An article by Investopedia says, “Your chances of being an American billionaire are similar to your chances of getting struck by lightning.” The odds of billionaire status are low, yet Wall Street and American Businesses seem fraught and consumed with focus on becoming wealthy. Proverbs 23:4 says, Do not weary yourself to gain wealth, Cease from your consideration of it.” Today ...
Cynthia was an executive for a large bank responsible for multiple departments. Her bank job was more than full-time, but she felt called to explore buying a McDonalds franchise. Due to Cynthia’s lack of restaurant experience, McDonald’s required that she work at a McDonald’s for an indefinite period. Cynthia carried out her daily bank duties, managed her family responsibilities and ...
While touring a prison in Hutchinson, Kansas, I witnessed the value of work. Inside the Hutchinson prison there exists a private company called Seat King. Seat King hires inmates to assemble seats for riding lawn equipment. This gets the inmates away from their small prison cells, pays them a fair wage, and provides dignity. Nationally, most inmates, when released, will ...
Derek Thompson wrote an essay in The Atlantic called, “Workism is Making Americans Miserable.” In his essay, he speaks against a concept called 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.” ...
Equipping Others to Do Work Differently
