looking back

a journal entry from October the 12th:


Our group just got back from a weeklong trip to Atlanta. There’s a conference that takes place there annually called Catalyst. It’s a leadership conference for Christian people leading in various capacities like full time ministry, business, missions, medical fields, and such. The idea behind the conference is that we would act like catalysts and start moving forward in spreading the Gospel. The theme this year was “Together.” Collectively from the speakers I gathered that the overall message was that as The Body of Christ, together, we can make things happen. Networking was also a huge deal. We heard from all kinds of speakers like Andy Stanley, Matt Chandler, Dave Ramsey, Jim Collins (“Good To Great”-a must read), Tim Sanders, Seth Godon, and plenty others. The conference was both eye opening and affirming. I know that business is my mission field and leading people in the light of Christ is what I’m called to do. I wish you all could have heard the speakers.

I have to run but I’ll leave you with this, a Dave Ramsey quote, “There’s only one way to penetrate the marketplace with Christianity and that is with extreme levels of excellence.”


The moment I think I have arrived at knowing all there is to know I have failed. Never stop dreaming. Never stop learning.