestonetable.org/missional-marketplace-s1-e2-the-sacred-and-secular-divide/) - Many followers of Jesus have unintentionally adopted some bad work theology, a set of assumed beliefs that neatly divide our daily lives into sacred and secular partitions. We believe these perspectives were more absorbed than intentionally taught, but they’re confusing and destructive nonetheless. In Episode 2 of the Missional Marketplace Podcast, we tackle this “sacred/secular
- [Missional Marketplace S1 E4: What Is Your Work Theology?](https://www.thestonetable.org/missional-marketplace-s1-e4-what-is-your-work-theology/) - What is your Theology of Work? You have one even if you can’t articulate it. For many of us, our work theology is more assumed than taught. Work must be the result of The Fall. Adam and Eve screwed up paradise and we all got stuck with a mediocre 8-5 as part of their punishment. So work is just this thing we have to endure to support our families until Jesus comes back and finally banishes this thing called work to hell with the devil and all his minions. Does that feel familiar at all?
- [Work and the Great Commandment: Missional Marketplace Podcast S1 E5](https://www.thestonetable.org/work-and-the-great-commandment-missional-marketplace-podcast-s1-e5/) - On this week’s podcast, we take a wilderness journey with the Israelites to see what old-school idol worship can teach us about our day-jobs. And we learn a new Greek word often used in ancient business transactions that quite literally changes everything.
- [Greed is Not a Business Problem | Missional Marketplace Podcast S1E6](https://www.thestonetable.org/greed-is-not-a-business-problem-missional-marketplace-podcast-s1e6/) - On this week’s podcast we discuss the real issue behind business and greed (hint: it’s not the money). When we elevate anything above God, it hijacks God’s original design for this life.
- [Your Work and The Mission of God In The World | Missional Marketplace Podcast S1E9](https://www.thestonetable.org/your-work-and-the-mission-of-god-in-the-world-missional-marketplace-podcast-s1e9/) - A recent Barna survey revealed that half of all church-going Christians cannot identify the Great Commission. So before we dive deeply into the role of the marketplace in God’s mission in the world, this episode goes back to the basics and unpacks the reality of Jesus’ final instructions to us: “Go and make disciples of
- [Business As Mission Part 1 | Missional Marketplace Podcast S1E10](https://www.thestonetable.org/business-as-mission-part-1-missional-marketplace-podcast-s1e10/) - When we stop thinking of everyday work as a "secular" endeavor, when we refuse to equate the marketplace with greed and materialism, when we embrace acts of commerce as an opportunity to honor God and love our neighbor, business truly becomes a Great Commission opportunity. In episode 10, we pivot into a two week discussion
- [Business As Mission Part 2 | Missional Marketplace Podcast S1E11](https://www.thestonetable.org/business-as-mission-part-2-missional-marketplace-podcast-s1e11/) - This week, we continue our conversation about Business as Missions (BAM) by drilling down into some of the ways the marketplace is being leveraged cross-culturally for global missions purposes. BAM has certainly been abused by some as a less than honest way to deceive local authorities into providing visas. We call those people “job fakers,”
- [The Currency of the Kingdom | Missional Marketplace Podcast S1E12](https://www.thestonetable.org/the-currency-of-the-kingdom-missional-marketplace-podcast-s1e12/) - This is the final episode of Season 1 of the podcast. We’ve been talking about the role of the marketplace in fulfilling the Great Commission and while that can seem like an “over there” conversation, there are undoubtedly unreached people groups in your local community. The “diaspora,” a term used to describe people groups who leave their homeland and scatter abroad among other nations, has brought those in need of the Gospel quite literally into our own backyard. This is an incredible Great Commission opportunity.
- [Can You Fire Someone to the Glory of God | Missional Marketplace Podcast S1E7](https://www.thestonetable.org/can-you-fire-someone-to-the-glory-of-god-missional-marketplace-podcast-s1e7/) - Honoring God in our hiring practices seems way easier than honoring God in our firing practices. If the Gospel redeems all things, how can we both hire and fire people to the glory of God? It begins with seeing people the way God sees them. On this week’s podcast, we talk about hiring and firing
- [Missional Marketplace S1 E3: Your Work Is Part of God's Story](https://www.thestonetable.org/missional-marketplace-s1-e3-your-work-is-part-of-gods-story/) - https://youtu.be/GPVruTTq2ns Your everyday work has eternal purpose. The role you play in the marketplace is part of a story that is far bigger than any of us could imagine. Listen to this third episode of The Missional Marketplace Podcast as brothers, Erik and Darren Cooper, discuss God's story that we all play a part in.
- [Missional Marketplace S1 E1: Is There Gospel Meaning In Your Everyday Work?](https://www.thestonetable.org/missional-marketplace-s1-e1-is-there-gospel-meaning-in-your-everyday-work/) - In this inaugural episode of the Missional Marketplace Podcast, Darren and Erik introduce the premise for Season One of the show. This podcast is for Christians who work in the marketplace, but who carry a deep passion for God’s mission in the world and want their everyday work to connect more deeply with that missional purpose (and who like to laugh a little bit along the way). In episode 1, we set the stage for this season-long conversation about faith, work, and the global mission of God in the world.

