Posts made in March, 2025

Devotions for a Busy Business Person, no. 252 – The edge effect View this in your browser I am an ecologist and one of the principles in ecology is that the most diverse species assemblage is where two ecotypes meet, at the edge of prairie and parkland, parkland and forest, forest and tundra. It’s called the edge effect. “O Lord, how manifold are your works! In wisdom you have made them all; the earth is full of your...

Devotions for a Busy Business Person, no. 251 – At standard I am back in Canada after two weeks in Zimbabwe. I was working with Foundations for Farming. (FfF). I learned lots from our African colleagues, and I would like to share one of those lessons with you.  “Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and he will establish your plans.”  Proverbs 16:3 In helping farmers become self sufficient, FfF emphasizes four marks of...

Devotions for a Busy Business Person, no. 250 – The bible and the hoe Greetings from Zimbabwe on my last day here. I am well. The work here is a perfect blend of theology, science, practical teaching and hands-on farming. It feels great to be covered in dirt and washed in the Word. “We are sending our students with a bible in one hand and a hoe in the other” Taty, DRC Taty is a fellow student here and runs a seminary in the...

Devotions for a Busy Business Person, no. 249 – Use what you have Greetings from away. My friend and reader of this devotional Kevin recounted the story of an Indian colleague who said he likes the gospel writer’s Mark’s version of the story of the feeding of the 5000 the best, because Jesus asks his disciples what they have and to use what’s there before He miraculously steps in. “But (Jesus) answered them, “You give them something...

Devotions for a Busy Business Person, no. 248 – Fidelity One of the best, though anonymous, definitions I have heard about Fidelity is to ‘keep showing up’. “Now I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse. And He who sat on him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and makes war.” Revelation 19:11 If there is any attribute as you run your enterprise where you reflect God, it is through...