Dan Wooldridge looks at two articles that describe the generosity of Wal-Mart and it's impact on lifting the standard of living of people and communities. The articles suggest the idea that Wal-Mart might deserve a Nobel Peace Prize.

Picking up from the Rich Fool in Luke 12:13-21, Solomon West observes some of Jesus’ most immensely practical teaching on how we are to live our lives.

Sam Nguyen wonders: "What if businesspeople pulled for each other as much as we pull for ourselves? What if we got in the habit of celebrating excellence wherever we find it? Of assuming the egg on another person’s chin is more likely a slip of the fork than an indication he can’t find the hole in his face?"

Dan Wooldridge believes generosity, not taking, should be the heart of economies and businesses. Which spirit drives your business?

Dan Wooldridge has been thinking about the way we "do Christmas" in this part of the world and the dissatisfaction fueled by this world of choices, choices, and more choices.

Dan Wooldridge points to the remarkable examples of Boston Beer and Sierra Nevada Brewing as an illustration of a biblical perspective on loving your "enemies", that is, your competition.

People are either glad our companies are in town (county, state, region, nation, planet) or they're not. What are you doing to ensure that your neighbors will stand up for you because they're glad you're there?

The historian Martin Marty comments on the Giving USA 2009 report, that finds donations to charitable causes in the US in the first year over year drop in current dollars giving since 1987.

"When the economy tanks, it’s natural to think of yourself first," Seth Godin writes in What Matters Now, the free eBook released last week. But, "It turns out that the connected economy doesn’t respect this natural instinct. Instead, we’re rewarded for being generous."