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- [Missions](https://www.thestonetable.org/missions/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.23″ _module_preset=”default” use_background_color_gradient=”on” background_color_gradient_stops=”rgba(35,35,35,0.52) 0%|rgba(35,35,35,0.85) 100%” background_color_gradient_overlays_image=”on” background_image=”https://www.thestonetable.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Map-Pic.jpg” background_position=”top_center” custom_padding=”7%||7%||true|false” bottom_divider_style=”arrow” bottom_divider_color=”#FFFFFF” bottom_divider_flip=”horizontal|vertical” bottom_divider_style_tablet=”arrow” bottom_divider_style_phone=”arrow” bottom_divider_style_last_edited=”on|desktop” bottom_divider_height_tablet=”” bottom_divider_height_phone=”35px” bottom_divider_height_last_edited=”on|phone” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{%22gcid-17caebb2-213c-4568-8ac8-340561d4d47b%22:%91%22background_color_gradient_stops%22%93}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”Map-Pic” sticky_enabled=”0″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.19.3″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.19.3″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.23″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”|||on|||||” text_text_color=”#FFFFFF” text_font_size=”19px” header_font=”Montserrat|900||on|||||” header_text_align=”center” header_text_color=”#FFFFFF” header_font_size=”55px” hover_enabled=”0″ header_font_size_tablet=”55px” header_font_size_phone=”9vw” header_font_size_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]OUR WORK AROUND THE WORLD
- [More Than a Job](https://www.thestonetable.org/morethanajob/) - [et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”3.2.1″ custom_margin=”-40px|||” next_background_color=”#000000″][et_pb_fullwidth_header title=”STRUGGLE TO FIND MEANING IN YOUR WORK? ” subhead=”It’s time to reshape your perspective” text_orientation=”center” _builder_version=”3.2″ title_font=”||||||||” title_font_size_phone=”29px” title_font_size_last_edited=”on|phone” subhead_font=”||||||||” subhead_font_size=”26px” subhead_font_size_phone=”19px” subhead_font_size_last_edited=”on|phone” background_color=”rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)” background_layout=”light” /][/et_pb_section][et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ custom_padding=”0px|0px|64px|0px” prev_background_color=”#000000″][et_pb_row custom_padding=”60px|100px|100px|100px” custom_padding_tablet=”25px|25px|25px|25px” custom_padding_phone=”15px|15px|15px|15px” custom_margin=”-40px|||” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” _builder_version=”3.2.1″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” border_width_all=”5px” border_color_all=”#eaeaea” module_alignment=”center”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.106″ text_font=”||||||||” header_font=”||||||||”
- [What We Do](https://www.thestonetable.org/services/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.2.1″ background_image=”https://www.thestonetable.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Untitled-design-1.jpg” parallax=”on” max_width_last_edited=”on|desktop” custom_margin=”|||”][et_pb_row custom_padding=”100px|0px|100px|0px” _builder_version=”3.0.47″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.2.1″ text_font=”||||||||” header_font=”||||||||” header_2_font=”|||on|||||” header_2_font_size=”24px” text_orientation=”center” background_layout=”dark” header_font_size=”55px” text_text_color=”#ffffff” header_text_color=”#ffffff” header_2_text_color=”#ffffff” header_4_font=”||||||||” header_3_font=”||||||||”]What We Do Our areas of focus [/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”3.0.105″ global_module=”16192″][et_pb_fullwidth_menu menu_id=”57″ active_link_color=”#b73d25″ _builder_version=”3.0.105″ menu_font=”||||||||” menu_text_color=”#474747″ menu_font_size=”16px” background_color=”#eaeaea”][/et_pb_fullwidth_menu][/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.0.100″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.0.100″][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_image src=”https://www.thestonetable.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/speaking-teaching-icon.png”
- [The Stone Table Commons](https://www.thestonetable.org/commons/) - The future requires us to dream in a new and creative ways. God has given us a unique vision to bring marketplace Christians together - to connect, educate, empower, and multiply the idea that has driven our work form the beginning: That business is a part of God's Gospel-redemption plan for the world. That vision
- [The Stone Table Building](https://www.thestonetable.org/stonetablebuilding/) - The future requires us to dream in a new and creative ways. God has given us a unique vision to bring marketplace Christians together – to connect, educate, empower, and multiply the idea that has driven our work form the beginning: That business is a part of God’s Gospel-redemption plan for the world. That vision
- [The Stone Table Authors](https://www.thestonetable.org/the-stone-table-authors/)
- [Thank You](https://www.thestonetable.org/thankyou/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.16″ background_color=”#ffffff” max_width_tablet=”” max_width_phone=”” max_width_last_edited=”on|desktop” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_blurb use_icon=”on” font_icon=”Z||divi||400″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”|800||on|||||” text_orientation=”center” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.23″ text_font=”||||||||” text_text_color=”#e09900″ text_letter_spacing=”11px” header_font=”||||||||” header_font_size=”72px” background_layout=”dark” global_colors_info=”{}”]THANK YOU![/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ prev_background_color=”#ffffff” module_id=”getstarted” _builder_version=”4.19.3″ background_enable_color=”off” use_background_color_gradient=”on” background_color_gradient_stops=”rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.45) 1%|rgba(0,0,0,0.45) 40%|#000000 100%” background_color_gradient_overlays_image=”on” background_image=”https://www.thestonetable.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Table-Meeting-5.jpg” custom_margin=”0px||||false|false” custom_padding=”200px|||||” top_divider_style=”ramp” global_module=”21728″ saved_tabs=”all” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row
- [Five Hour Synergy Pastors](https://www.thestonetable.org/pastors/)
- [Business](https://www.thestonetable.org/bam-2/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” use_background_color_gradient=”on” background_color_gradient_stops=”rgba(35,35,35,0.52) 0%|rgba(35,35,35,0.85) 100%” background_color_gradient_overlays_image=”on” background_image=”https://www.thestonetable.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/coworking.jpg” custom_padding=”13%||13%||true|false” bottom_divider_style=”arrow” bottom_divider_color=”#efefef” bottom_divider_flip=”horizontal|vertical” global_colors_info=”{%22gcid-17caebb2-213c-4568-8ac8-340561d4d47b%22:%91%22background_color_gradient_stops%22%93}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.19.3″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.19.3″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”|||on|||||” text_text_color=”#FFFFFF” text_font_size=”19px” header_font=”Montserrat|900||on|||||” header_text_align=”center” header_text_color=”#FFFFFF” header_font_size=”43px” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]BUSINESS AS MISSION Your business has an opportunity to serve God & build relationships[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.19.3″ _module_preset=”default” use_background_color_gradient=”on” background_color_gradient_stops=”#efefef 0%|#ffffff
- [Global Workers](https://www.thestonetable.org/global-workers/)
- [Our Story](https://www.thestonetable.org/ourstory/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ next_background_color=”#ffffff” _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” background_image=”https://www.thestonetable.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Dad-Smiling-2.jpg” background_position=”top_center” custom_padding=”7%||7%||true|false” bottom_divider_style=”arrow” bottom_divider_flip=”horizontal|vertical” bottom_divider_style_last_edited=”off|phone” bottom_divider_height_tablet=”” bottom_divider_height_phone=”35px” bottom_divider_height_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.19.3″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.19.3″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” text_text_color=”#FFFFFF” text_font_size=”19px” header_font=”Montserrat|900||on|||||” header_text_align=”center” header_text_color=”#FFFFFF” header_font_size=”55px” header_font_size_tablet=”55px” header_font_size_phone=”10vw” header_font_size_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}”] OUR STORY FROM PERCEIVING NEEDS TO CHANGING COMMUNITIES [/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ next_background_color=”#000000″ _builder_version=”4.23″ _module_preset=”default” use_background_color_gradient=”on” background_color_gradient_stops=”#ffffff 31%|rgba(255,255,255,0.66) 100%” background_color_gradient_overlays_image=”on” background_image=”https://www.thestonetable.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Speedway-Building-1.jpg” parallax=”on” custom_padding=”5px||49px|||”
- [Our Mission](https://www.thestonetable.org/our-mission/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ next_background_color=”#424242″ _builder_version=”4.21.0″ use_background_color_gradient=”on” background_color_gradient_stops=”rgba(56,56,56,0.5) 1%|rgba(56,56,56,0.5) 100%” background_color_gradient_overlays_image=”on” background_image=”https://www.thestonetable.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/stone-texture.jpg” parallax=”on” custom_padding=”7%||7%||true|false” bottom_divider_style=”arrow” bottom_divider_flip=”vertical” bottom_divider_height_tablet=”” bottom_divider_height_phone=”35px” bottom_divider_height_last_edited=”on|phone” collapsed=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” custom_padding=”37px|0px|37px|0px||” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.21.0″ text_font=”|||on|||||” text_font_size=”19px” header_font=”Montserrat|900||on|||||” header_font_size=”55px” header_2_font=”|||on|||||” header_2_font_size=”24px” text_orientation=”center” background_layout=”dark” header_font_size_tablet=”55px” header_font_size_phone=”10vw” header_font_size_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}”] OUR MISSION [/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ next_background_color=”#ffffff” _builder_version=”4.19.3″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#424242″ custom_padding=”2px||120px|||” bottom_divider_style=”ramp”
