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?

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?

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.

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.

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. 

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.

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?

God gives us insights through many channels but we Christians believe God has spoken most fully and clearly, uniquely and authoritatively, in the life and teaching of Jesus Christ. There will be no racism, no harassment, no worker or client disrespect, no trashing of the environment where people are transformed by a quest to know and do the will of God, where Jesus is truly the anchor of our values and work practices.

As Christians, we are called to have right relationships with people, not transactional or superficial ones. Jesus cared deeply about his disciples as whole human beings beyond the success they could help him achieve for his ministry. The early church sought the welfare and prosperity of all people, regardless of gender, ethnicity, or class. The Body of Christ thrives when we identify and unleash the gifts of each member, the hand working with the foot working with the eyes and the nose.