As the politicians debate the merits of a $15 an hour minimum wage, it’s a good time to examine the Biblical approach to wages. Business owners take significant risks and deserve an adequate return on investment for that risk. The dilemma is determining how much the business owner deserves as compared to how much is due his or her workers ...
As we head into Valentine’s Day, our thoughts are often of love and romance. Love is a word however that doesn’t often make its way into the workplace. We may love our spouse, our father or our neighbors. All different kinds of love, yet, we use the same English word. In the Greek, however, there are seven words for love. ...
The movie “Hidden Figures” tells the true story of three black women trying to pursue their calling during a time of segregation. Mary Jackson started at NASA in a segregated position with her new friends Dorothy Vaughan and Katherine Johnson. Eventually, Mary’s supervisor encouraged her to get an engineering degree. Unfortunately, due to segregation she had to get permission from ...
If you’ve ever started a new business and fought for survival, those first few years, you know how hard it can be. Imagine if you had to do it in an oppressive culture where you are considered less a person than those around you. Many of our past black leaders have accomplished remarkable achievements and they succeeded in an environment ...
Grocery chain, Schnuck’s, observed the restaurants in their communities struggling for survival. As the holidays approached, Schnuck’s also wanted to do something nice for their employees. Schnuck’s creatively purchased $200,000 worth of gift cards from local restaurants and then gave the gift cards to their employees. Their creative and compassionate response resulted in a win/win solution. In Mark 8, Jesus ...
For weeks, a friend was not responding to my text messages or voicemails. I began making assumptions about his motives for not calling me. When we finally met, we discovered that his phone was broken, and my number was blocked. In Joshua 22, the Israelites that lived east of the Jordan built an altar. The rest of the Israelites assumed ...
A friend of mine recently expressed concern for the young adults who work for him. My friend’s business is seeing significant turnover as many young adults are giving up and moving home due to their COVID related anxiety and depression. A November 23rd National Center for Health Statistics study revealed that almost 50% of 18-29 year-olds are experiencing significant anxiety ...
Harvard Business Review published a recent article that stated, “To inspire your staff to do good work for you, find a way to express the organization’s impact on the lives of customers, clients, students, patients — whomever you’re trying to serve. Make them feel it.” Serving people is the heart and soul of business. It is the who, not the ...
Along with the Covid pandemic and the many other challenges we have endured in 2020, we also were given some opportunities. One of those opportunities for generous people came in the form of the CARES Act. To help nonprofits, Congress chose to provide some one-time tax benefits for those who choose to be generous in 2020. For instance, in 2020 ...
At an event I attended the speaker had some great stories, but they were all sports related. As I looked around the room, I realized that most of the attendees were female. While leaving, I wondered if the speaker’s stories connected with the entire audience. Then I heard several women complaining about the sports analogies. Story telling is a very ...
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