- [Great Commission](https://www.thestonetable.org/great-commission/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ next_background_color=”#424242″ _builder_version=”4.21.0″ use_background_color_gradient=”on” background_color_gradient_stops=”rgba(56,56,56,0.5) 1%|rgba(56,56,56,0.5) 100%” background_color_gradient_overlays_image=”on” background_image=”https://www.thestonetable.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/STP-ELP19-scaled-1.jpg” parallax=”on” custom_padding=”7%||7%||true|false” bottom_divider_style=”arrow” bottom_divider_flip=”vertical” bottom_divider_height_tablet=”” bottom_divider_height_phone=”35px” bottom_divider_height_last_edited=”on|phone” collapsed=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” custom_padding=”100px|0px|100px|0px” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.21.0″ text_font=”|||on|||||” text_font_size=”19px” header_font=”Montserrat|900||on|||||” header_font_size=”55px” header_2_font=”|||on|||||” header_2_font_size=”24px” text_orientation=”center” background_layout=”dark” header_font_size_tablet=”55px” header_font_size_phone=”10vw” header_font_size_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}”] THE GREAT COMMISSION TO MAKE DISCIPLES OF ALL NATIONS [/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ next_background_color=”#ffffff”
- [UPGs](https://www.thestonetable.org/upgs/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ next_background_color=”#424242″ _builder_version=”4.21.0″ use_background_color_gradient=”on” background_color_gradient_stops=”rgba(56,56,56,0.5) 1%|rgba(56,56,56,0.5) 100%” background_color_gradient_overlays_image=”on” background_image=”https://www.thestonetable.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/pexels-cameron-casey-1687093-scaled.jpg” custom_padding=”7%||7%||true|false” top_divider_height_tablet=”” top_divider_height_phone=”35px” top_divider_height_last_edited=”on|phone” bottom_divider_style=”arrow” bottom_divider_flip=”vertical” bottom_divider_height_tablet=”” bottom_divider_height_phone=”35px” bottom_divider_height_last_edited=”on|phone” collapsed=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” custom_padding=”100px|0px|100px|0px” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.22.2″ text_font=”|||on|||||” text_font_size=”19px” text_line_height=”1.6em” header_font=”Montserrat|900||on|||||” header_font_size=”55px” header_2_font=”|||on|||||” header_2_font_size=”24px” text_orientation=”center” background_layout=”dark” header_font_size_tablet=”55px” header_font_size_phone=”10vw” header_font_size_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}”] UNREACHED PEOPLE GROUPS MAKING DISCIPLES OF ALL NATIONS [/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section][et_pb_section
- [Marketplace Believers](https://www.thestonetable.org/marketplace-believers/)
- [Sitemap](https://www.thestonetable.org/sitemap/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.23″ _module_preset=”default” use_background_color_gradient=”on” background_color_gradient_stops=”rgba(35,35,35,0.52) 0%|rgba(35,35,35,0.85) 100%” background_color_gradient_overlays_image=”on” background_image=”https://www.thestonetable.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/stone-texture.jpg” background_position=”top_center” custom_padding=”7%||7%||true|false” bottom_divider_style=”arrow” bottom_divider_color=”#efefef” bottom_divider_flip=”horizontal|vertical” bottom_divider_style_tablet=”arrow” bottom_divider_style_phone=”arrow” bottom_divider_style_last_edited=”on|desktop” bottom_divider_height_tablet=”” bottom_divider_height_phone=”35px” bottom_divider_height_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{%22gcid-17caebb2-213c-4568-8ac8-340561d4d47b%22:%91%22background_color_gradient_stops%22%93}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.19.3″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.19.3″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.23″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”|||on|||||” text_text_color=”#FFFFFF” text_font_size=”19px” header_font=”Montserrat|900||on|||||” header_text_align=”center” header_text_color=”#FFFFFF” header_font_size=”55px” header_font_size_tablet=”55px” header_font_size_phone=”9vw” header_font_size_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}”] SITEMAP [/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.23″ _module_preset=”default” use_background_color_gradient=”on” background_color_gradient_stops=”#efefef 1%|#ffffff 100%” custom_margin=”0px||||false|false” custom_padding=”0px||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.23″
- [Church](https://www.thestonetable.org/church/)

## Divi Bars

- [Promo Bar: Ecosystem Map](https://www.thestonetable.org/divi_bars/missional-marketplace-book/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ disabled_on=”on|off|off” admin_label=”Desktop & Tablet” _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”gcid-8f50a9e8-5d2c-42c2-b288-ca33d50e72c5″ custom_margin=”0px||0px||true|false” custom_padding=”0px||0px||true|false” global_colors_info=”{%22gcid-8f50a9e8-5d2c-42c2-b288-ca33d50e72c5%22:%91%22background_color%22%93}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”3_4,1_4″ use_custom_gutter=”on” gutter_width=”1″ make_equal=”on” _builder_version=”4.19.3″ _module_preset=”default” max_width=”1000px” custom_padding=”5px||5px||true|false” custom_css_main_element=”display:flex;” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”3_4″ _builder_version=”4.19.3″ _module_preset=”default” custom_css_main_element=”align-self:center;” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_text_color=”#FFFFFF” text_font_size=”15px” background_layout=”dark” custom_padding=”|7px||||” global_colors_info=”{}”] NEW INTERACTIVE TOOL: BAM ECOSYSTEM MAP [/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ _builder_version=”4.19.3″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_button button_url=”https://www.thestonetable.org/bam/#ecosystem-map” button_text=”EXPLORE THE MAP” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_button=”on” button_text_size=”14px” button_text_color=”gcid-8f50a9e8-5d2c-42c2-b288-ca33d50e72c5″ button_bg_color=”#FFFFFF”

## Divi Mega Pro

- [About Menu](https://www.thestonetable.org/divi_mega_pro/about-menu/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ disabled_on=”off|off|off” _builder_version=”4.23″ _module_preset=”f5bec4c7-75ab-4be4-9cfc-0098ecea870f” background_color=”rgba(35,35,35,0.8)” width=”100%” module_alignment=”center” custom_padding=”43px||50px||false|false” border_color_all=”gcid-8f50a9e8-5d2c-42c2-b288-ca33d50e72c5″ border_width_top=”3px” global_colors_info=”{%22gcid-8f50a9e8-5d2c-42c2-b288-ca33d50e72c5%22:%91%22border_color_all%22,%22border_color_top%22%93}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_4,1_4,1_4,1_4″ use_custom_gutter=”on” gutter_width=”2″ _builder_version=”4.19.3″ _module_preset=”4e869fbf-052d-438e-8e9f-91b8b7211dc9″ background_enable_color=”off” custom_padding=”0px||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.19.3″ _module_preset=”f37ebd93-9de1-4b51-8465-616374301266″ header_4_text_color=”#FFFFFF” header_4_font_size=”15px” custom_margin=”||7px||false|false” custom_padding=”||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”] OUR MISSION [/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider divider_weight=”3px” _builder_version=”4.19.3″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”||0px||false|false” custom_padding=”||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{%22gcid-8f50a9e8-5d2c-42c2-b288-ca33d50e72c5%22:%91%22color%22%93}”][/et_pb_divider][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.23″ _module_preset=”f37ebd93-9de1-4b51-8465-616374301266″ text_font=”Montserrat|||on|||||” text_line_height=”1.4em” link_text_color=”#FFFFFF” background_layout=”dark” global_colors_info=”{}”] The Stone Table exists to mobilize marketplace believers
- [Learn Menu](https://www.thestonetable.org/divi_mega_pro/learn-menu/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.19.3″ _module_preset=”ab4fa91f-eb81-4182-8f7c-91f4d8f23014″ background_color=”rgba(35,35,35,0.8)” width=”100%” module_alignment=”center” custom_padding=”43px||50px||false|false” border_color_all=”gcid-8f50a9e8-5d2c-42c2-b288-ca33d50e72c5″ border_width_top=”3px” global_colors_info=”{%22gcid-8f50a9e8-5d2c-42c2-b288-ca33d50e72c5%22:%91%22border_color_all%22,%22border_color_top%22%93}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_4,1_4,1_2″ use_custom_gutter=”on” gutter_width=”2″ _builder_version=”4.19.3″ _module_preset=”0fe33a5a-8937-4068-9a7c-438b865cd95a” background_enable_color=”off” custom_padding=”0px||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.19.3″ _module_preset=”67bd77f8-c5cc-4625-8b2f-fc22dc912f86″ header_4_text_color=”#FFFFFF” header_4_font_size=”15px” custom_margin=”||7px||false|false” custom_padding=”||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”] LEARN WITH US [/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider divider_weight=”3px” _builder_version=”4.19.3″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”||0px||false|false” custom_padding=”||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{%22gcid-8f50a9e8-5d2c-42c2-b288-ca33d50e72c5%22:%91%22color%22%93}”][/et_pb_divider][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”67bd77f8-c5cc-4625-8b2f-fc22dc912f86″ text_font=”Montserrat|||on|||||” text_font_size=”12px” text_line_height=”1.2em” link_text_color=”#FFFFFF” header_4_font_size=”15px” background_layout=”dark” global_colors_info=”{}”] Start Course Coaching Seminar Speaking &
- [Contact Menu](https://www.thestonetable.org/divi_mega_pro/contact-menu/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.19.3″ _module_preset=”b00fd5ab-af81-495b-a9df-f23dd58e146a” background_color=”rgba(35,35,35,0.8)” width=”100%” module_alignment=”center” custom_padding=”43px||50px||false|false” border_color_all=”gcid-8f50a9e8-5d2c-42c2-b288-ca33d50e72c5″ border_width_top=”3px” global_colors_info=”{%22gcid-8f50a9e8-5d2c-42c2-b288-ca33d50e72c5%22:%91%22border_color_all%22,%22border_color_top%22%93}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_4,1_4,1_2″ use_custom_gutter=”on” gutter_width=”2″ _builder_version=”4.22.2″ _module_preset=”4fab75d7-1720-4e1d-87b2-fbd3d66f7a99″ background_enable_color=”off” custom_padding=”0px||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.19.3″ _module_preset=”7c1377e9-c15a-4b49-9628-316058fcd600″ header_4_text_color=”#FFFFFF” header_4_font_size=”15px” custom_margin=”||7px||false|false” custom_padding=”||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”] CONTACT [/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider divider_weight=”3px” _builder_version=”4.19.3″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”||0px||false|false” custom_padding=”||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{%22gcid-8f50a9e8-5d2c-42c2-b288-ca33d50e72c5%22:%91%22color%22%93}”][/et_pb_divider][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.23″ _module_preset=”7c1377e9-c15a-4b49-9628-316058fcd600″ text_font=”Montserrat|||on|||||” text_font_size=”12px” text_line_height=”1.2em” link_text_color=”#FFFFFF” header_4_font_size=”15px” background_layout=”dark” custom_margin=”||26px|||” global_colors_info=”{}”] Contact Us Newsletter Sign-up Start Events [/et_pb_text][et_pb_text
