Posts made in June, 2026

Devotions for a Busy Business Person, no. 317 – Eating the Darkness You have to eat the darkness. It is a hard phrase, I know. I do not remember reading it anywhere exactly that way. I think it came to me through a synthesis of Scripture, personal experience, the writings of Martin Shaw and kindred voices, and the music and reflections of Nick Cave. “The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome...

Devotions for a Busy Business Person, no. 316 – The Compass That Is Christ I’m a biologist, comfortable working in the bush. One of my key tools, long before the advent of smart phones, was my compass. I would adjust it for magnetic north, depending on where I was in the world, and once that was done, I knew where North was. No matter how dense the forest was, no matter how limited my field of vision, with my compass and map or air...

Devotions for a Busy Business Person, no. 315 – Correcting our Aim Every business needs regular re-evaluation. In Scripture, this kind of re-evaluation is not merely strategic. It is spiritual. The biblical word for sin carries, among other meanings, the idea of “missing the mark.” Sin is not only doing obviously wrong things. It is also the gradual bending of our aim away from God. We may still be busy, productive, and outwardly...

Devotions for a Busy Business Person, no. 314 – The Healing Discipline Most of us do not like discipline. In business, discipline can sound like punishment. A missed target. A reprimand. A painful correction. A hard conversation. A budget cut. A failed plan that forces us back to first principles.  “God disciplines us for our good, in order that we may share in his holiness. No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful....