The tail is wagging the dog. Proclaiming the year of the Lord’s favor does not require a 501(C)(3) corporation. The kingdom of God is not infrastructure dependent. At $347,000 per baptism, maybe it’s time to rethink Church.

A Roman Catholic order acquires a Pfizer biotech lab to develop cures for cancer and gains influence to push for more ethical practices in the pharmaceutical industry. Dan Wooldridge asks how we can push for positive change within our own industries.

Al Lunsford is beginning to be concerned about Christian Businesses showing up in Christian Business Directories — use the word Christian as a marketing term . . . You can trust us; we’re a Christian company . . . And don't get him started on the marketplace as a mission field...

Dan Wooldridge visits the way back machine for perspective on what's happening in these days—and finds a standard against which to measure what counts now more than ever.

The dark side of the global economy includes a staggeringly large slave trade. The life of William Wilberforce should not only inspire us but also challenge us to complete the work of abolishing human trafficking.

A few weeks back, InsideWork's Al Lunsford received an article on the economy that was making the rounds via email. Instead of just passing it along, Al asked several friends for a quick reaction. The article turned out to be inconsequential but some of the responses Al got were not. Here's the part two of one of those responses.

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?

Just as it seemed Jesus would emerge as the golden boy of Galilee, Solomon West looks at a surprising and, for some, upsetting encounter with Jesus.

Solomon West encounters Jesus in the financial district. And he is confronted with Jesus' life strategy of winning by losing. Quite the opposite strategy from the financial world of Solomon.

Solomon West encounters Jesus as a person of unflinching authority.

Solomon West last reflected on the upside down nature of Jesus' teaching regarding humility and power, poverty and wealth. Now we are called to love our enemies.