- [Go Menu](https://www.thestonetable.org/divi_mega_pro/go-menu/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.19.3″ _module_preset=”3b0227d4-93e0-47ae-b035-5fee5a5f3cbb” background_color=”rgba(35,35,35,0.8)” width=”100%” module_alignment=”center” custom_padding=”43px||50px||false|false” border_color_all=”gcid-8f50a9e8-5d2c-42c2-b288-ca33d50e72c5″ border_width_top=”3px” global_colors_info=”{%22gcid-8f50a9e8-5d2c-42c2-b288-ca33d50e72c5%22:%91%22border_color_all%22,%22border_color_top%22%93}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_4,1_4,1_2″ use_custom_gutter=”on” gutter_width=”2″ _builder_version=”4.19.3″ _module_preset=”33dd0bcb-069c-4aa4-98f2-fe4843397a64″ background_enable_color=”off” custom_padding=”0px||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.19.3″ _module_preset=”8bd820ba-c53e-479b-86b0-e7f5a298aa83″ header_4_text_color=”#FFFFFF” header_4_font_size=”15px” custom_margin=”||7px||false|false” custom_padding=”||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”] GO WITH US [/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider divider_weight=”3px” _builder_version=”4.19.3″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”||0px||false|false” custom_padding=”||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{%22gcid-8f50a9e8-5d2c-42c2-b288-ca33d50e72c5%22:%91%22color%22%93}”][/et_pb_divider][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”8bd820ba-c53e-479b-86b0-e7f5a298aa83″ text_font=”Montserrat|||on|||||” text_font_size=”12px” text_line_height=”1.2em” link_text_color=”#FFFFFF” header_4_font_size=”15px” background_layout=”dark” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″] AGWM Live
- [Give Menu](https://www.thestonetable.org/divi_mega_pro/give-menu/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.19.3″ _module_preset=”6cf3c11c-2e5a-44eb-8f33-613e582b6dd6″ background_color=”rgba(35,35,35,0.8)” width=”100%” module_alignment=”center” custom_padding=”43px||50px||false|false” border_color_all=”gcid-8f50a9e8-5d2c-42c2-b288-ca33d50e72c5″ border_width_top=”3px” global_colors_info=”{%22gcid-8f50a9e8-5d2c-42c2-b288-ca33d50e72c5%22:%91%22border_color_all%22,%22border_color_top%22%93}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_4,1_4,1_4,1_4″ use_custom_gutter=”on” gutter_width=”2″ _builder_version=”4.22.2″ _module_preset=”186c6061-542e-452e-a5ea-1e34b2e9718d” background_enable_color=”off” custom_padding=”0px||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.22.2″ _module_preset=”24b3a0e7-942b-4d6d-bdd7-b79aee8dd6f1″ header_4_text_color=”#FFFFFF” header_4_font_size=”15px” custom_margin=”||7px||false|false” custom_padding=”||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”] HOW WE GIVE [/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider divider_weight=”3px” _builder_version=”4.19.3″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”||0px||false|false” custom_padding=”||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{%22gcid-8f50a9e8-5d2c-42c2-b288-ca33d50e72c5%22:%91%22color%22%93}”][/et_pb_divider][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.22.2″ _module_preset=”24b3a0e7-942b-4d6d-bdd7-b79aee8dd6f1″ text_font=”Montserrat|||on|||||” text_line_height=”1.4em” link_text_color=”#FFFFFF” header_4_font_size=”15px” background_layout=”dark” custom_margin=”||20px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”] We partner with global missions initiatives

## Divi Overlays

- [About the Stone Table Video](https://www.thestonetable.org/divi_overlay/about-the-stone-table-video/) - [et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.0.100″ module_alignment=”center”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_code _builder_version=”3.0.100″ text_orientation=”center”][/et_pb_code][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]

## Categories

- [Theology of Work](https://www.thestonetable.org/category/theology-of-work/)
- [Church](https://www.thestonetable.org/category/church/)
- [Unreached People Groups](https://www.thestonetable.org/category/unreached-people-groups/)
- [Resources](https://www.thestonetable.org/category/resources/)
- [Videos](https://www.thestonetable.org/category/videos/)
- [Articles](https://www.thestonetable.org/category/articles/)
- [Business as Mission](https://www.thestonetable.org/category/business-as-mission/)
- [Newsletter](https://www.thestonetable.org/category/newsletter/)

## Tags

- [Business](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/business/)
- [Business as mission](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/business-as-mission/)
- [church](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/church/)
- [Mission](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/mission/)
- [blog](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/blog/)
- [video](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/video/)
- [gospel](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/gospel/)
- [missions](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/missions/)
- [missions work](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/missions-work/)
- [the stone table](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/the-stone-table/)
- [work](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/work/)
- [growth](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/growth/)
- [money](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/money/)
- [churches](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/churches/)
- [CRF](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/crf/)
- [generosity](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/generosity/)
- [giving](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/giving/)
- [onehope](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/onehope/)
- [roundtable](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/roundtable/)
- [stone table](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/stone-table/)
- [BAM](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/bam/)
- [Crossfit](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/crossfit/)
- [rob ketterling](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/rob-ketterling/)
- [Fundraising](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/fundraising/)
- [Theology of Work](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/theology-of-work/)
- [faith](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/faith/)
- [together](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/together/)
- [cs lewis](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/cs-lewis/)
- [work theology](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/work-theology/)
- [name](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/name/)
- [Brian Hudson](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/brian-hudson/)
- [calling](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/calling/)
- [Erik Cooper](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/erik-cooper/)
- [Teddy Roosevelt](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/teddy-roosevelt/)
- [Lois Solet](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/lois-solet/)
- [Motherhood](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/motherhood/)
- [business as missions](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/business-as-missions/)
- [giver](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/giver/)
- [leadership](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/leadership/)
- [Change the world](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/change-the-world/)
- [called](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/called/)
- [Hayden Mills](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/hayden-mills/)
- [tech](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/tech/)
- [meaning in work](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/meaning-in-work/)
- [kids](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/kids/)
- [parenting](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/parenting/)
- [identity](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/identity/)
- [Dave Cooper](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/dave-cooper/)
- [leading](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/leading/)
- [God's Purpose for Human Work](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/gods-purpose-for-human-work/)
- [great commission](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/great-commission/)
- [unreached people groups](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/unreached-people-groups/)
- [missional living](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/missional-living/)
- [women](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/women/)
- [business owner](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/business-owner/)
- [striving](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/striving/)
- [The Great Commission](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/the-great-commission/)
- [Purpose](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/purpose/)
- [joy in work](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/joy-in-work/)
- [identity and suicide](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/identity-and-suicide/)
- [contentment](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/contentment/)
- [labor](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/labor/)
- [fear of missing out](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/fear-of-missing-out/)
- [prayer](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/prayer/)
- [Technology](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/technology/)
- [Smart Phones](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/smart-phones/)
- [designer](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/designer/)
- [ux designer](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/ux-designer/)
- [the gospel](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/the-gospel/)
- [ministry](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/ministry/)
- [the gap](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/the-gap/)
- [Board](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/board/)
- [Resource](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/resource/)
- [art](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/art/)
- [christianity](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/christianity/)
- [faith and art](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/faith-and-art/)
- [question of the week](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/question-of-the-week/)
- [ask a pastor](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/ask-a-pastor/)
- [greed](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/greed/)
- [unreached people](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/unreached-people/)
- [stories](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/stories/)
- [AGWM](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/agwm/)
- [devotions](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/devotions/)
- [Chasing happiness](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/chasing-happiness/)
- [happiness](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/happiness/)
- [finding happiness](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/finding-happiness/)
- [from the field](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/from-the-field/)
- [missionary](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/missionary/)
- [missions field](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/missions-field/)
- [robby bradford](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/robby-bradford/)
- [river city church](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/river-city-church/)
- [farming](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/farming/)
- [farmers](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/farmers/)
