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As Christians in the San Francisco Bay Area, we have a unique opportunity – and responsibility – to contribute to the conversation around faith, work and technology. This needs to include entrepreneurs, employees, theologians, pastors, scholars, and more. Through our network, we cultivate and curate thought leadership from a variety of voices and perspectives.
On Budget Ethics
Our financial budget processes and decisions are very important to our ethics, not just to our bottom line. Our ethics are not just about delivering on our promises, treating our customers with respect, caring for God’s creation, and obeying the law. The ways we allocate and manage our money are full of ethical importance. Would God would say our budget practices are “good” and “right” in his eyes?
On The Entrepreneur’s Most Important Parable
Lean. Agile. Scale. Strategic speed. Continuous iteration. Fail fast, learn fast, grow fast… And on and on and on.
These are just some of the buzzwords that dominate entrepreneurial culture, and they are an indication of just how blistering the pace of work is for many organizations. Does the obsessive drive for speed, growth, and efficiency come with a human cost?
On The Myth of “Work-Life Balance”
Work-life balance is a myth. At least, that’s what I’ve come to understand in my career of more than three decades. “Balance” suggests a static state—whereas life is constantly changing. And work is not the opposite of life; it isn’t separate. It’s an integral part of our day-to-day, or at least it should be.
On Partnership
The creation of man and woman can teach us a whole lot, but here is one important takeaway: we need a partnership, a team, to do our work well. Certainly, an important lesson is also that we need both men and women participating to get good work done. But this is not just about male and female, it’s about human partnership.
On Laying Down Our Burdens
As followers of Jesus, what we learn in the Scriptures contradicts the predominant ethics of tech. The Bible teaches us that we need Jesus everyday to live this life according to His promises and calling. We can't do it alone. We need His wisdom, strength, and grace.
On “Playing it Safe”
What does it mean to take a meaningful risk? Not to do something crazy, put my life in danger, or risk the well-being of my family—but to put something at stake that truly matters. To find out who Jesus made me to be.
On the Freedom of Sabbath
In a world that is harried and hurried, frantic and frenetic, what if we lived lives punctuated by rhythms of joyful rest and trust? Would that not make us stand out from a divided, weary, and combative culture? Would a spirit of rest and trust not exist in contrast to the driven Silicon Valley and the greater Bay Area?