Why Are We Here?
The overarching theme of the last five weeks is, simply put, the pursuit of business as a vocation is in no way essentially separate from or in conflict with living a Christ centered life. If we are clear and strong in our Christian faith, if our faith sincerely informs our behavior in all aspects of our life- then we can, and it is argued, should take stewardship of His people and His gifts in the business community in order to further His mission in the world. This is the very reason I came to Cornerstone and is what sets it apart from all the other options. The aim of this course and this program is to offer practical instruction on fully living our faith.
Everyone and everything on earth is His. We are all given different …show more content…
We are held responsible for how we care for our co workers, clients and communities. We are held responsible for how we use profits to grow and sustain an enterprise that allows us to serve Him. We are held responsible for how we behave in the face of the aspects of business we cannot control, and for taking the initiative to change the things we can. We are held responsible for maintaining our integrity in all facets of business dealings and communications- to be clearly and openly communicating and consciously seeking the best for His purposes and His people. There are a few examples nationally and locally of successful businessmen and women who have blazed a trail- but the path is still rocky and littered with obstacles.
In this course we were introduced Stephen Covey’s ‘The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People’ as one guidebook to help us navigate that path. The principles may be used for life in general - they are not limited to one’s work life- but are to be used to grow, change and be more effective stewards of our time, treasure and talents in every aspect of life. The 7 Habits is not strictly speaking a faith based book- but the habits are all built on the foundation of well defined personal value system based on unchanging principles and as such dovetail nicely into the Christian
The overarching theme of the last five weeks is, simply put, the pursuit of business as a vocation is in no way essentially separate from or in conflict with living a Christ centered life. If we are clear and strong in our Christian faith, if our faith sincerely informs our behavior in all aspects of our life- then we can, and it is argued, should take stewardship of His people and His gifts in the business community in order to further His mission in the world. This is the very reason I came to Cornerstone and is what sets it apart from all the other options. The aim of this course and this program is to offer practical instruction on fully living our faith.
Everyone and everything on earth is His. We are all given different …show more content…
We are held responsible for how we care for our co workers, clients and communities. We are held responsible for how we use profits to grow and sustain an enterprise that allows us to serve Him. We are held responsible for how we behave in the face of the aspects of business we cannot control, and for taking the initiative to change the things we can. We are held responsible for maintaining our integrity in all facets of business dealings and communications- to be clearly and openly communicating and consciously seeking the best for His purposes and His people. There are a few examples nationally and locally of successful businessmen and women who have blazed a trail- but the path is still rocky and littered with obstacles.
In this course we were introduced Stephen Covey’s ‘The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People’ as one guidebook to help us navigate that path. The principles may be used for life in general - they are not limited to one’s work life- but are to be used to grow, change and be more effective stewards of our time, treasure and talents in every aspect of life. The 7 Habits is not strictly speaking a faith based book- but the habits are all built on the foundation of well defined personal value system based on unchanging principles and as such dovetail nicely into the Christian