- [Ericka Bethel](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/ericka-bethel/)
- [cars](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/cars/)
- [live dead](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/live-dead/)
- [our work](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/our-work/)
- [pastor rob ketterling](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/pastor-rob-ketterling/)
- [River Valley Church](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/river-valley-church/)
- [evening comes](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/evening-comes/)
- [karen cooper](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/karen-cooper/)
- [video of the week](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/video-of-the-week/)
- [adam detamore](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/adam-detamore/)
- [chruch](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/chruch/)
- [retirement](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/retirement/)
- [chuck rapp](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/chuck-rapp/)
- [we](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/we/)
- [hope](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/hope/)
- [susperstition](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/susperstition/)
- [David Wigington](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/david-wigington/)
- [work place missions](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/work-place-missions/)
- [vulnerability](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/vulnerability/)
- [agency boon](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/agency-boon/)
- [ryan crozier](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/ryan-crozier/)
- [Anonymous](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/anonymous/)
- [world missions](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/world-missions/)
- [work in heaven](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/work-in-heaven/)
- [marketplace ministry](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/marketplace-ministry/)
- [entrepreneur](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/entrepreneur/)
- [dick brogden](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/dick-brogden/)
- [global missions](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/global-missions/)
- [Christmas](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/christmas/)
- [new year resolutions](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/new-year-resolutions/)
- [encouragment](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/encouragment/)
- [revolution](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/revolution/)
- [church planting](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/church-planting/)
- [ethiopia](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/ethiopia/)
- [creativity](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/creativity/)
- [impact](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/impact/)
- [your work](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/your-work/)
- [God's Will](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/gods-will/)
- [capacity](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/capacity/)
- [more than you can handle](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/more-than-you-can-handle/)
- [boredom](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/boredom/)
- [servant leadership](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/servant-leadership/)
- [responsibility](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/responsibility/)
- [common good](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/common-good/)
- [advise](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/advise/)
- [new building](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/new-building/)
- [vision and values](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/vision-and-values/)
- [god of the longview](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/god-of-the-longview/)
- [everyday work](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/everyday-work/)
- [success](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/success/)
- [Jesus](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/jesus/)
- [law](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/law/)
- [Andrew Luck](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/andrew-luck/)
- [general council](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/general-council/)
- [human resource](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/human-resource/)
- [southeast asia](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/southeast-asia/)
- [more in you](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/more-in-you/)
- [divine fingerprints](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/divine-fingerprints/)
- [baseball](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/baseball/)
- [jonathan barrett](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/jonathan-barrett/)
- [project rescue](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/project-rescue/)
- [facing](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/facing/)
- [negotiation](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/negotiation/)
- [pray](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/pray/)
- [nick](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/nick/)
- [partnerships](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/partnerships/)
- [hugh jackman](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/hugh-jackman/)
- [the enemy](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/the-enemy/)
- [missions story](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/missions-story/)
- [christian growth](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/christian-growth/)
- [future of missions](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/future-of-missions/)
- [rest](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/rest/)
- [entitled](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/entitled/)
- [bottom line](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/bottom-line/)
- [resolutions](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/resolutions/)
- [truth vs myth](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/truth-vs-myth/)
- [follow jesus](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/follow-jesus/)
- [death of a dream](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/death-of-a-dream/)
- [russia](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/russia/)
- [persecuted church](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/persecuted-church/)
- [T&W](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/tw/)
- [meaning of work](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/meaning-of-work/)
- [next door](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/next-door/)
- [hate work](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/hate-work/)
- [photography](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/photography/)
- [baptism](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/baptism/)
- [life hack](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/life-hack/)
- [trust](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/trust/)
- [covid-19](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/covid-19/)
- [difficulty](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/difficulty/)
- [christian](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/christian/)
- [economy](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/economy/)
- [hospital](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/hospital/)
- [frontlines](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/frontlines/)
- [coronavirus](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/coronavirus/)
- [sinapis](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/sinapis/)
- [idols](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/idols/)
- [politics](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/politics/)
- [focus](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/focus/)
- [depression](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/depression/)
- [uncertainty](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/uncertainty/)
- [the economy](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/the-economy/)
- [the church](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/the-church/)
- [issues](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/issues/)
- [teaching](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/teaching/)
- [vision](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/vision/)
- [decisions](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/decisions/)
- [construction](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/construction/)
- [confusion](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/confusion/)
- [legacy](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/legacy/)
- [marketplace](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/marketplace/)
- [wisdom](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/wisdom/)
- [women in leadership](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/women-in-leadership/)
- [thoughts](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/thoughts/)
- [B4T](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/b4t/)
- [article](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/article/)
- [Scott Brown](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/scott-brown/)
- [business for transformation](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/business-for-transformation/)
- [podcast](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/podcast/)
- [Missional Marketplace Podcast](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/missional-marketplace-podcast/)
- [S1 E5](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/s1-e5/)
- [videos](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/videos/)
- [workism](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/workism/)
- [workism and culture](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/workism-and-culture/)
- [workism v rest](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/workism-v-rest/)
- [Missional Marketplace](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/missional-marketplace/)
- [episode](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/episode/)
- [tentmaker](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/tentmaker/)
- [ease of the gospel](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/ease-of-the-gospel/)
- [neighbor](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/neighbor/)
- [love](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/love/)
- [new](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/new/)
- [cure](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/cure/)
- [culture](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/culture/)
- [dependency as a cure for workism](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/dependency-as-a-cure-for-workism/)
- [encouragement](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/encouragement/)
