Disciplined Disciples

This blog post was adapted from a sermon that I gave at the Harvard Avenue Student Ministry youth group on Wednesday, January 9, 2013. It was also recently featured on The Millstone Blog.

Key Text: 1 Timothy 4:6-16

Chris and I at the 2012 Passion Conference

A Tale of Two Brothers

When I was a freshman or sophomore in high school, I decided that I wanted to learn how to play electric guitar. Being the good big brother I am, I also persuaded my little brother that he should learn to play bass so that we could start a band at some point in the future. He wasn’t terribly excited about the idea at first, but we both ended up asking Santa for our respective instruments that Christmas. 

The Entrepreneurial Race Part 2: Picking a Pit Crew

 

This is the second post in the “Entrepreneurial Race” series. Click here to read Part 1: Getting to the Track, Part 3: On Your Mark, Get Set, GO!, and Part 4: Getting Sponsors.

Every entrepreneur or aspiring entrepreneur should watch the movie Cars. Not only is it a fun film, it also has a lot of great lessons for founders. In the last post, I discussed different ways to fund a startup and get it from the garage to the race track (several of which Lightning McQueen tried during his trip to the Piston Cup tie-breaker race). This post will focus on another essential part of any business: the mentors, advisors, and directors. These individuals serve as the pit crew for the race car that is your business. 

The Entrepreneurial Race Part 1: Getting to the Track

 

This is the first post in the “Entrepreneurial Race” series. Click here to read Part 2: Picking a Pit Crew, Part 3: On Your Mark, Get Set, GO!, and Part 4: Getting Sponsors.This blog post is adapted from a video lesson I did as a part of middle school entrepreneurship curriculum being put together by the Enactus program at John Brown University. See a teaser of the video here. 

Start in the Garage

Owning a startup is a lot like owning a race car: you invest a lot of time and energy building the frame, outfitting it with the necessary parts, and deciding what trade offs to make between weight, performance, and cost. Of course, you also take a lot of pride in what you’re building and enjoy telling others about it whenever you can.

Just like any race car, you will never know how well your startup will perform until you get it out onto the track against other businesses. A race car in a garage is useless much like a business that stays in the idea and planning stages indefinitely. 

Finding Opportunities for Fellowship [Guest Post]

[Guest post courtesy of Jasmine Zick on behalf of Kanakuk Kamps. Scroll to the bottom to read more about Jasmine and Kanakuk.]

Commuting. Sitting through meetings. Working late hours.

The life of a young professional can be stressful to say the least. In the hustle and bustle of your average work day, you may feel like your time for worship is increasingly limited. However, fellowship is one of the most important aspects of Christianity—it strengthens faith and provides a community of believers who support each other. How do you make time for both?

Try these tips to fit fellowship into your busy schedule: