BenandJacq In the Browser

Is Business Inherently Good, Neutral, or Evil?

October 15, 2010

In these days of red states and blue states, polarizing cable news networks, and increasingly vitriolic rhetoric from both sides, I want to make a case that one of the problems that needs to be confronted is the demonizing of business in popular culture. Words like “profit” rarely have a positive connotation. “Big Business” is [...]

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Working at Starbucks… first impressions.

October 12, 2010

“If you are not satisfied with the drink you’re about to hand to a customer, you have my full support to pour it out and make them a new one.” That’s a quote from Howard Shultz, the chairman and CEO of Starbucks, paraphrased from the manual I’ve been using to train for my new barista [...]

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Bible as Ammunition, or Mirror?

October 8, 2010

It’s really funny for me when people who have never read the Bible expect it to be a book of philosophy.  After all, multiple religions use it as their founding document.  You’d expect it to be like those religions: systematic, sterile, high-brow philosophy.  That’s what I expected. Don’t get me wrong, there are some philosophical [...]

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The Power of Listening. Lessons from #ConvergeSouth

October 5, 2010

I sat this past weekend and watched a panel of politicians not listen to each other. They were talking about internet-flavored political hot button issues like municipal broadband and net neutrality. And one question (and it’s terrible answer) rang in my ears.  Regarding the current moratorium on municipal broadband in the state of NC, a [...]

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Assume The Best.

October 4, 2010

When I was on staff with Campus Crusade for Christ, we had to raise all of our financial support from individuals and churches, requiring us to network through groups of friends, through referral networks, and to challenge people to join our team of ministry partners.  ”Support raising” as we called it to help people understand [...]

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Scandalous Church Scandals: Breaking News.

September 28, 2010

Jim Gaffigan, a really funny guy, said this on Twitter recently: I couldn’t agree any more.  Like a group of kids chasing around a ball with almost no ability to do something useful with it, the news outlets have started circling again around a church scandal. If you haven’t heard about Bishop Eddie Long and [...]

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New Favorite Family Picture.

September 24, 2010

In the midst of the craziness of job-hunting, business-planning, baby-feeding, and all around life-changing, there comes a moment when everybody is smiling, there’s a camera pointed at you, and life is perfect. Things could possibly be crazier for us these days, but we are not sure how.  I’m just glad I get to ride this [...]

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My Son the Theologian.

September 20, 2010

Perhaps the most profoundly true declaration in the world.  Sung by a 2-year old. Sort of.

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The Joys of Internet Job Hunting.

September 18, 2010

It’s funny how much I wish I could explain every answer on online job application surveys.  I know there is probably a psychological profile going on more so than the answers to specific questions, but when they ask a question like “If you are the manager, and you find out an employee has been stealing, [...]

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Theodore, Every Day.

September 16, 2010

I haven’t officially talked about one of the new projects I’ve started recently here on the blog, unless you noticed it in the twitter feed atop the page.  That project is a new site that features a photo of my infant son every day.  So far I’ve only missed one day, and I woke up [...]

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