- [Grace](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/grace/)
- [Workis](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/workis/)
- [Artcile](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/artcile/)
- [Scott](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/scott/)
- [read](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/read/)
- [glory](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/glory/)
- [worship](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/worship/)
- [God's Story](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/gods-story/)
- [Summary](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/summary/)
- [Podcast Summary](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/podcast-summary/)
- [Erik and Darren Cooper](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/erik-and-darren-cooper/)
- [counterfeit](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/counterfeit/)
- [episode 6](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/episode-6/)
- [Matthew Rohrs](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/matthew-rohrs/)
- [Nitty Gritty](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/nitty-gritty/)
- [Glory to God](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/glory-to-god/)
- [marketplace faith](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/marketplace-faith/)
- [nitty gritty glory to god](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/nitty-gritty-glory-to-god/)
- [let all you do be done in love](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/let-all-you-do-be-done-in-love/)
- [S1E9](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/s1e9/)
- [Podcast episode 9](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/podcast-episode-9/)
- [episode 9](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/episode-9/)
- [Greg Mundis](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/greg-mundis/)
- [call to missions](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/call-to-missions/)
- [marketplace skills](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/marketplace-skills/)
- [missionary skills](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/missionary-skills/)
- [princess bride](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/princess-bride/)
- [business model canvas](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/business-model-canvas/)
- [sacred](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/sacred/)
- [secular](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/secular/)
- [sacred secular divide](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/sacred-secular-divide/)
- [rethinking success](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/rethinking-success/)
- [entrepreneurship](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/entrepreneurship/)
- [Tim Keller](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/tim-keller/)
- [bono](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/bono/)
- [Kingdom Impact](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/kingdom-impact/)
- [Unity](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/unity/)
- [influence](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/influence/)
- [businessasmission](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/businessasmission/)
- [thegreatcommission](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/thegreatcommission/)
- [artificial intelligence](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/artificial-intelligence/)
- [ai church](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/ai-church/)
- [on mission](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/on-mission/)
- [branding](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/branding/)
- [investing](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/investing/)
- [kingdom building](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/kingdom-building/)
- [marketplace and missions](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/marketplace-and-missions/)
- [marketplace believers](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/marketplace-believers/)
- [humility](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/humility/)
- [friends](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/friends/)
- [indiana basketball](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/indiana-basketball/)
- [bob knight](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/bob-knight/)
- [faith and risk](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/faith-and-risk/)
- [risk](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/risk/)
- [new year](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/new-year/)
- [Holy Spirit](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/holy-spirit/)
- [Divine Encounters](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/divine-encounters/)
- [Milton Friedman](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/milton-friedman/)
- [Shareholder Theory](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/shareholder-theory/)
- [Richard Thaler](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/richard-thaler/)
- [Impact Investing](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/impact-investing/)
- [Behavioral Economics](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/behavioral-economics/)
- [evangelism](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/evangelism/)
- [social justice](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/social-justice/)
- [justice](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/justice/)
- [blessing](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/blessing/)
- [insecurities](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/insecurities/)
- [social responsibility](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/social-responsibility/)
- [Quadruple Bottom Line](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/quadruple-bottom-line/)
- [CSR](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/csr/)
- [Missio Dei](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/missio-dei/)
- [Corporate Social Responsibility](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/corporate-social-responsibility/)
- [Maslow's Hierarchy](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/maslows-hierarchy/)
- [relationships](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/relationships/)
- [assets](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/assets/)
- [obedience](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/obedience/)
- [marketplace christian](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/marketplace-christian/)
- [Kingdom Business](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/kingdom-business/)
- [mental health](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/mental-health/)
- [freedom](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/freedom/)
- [redemption](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/redemption/)
- [renewal](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/renewal/)
- [promotion](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/promotion/)
- [adversity](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/adversity/)
- [compassion](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/compassion/)
- [Jo Plummer](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/jo-plummer/)
- [Integration](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/integration/)
- [hot takes](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/hot-takes/)
- [Ecosystem Map](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/ecosystem-map/)
- [learn](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/learn/)
- [give](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/give/)
- [go](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/go/)
- [great story](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/great-story/)
- [travel](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/travel/)
- [kingdom work](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/kingdom-work/)
- [great commandment](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/great-commandment/)
- [work as worship](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/work-as-worship/)
- [detour](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/detour/)
- [switchback](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/switchback/)
- [marketplace christians](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/marketplace-christians/)
- [workplace witness](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/workplace-witness/)
- [faith and work](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/faith-and-work/)
- [his story](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/his-story/)
- [monday](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/monday/)
- [mercy](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/mercy/)
- [transactional](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/transactional/)
- [transformational](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/transformational/)
- [crf story](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/crf-story/)
- [to be known](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/to-be-known/)
- [good news](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/good-news/)
- [avodah](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/avodah/)
- [work and the great commandment](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/work-and-the-great-commandment/)
- [service](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/service/)
- [missional](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/missional/)
- [unhurried life](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/unhurried-life/)
- [Creation Mandate](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/creation-mandate/)
- [Gospel Access](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/gospel-access/)
- [Marketplace Calling](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/marketplace-calling/)
- [Sacred vs Secular](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/sacred-vs-secular/)
- [workplace evangelism](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/workplace-evangelism/)
- [marketplace Christianity](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/marketplace-christianity/)
- [how to share your faith](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/how-to-share-your-faith/)
- [Christian witness at work](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/christian-witness-at-work/)
- [overcoming fear in evangelism](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/overcoming-fear-in-evangelism/)
- [spiritual conversations at work](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/spiritual-conversations-at-work/)
- [integrity and evangelism](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/integrity-and-evangelism/)
- [faith and work theology](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/faith-and-work-theology/)
- [Bill Tibbetts](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/bill-tibbetts/)
- [ministry of presence](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/ministry-of-presence/)
- [Testimony](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/testimony/)
