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December 13, 2023

The Long Goodbye

The overlap between the chattering classes and the people who actually receive government benefits is...

May 2022

May 26, 2022

How to Succeed as an Influencer Without Really Trying

Recently I had someone ask me how an academic could get started writing for a...

May 26, 2017

Social Entrepreneurship…and Kale

I ran into Sow Green So Good over on the Seedbed Faith and Work Collective....

May 05, 2017

Why Matt Overton started a social enterprise at his church

Social enterprises might be a risky and unusual form of ministry, but a youth pastor...

February 2017

February 12, 2017

A Leap Into Social Entrepreneurship

...as detailed over at Seedbed by Josh Moon. I heard his presentation to The Asbury Project...

November 2016

November 26, 2016

On work-life balance and not going to the Asbury Project

  Some of you may remember how for the last two years I've spent some...

November 22, 2016

Gratitude: An Elixir for a Time of Sadness

By Timothy Askew; reprinted from Inc. with the kind permission of Timothy Askew. Willie Nelson once...

September 2016

September 16, 2016

61 Words and Phrases to Eliminate From Your Business Writing Immediately

By Timothy Askew; reprinted from Inc. with the kind permission of Timothy Askew. Author Clare...

September 06, 2016

Why You Should Help Your Best Employees Leave You

By Timothy Askew; reprinted from Inc. with the kind permission of Timothy Askew. One of...

August 2016

August 28, 2016

Why Being Lazy is Sometimes the Best Thing for Your Business

By Timothy Askew; reprinted from Inc. with the kind permission of Timothy Askew. Socrates said,...

August 15, 2016

The Business Crisis Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton Are Ignoring

By Timothy Askew; reprinted from Inc. with the kind permission of Timothy Askew. American entrepreneurship...

August 07, 2016

The Conundrum of Introversion and Leadership

  By Timothy Askew; reprinted from Inc. with the kind permission of Timothy Askew. In...

August 01, 2016

The innovation of the early American church

Although it is commonplace today for Christians to create organizations that tackle social problems, that...

July 2016

July 30, 2016

Why the Path to Business Success Should Include a Nice Nap

By Timothy Askew; reprinted from Inc. with the kind permission of Timothy Askew. In the...

June 2016

June 15, 2016

“What if I told you the boundaries are wrong?” #AU2016

So, I'm here at Acton University in beautiful downtown Grand Rapids (I'm actually not kidding;...

May 2016

May 15, 2016

Anger, Forgiveness, and Entrepreneurship

Jodi Picoult says "When you begin a journey of revenge, start by digging two graves:...

May 08, 2016

Chasing problems is a key to social innovation

What fuels the minds of people pursuing innovations to make the world a better, more...

March 2016

March 09, 2016

What Successful Entrepreneurs and Successful Criminals Have in Common

By Timothy Askew; reprinted from Inc. with the kind permission of Timothy Askew. I found...

December 2015

December 06, 2015

The Peculiar Loneliness of the Entrepreneur

By Timothy Askew; reprinted from Inc. with the kind permission of Timothy Askew. Lonely. God,...

November 2015

November 24, 2015

Thanksgiving and the Power of Gratitude in Business

By Timothy Askew; reprinted from Inc. with the kind permission of Timothy Askew. "All the...

November 09, 2015

Sometimes life gets in the way: day 2 of the #AsburyProject

Read about Day 1 of The Asbury Project here. Maybe it was just me, since...

November 05, 2015

Blood and water do not come from a think tank: Day one of #AsburyProject 2015

So it's even more true what I wrote about the Asbury Project last year: conferences...

November 05, 2015

At the #AsburyProject today

...a great gathering of folks at Asbury Seminary and Asbury University in Wilmore, KY around...

October 2015

October 26, 2015

4 Lessons About Overcoming Obstacles from R. G. LeTourneau

Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached...

October 23, 2015

Chasing problems is a key to social innovation

Innovation begins with carefully listening to a community and defining the problems it’s facing. Then...

October 22, 2015

Shining God’s light on a corner: Sunshine Gospel Ministries

Last year the Patheos Faith and Work Channel contacted leaders of some prominent community development...

October 16, 2015

Changing one congregation: Jobs for Life

Last year the Patheos Faith and Work Channel contacted leaders of some prominent community development...

October 14, 2015

Changing one neighborhood: Focused Community Strategies

Last year the Patheos Faith and Work Channel contacted leaders of some prominent community development...

October 12, 2015

Growing new ideas: Innove Project

Last year the Patheos Faith and Work Channel contacted leaders of some prominent community development...

October 10, 2015

Creating new jobs around the globe: Partners Worldwide

Last year the Patheos Faith and Work Channel  contacted leaders of some prominent community development...

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