In 1994, Tony Campolo gave a speech at Biola’s Missions Conference which strongly attacked business as a valid vocation for Christians and criticized capitalism as “an anti-Christian value system.” While I won’t quote his speech at length, I fear his message encapsulated many Christians’ attitude towards business and the economy. Allow me to take his [...]
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Business as a Christian Calling
Posted in Business, Philosophy and Theology on 24 July 2009 | 1 Comment »
Is health care a right?
Posted in Business, Philosophy and Theology, Politics on 18 July 2009 | 1 Comment »
The other day at the gym, while everyone else was watching CNN’s tribute to Michael Jackson, I was watching C-SPAN. It was more interesting.
A Democrat and Republican were duking out the details of the new health care bill. As far as I can tell, the purpose of bill is to provide health care insurance to [...]
Stepmom, M.B.A.
Posted in Business, Personal on 2 May 2009 | 2 Comments »
Inspired by Barbara Newhall’s post: “When Your Six-Year-Old Wants to Talk Money”
Michael and I have established a policy that we will provide what my six-year-old stepson needs, but he’ll have to earn what he wants. The trouble is that with four loving parents, seven grandparents, seven great-grandparents, and one great-great-grandmother, my stepson doesn’t usually NEED [...]
California’s Crisis: The ungovernable state
Posted in Business, Overheard, Politics on 1 March 2009 | Leave a Comment »
An excellent (and short) article from this week’s Economist regarding California’s budget issues.
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MBA-humbug.
Posted in Business, Personal on 10 January 2009 | 1 Comment »
I’m sitting in the guest room which is currently doubling as my study on a beautiful Saturday in January, banging my head into a Corporate Financing Textbook, trying to create balance sheets without inventory and income statements without depreciation. I came online to Google “What are the differences between accounting profit and cash flow?” and [...]
My first Kiva loan
Posted in Business, Personal, Philosophy and Theology, tagged business as missions, kiva, microfinance, microloans on 14 March 2008 | 1 Comment »
If you haven’t heard of Kiva, you’ve probably been under an economic rock, because it’s the hottest trend in finance. The non-profit organization provides a virtual marketplace for micro-lenders, like me, to invest in high-risk entrepreneurs around the globe. This evening, I lent $25 to Elizabeth, who sells cosmetics in San Juan de la Concha [...]
Micah 6:8
Posted in Business, Philosophy and Theology, tagged christians in business, love in the workplace on 13 March 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Last night in my Leadership Theory class, I cried while trying to explain how valuable our discussion was — whether or not we reached a verdict. I couldn’t articulate then why I thought it was so important. Tonight I sent them this email:
After we left, I began analyzing why I choked up while talking. In [...]