- [Marketplace Mission](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/marketplace-mission/)
- [Faith Story](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/faith-story/)
- [Gospel Transformation](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/gospel-transformation/)
- [Jesus Changes Everything](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/jesus-changes-everything/)
- [Christian Testimony](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/christian-testimony/)
- [God Can Heal](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/god-can-heal/)
- [From Hate To Healing](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/from-hate-to-healing/)
- [Reconciliation](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/reconciliation/)
- [spiritual formation](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/spiritual-formation/)
- [renewing your mind](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/renewing-your-mind/)
- [subtle drift in faith](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/subtle-drift-in-faith/)
- [Christian transformation](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/christian-transformation/)
- [spiritual growth process](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/spiritual-growth-process/)
- [truth that sets you free](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/truth-that-sets-you-free/)
- [cultural perspective shift](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/cultural-perspective-shift/)
- [faith and work integration](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/faith-and-work-integration/)
- [Great Commission living](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/great-commission-living/)
- [Christian obedience](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/christian-obedience/)
- [spiritual habits](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/spiritual-habits/)
- [marketplace discipleship](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/marketplace-discipleship/)
- [GospelAccess](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/gospelaccess/)
- [EuropeMissions](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/europemissions/)
- [GreatCommission](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/greatcommission/)
- [MissionalMarketplace](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/missionalmarketplace/)
- [TheStoneTable](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/thestonetable/)
- [FaithAndWork](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/faithandwork/)
- [UnreachedPeoples](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/unreachedpeoples/)
- [ChurchPlanting](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/churchplanting/)
- [Prague](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/prague/)
- [MissionFieldToday](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/missionfieldtoday/)
- [GlobalChurch](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/globalchurch/)
- [42%](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/42/)
- [access](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/access/)
- [Antioch](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/antioch/)
- [salvation](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/salvation/)
- [Sarajevo](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/sarajevo/)
- [Bosnia](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/bosnia/)
- [Europe](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/europe/)
- [Global Church](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/global-church/)
- [Christian Missions](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/christian-missions/)
- [Skate Ministry](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/skate-ministry/)
- [Skate Sarajevo](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/skate-sarajevo/)
- [Unfinished Plans](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/unfinished-plans/)
- [War and Healing](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/war-and-healing/)
- [Upside-Down Kingdom](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/upside-down-kingdom/)
- [Kingdom of God](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/kingdom-of-god/)
- [Gospel-Centered Living](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/gospel-centered-living/)
- [Cross-Shaped Life](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/cross-shaped-life/)
- [Christian Witness](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/christian-witness/)
- [Fruit of the Spirit](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/fruit-of-the-spirit/)
- [Biblical Theology](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/biblical-theology/)
- [Countercultural Faith](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/countercultural-faith/)
- [Kingdom Ethics](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/kingdom-ethics/)
- [Christian Business Breakfast](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/christian-business-breakfast/)
- [Keynote](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/keynote/)
- [missiology](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/missiology/)
- [missions theology](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/missions-theology/)
- [indigenous church](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/indigenous-church/)
- [cross-cultural missions](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/cross-cultural-missions/)
- [Joshua Project](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/joshua-project/)
- [missions strategy](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/missions-strategy/)
- [majority world church](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/majority-world-church/)
- [missions partnership](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/missions-partnership/)
- [church-centric missions](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/church-centric-missions/)
- [from all to all missions](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/from-all-to-all-missions/)
- [gospel access injustice](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/gospel-access-injustice/)
- [Christianity Today response](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/christianity-today-response/)
- [Assemblies of God World Missions](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/assemblies-of-god-world-missions/)
- [Acts 1:8](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/acts-18/)
- [Matthew 28 Great Commission](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/matthew-28-great-commission/)
- [discipleship](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/discipleship/)
- [christian leadership](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/christian-leadership/)
- [Theology of Vocation](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/theology-of-vocation/)
- [Gospel and Culture](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/gospel-and-culture/)
- [Christian Engagement](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/christian-engagement/)
- [Public Faith](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/public-faith/)
- [Whole Life Discipleship](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/whole-life-discipleship/)
- [Christian History](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/christian-history/)
- [Scopes Trial](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/scopes-trial/)
- [Creation Theology](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/creation-theology/)
- [Holy Spirit and Culture](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/holy-spirit-and-culture/)
- [Pentecostal Theology](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/pentecostal-theology/)
- [Incarnation](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/incarnation/)
- [Resurrection Hope](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/resurrection-hope/)
- [The Sacred Secular Divide](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/the-sacred-secular-divide/)
- [BAM Manifesto](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/bam-manifesto/)
- [Lausanne Movement](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/lausanne-movement/)
- [Lausanne Forum](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/lausanne-forum/)
- [Lausanne Occasional Paper 59](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/lausanne-occasional-paper-59/)
- [Tentmaking](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/tentmaking/)
- [Christian Entrepreneurship](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/christian-entrepreneurship/)
- [Gospel and Work](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/gospel-and-work/)
- [Integrated Mission](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/integrated-mission/)
- [Church and Business](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/church-and-business/)
- [Mission Strategy](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/mission-strategy/)
- [History of BAM](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/history-of-bam/)
- [Modern Missions Movement](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/modern-missions-movement/)
- [Workplace Ministry](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/workplace-ministry/)
- [Holistic Mission](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/holistic-mission/)
- [Business and the Gospel](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/business-and-the-gospel/)
- [Economic Development and Mission](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/economic-development-and-mission/)
- [Calling and Assignment](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/calling-and-assignment/)
- [Vocational Calling](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/vocational-calling/)
- [Marriage and Mission](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/marriage-and-mission/)
- [Marketplace Leadership](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/marketplace-leadership/)
- [Psalm 127](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/psalm-127/)
- [Matthew 6:33](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/matthew-633/)
- [Matthew 28](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/matthew-28/)
- [Jeremiah 29:11](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/jeremiah-2911/)
- [Love God Love Others](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/love-god-love-others/)
- [Global Project Support](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/global-project-support/)
- [Christian Stewardship](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/christian-stewardship/)
- [Family and Faith](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/family-and-faith/)
- [Obedience and Faithfulness](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/obedience-and-faithfulness/)
- [Work as Mission](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/work-as-mission/)
- [History of Business as Mission](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/history-of-business-as-mission/)
- [Biblical foundations of BAM](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/biblical-foundations-of-bam/)
- [Tentmaking missions](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/tentmaking-missions/)
