Posts made in July, 2026

Devotions for a Busy Business Person, no. 320 – Mind the Gap View this in your browser Recently my activities in London took me all over the city on the Underground and the train.  At every station, a familiar announcement reminded passengers: “Mind the gap”, the space between the platform and the train as one disembarks. The gap may appear small, but if we fail to notice it, we can stumble, fall, or injure ourselves....

Devotions for a Busy Business Person, no. 319 – When Fields Need Fallowing I am working on our Seed Farm in north Kyrgyzstan as I write this. We have just acquired the land, and some of it is in rough shape. Before we received it, the land had been worked hard, plowed deep, and never given much opportunity to rest. The soil has been worn to the bone. Then I visited one of the nearby facilities we support. I saw something very...

Devotions for a Busy Business Person, no. 318 – Deep Soil I was in my happy place twice this week. “But the seed on good soil stands for those with a noble and good heart, who hear the word, retain it, and by persevering produce a crop.”— Luke 8:15 On Tuesday, I was taking soil samples from metre-deep pits. I love profiling soils, seeing the history in the different layers, analyzing the texture, looking for contamination, and...