Title: Surviving Failure
Author: Merle Good
It’s one thing to fail in business; quite another to talk openly about it.
Merle Good and his wife Phyllis suffered the ignominy twice in more than four decades. His new book boldly strips bare the raw impact of seeing a beloved enterprise on the ropes and offers counsel for others on the same journey.
Wally Kroeker
Wally Kroeker retires June 30, 2017, after a lifetime of serving the MB family in communications, most recently as editor for MEDA’s publication Marketplace. MB Herald copy editor Angeline Schellenberg…
Title: Doing Good Better: How to be an Effective Board Member of a Nonprofit Organization
Author: Edgar Stoesz
Businesspeople are often asked to serve on the boards of nonprofit organizations and share their wisdom and expertise (and maybe some of their wealth). With more than a million such well-meaning organizations in the United States and Canada, the potential for good is vast. Here’s some well-placed help for organizations and directors who want to do a better job.Klementina Shahini admits she didn’t know what she was getting into when she raised her hand at an evangelistic meeting. “My husband raised his,” she says, “and like a good…
I knew it was going to be a long day when I took my number from the dispenser. The immigration office was jammed with people holding little numbered slips, the kind…
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How the Church Fails Businesspeople (and what can be done about it)
by ReviewerHow the Church Fails Businesspeople (and What Can Be Done About It)Author: John C. Knapp
23 Things They Don’t Tell You About CapitalismAuthor: Ha-Joon Chang This book is fun, but it might make you mad. That’s because it may skewer some of your favourite convictions about the free market.
Haitians left homeless by January’s earthquake are getting construction help from a collaborative venture of Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) and Mennonite Economic Development Associates (MEDA).
Scarcely a week goes by without someone saying, “Give people fish and you feed them for a day; teach them how to fish and you feed them for life.”
Books profiled are: The Blue Sweater: Bridging the Gap between Rich and Poor in an Interconnected World, Author: Jacqueline Novogratz; My Business, My Mission: Fighting Poverty Through Partnerships, Authors: Doug Seebeck and Timothy Stoner
You’re hired!Author: Wally KroekerThe purpose of You’re hired! by Wally Kroeker is to help Christians make their faith the focus of their career. It meets this purpose by first explaining how a Christian should look for a job and then outlining what it means to serve God at the job, whatever that job may be.
“Stop worrying about your money, your gold and silver,” the preacher thundered. “You can’t take it with you anyway, and even if you could it would only melt.”
The intention was noble enough – to raise money for the young people to attend a youth convention. People were asked to bake pies that would be auctioned at outrageous prices.