- [Apostle Paul tentmaker](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/apostle-paul-tentmaker/)
- [Abraham business and mission](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/abraham-business-and-mission/)
- [Isaiah 61 business and mission](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/isaiah-61-business-and-mission/)
- [John Underwood missions](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/john-underwood-missions/)
- [William Carey tentmaking](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/william-carey-tentmaking/)
- [Moravian missions](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/moravian-missions/)
- [Count Zinzendorf](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/count-zinzendorf/)
- [Hans Nielsen Hauge](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/hans-nielsen-hauge/)
- [Christian vocation](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/christian-vocation/)
- [Missional business](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/missional-business/)
- [Biblical view of work](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/biblical-view-of-work/)
- [Christian mission strategy](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/christian-mission-strategy/)
- [Biblical View of Business](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/biblical-view-of-business/)
- [Christian Business Leaders](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/christian-business-leaders/)
- [Greed and Envy](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/greed-and-envy/)
- [Heart and Worship](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/heart-and-worship/)
- [Idolatry and Greed](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/idolatry-and-greed/)
- [Biblical Ethics in Business](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/biblical-ethics-in-business/)
- [Faith Driven Work](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/faith-driven-work/)
- [Making Jesus Known](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/making-jesus-known/)
- [God’s love](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/gods-love/)
- [Christian faith](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/christian-faith/)
- [spiritual growth](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/spiritual-growth/)
- [relationship with God](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/relationship-with-god/)
- [freedom in Christ](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/freedom-in-christ/)
- [identity in Christ](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/identity-in-christ/)
- [holiness](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/holiness/)
- [Hebrews 4:16](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/hebrews-416/)
- [Ephesians 2:4-5](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/ephesians-24-5/)
- [Christian generosity](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/christian-generosity/)
- [church leadership](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/church-leadership/)
- [ministry leadership](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/ministry-leadership/)
- [stewardship](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/stewardship/)
- [Kingdom giving](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/kingdom-giving/)
- [donor relations](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/donor-relations/)
- [church funding](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/church-funding/)
- [generosity culture](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/generosity-culture/)
- [nonprofit fundraising](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/nonprofit-fundraising/)
- [donor engagement](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/donor-engagement/)
- [generosity strategy](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/generosity-strategy/)
- [church donors](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/church-donors/)
- [millennial donors](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/millennial-donors/)
- [leadership development](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/leadership-development/)
- [vocation](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/vocation/)
- [sacred and secular](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/sacred-and-secular/)
- [partnership in ministry](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/partnership-in-ministry/)
- [Gen x](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/gen-x/)
- [Biblical worldview](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/biblical-worldview/)
- [Creation fall redemption restoration](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/creation-fall-redemption-restoration/)
- [Restoration theology](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/restoration-theology/)
- [Christian living](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/christian-living/)
- [Cultural engagement](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/cultural-engagement/)
- [Biblical narrative](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/biblical-narrative/)
- [Work and purpose](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/work-and-purpose/)
- [Colossians 1](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/colossians-1/)
- [Romans 8](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/romans-8/)
- [Acts 3 restoration](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/acts-3-restoration/)
- [Revelation 21](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/revelation-21/)
- [Story of Scripture](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/story-of-scripture/)
- [Theology of restoration](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/theology-of-restoration/)
- [purpose and calling](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/purpose-and-calling/)
- [Dr. Allen Tennison](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/dr-allen-tennison/)
- [already not yet](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/already-not-yet/)
- [redeemed work](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/redeemed-work/)
- [Christian worldview](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/christian-worldview/)
- [suffering](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/suffering/)
- [pain and faith](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/pain-and-faith/)
- [weakness and strength](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/weakness-and-strength/)
- [dependence on God](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/dependence-on-god/)
- [God’s grace](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/gods-grace/)
- [powerlessness](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/powerlessness/)
- [hope in suffering](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/hope-in-suffering/)
- [trust in God](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/trust-in-god/)
- [perseverance](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/perseverance/)
- [biblical truth](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/biblical-truth/)
- [Apostle Paul](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/apostle-paul/)
- [2 Corinthians 12](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/2-corinthians-12/)
- [C.S. Lewis problem of pain](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/c-s-lewis-problem-of-pain/)
- [illness and faith](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/illness-and-faith/)
- [cancer journey](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/cancer-journey/)
- [spiritual resilience](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/spiritual-resilience/)
- [reliance on Christ](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/reliance-on-christ/)
- [redemptive suffering](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/redemptive-suffering/)
- [finding strength in weakness](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/finding-strength-in-weakness/)
- [eternal hope](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/eternal-hope/)
- [God’s power](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/gods-power/)
- [faith in hardship](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/faith-in-hardship/)
- [faithful presence](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/faithful-presence/)
- [everyday faith](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/everyday-faith/)
- [workplace relationships](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/workplace-relationships/)
- [Christian encouragement](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/christian-encouragement/)
- [trusting God](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/trusting-god/)
- [waiting on God](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/waiting-on-god/)
- [faith in uncertainty](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/faith-in-uncertainty/)
- [life transitions](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/life-transitions/)
- [God’s timing](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/gods-timing/)
- [Burnout](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/burnout/)
- [Hustle Culture](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/hustle-culture/)
- [Matthew 11](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/matthew-11/)
- [Christian Friendship](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/christian-friendship/)
- [Biblical Friendship](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/biblical-friendship/)
- [Christian Community](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/christian-community/)
- [Christian Relationships](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/christian-relationships/)
- [Gratitude](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/gratitude/)
- [Faith and Relationships](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/faith-and-relationships/)
- [Christian Business](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/christian-business/)
- [Kingdom Leadership](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/kingdom-leadership/)
- [Achievement Culture](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/achievement-culture/)
- [Christian work](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/christian-work/)
- [purpose at work](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/purpose-at-work/)
- [idolatry](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/idolatry/)
- [Jesus and work](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/jesus-and-work/)
- [Gospel Identity](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/gospel-identity/)
- [Workplace Discipleship](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/workplace-discipleship/)
- [Heart Formation](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/heart-formation/)
- [Renewing the Mind](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/renewing-the-mind/)
- [Pressure and Character](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/pressure-and-character/)
- [Narrative Identity](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/narrative-identity/)
- [New Creation](https://www.thestonetable.org/tag/new-creation/)