Every NFL season, I embrace pessimism with a passion. Even when my Indianapolis Colts were rattling off perennial double-digit wins by mid-November during the Peyton Manning regime, I always assumed a gut-wrenching loss was imminent. It’s an emotional predisposition...
It’s safe to say that we are all pretty tired of talking about the Coronavirus, but as we continue to move forward into this unknown future, it’s easy to lose heart and vision. So we sat down with one of the most visionary leaders we know, our good friend and Stone Table board member, Pastor Rob Ketterling of River Valley Church in Minnesota, to talk about how he is sustaining vision when there is no wind in the sails.
During my corporate years, a common activity following an unexpected issue was a “lessons learned” meeting or “after action review”. The purpose of these meetings was not to problem solve but rather to glean learnings that could be helpful in either preventing future...
Circling back to our conversation with David Tripple we wanted to ask him how being a teacher connects him to his faith. David is a teacher at Covenant Christian High School in Indianapolis, Indiana and you are going to love the wisdom he shares with us.
The other day I was talking with a friend that was helping me brainstorm creative solutions to some roadblocks we are having with our BAM (Business as Mission) in Southeast Asia. In the midst of this conversation, she made a comment that rattled me for a bit. She...
It’s easy to look through the filter of social media and say “they” are the problem, but what if we took a moment and began to turn issues we have into people. How would that change the situation? How would it change us? Well, that’s the exact idea we are exploring in this week’s video.
I’ve defined myself a number of different ways over the course of my years on this earth. I will often open my speaking engagements by telling the audience I’m probably the most confused person in the room, yet they gave me the microphone. Here’s why. I started my...
Project Rescue ministers to helpless women and children who have been trapped in the sex trade by evil traffickers who trick them into moving to the cities with false promises of employment. But, for the first time in our lifetime, the sex trafficking industry is...
Over the past three months, COVID-19 has literally shutdown the global economy. We’ve talked about it extensively here at The Stone Table, because we believe the marketplace is part of God’s sacred design. The economy is one of the key ways we can glorify God and love...
About three weeks into Indiana’s Coronavirus “Stay At Home” order, my 18-year old daughter and I were looking for (another) movie to watch. A few year’s back, I listened to the audiobook of Just Mercy, Bryan Stevenson’s powerful account of fighting to overturn...
We are in one of the most contentious and intense seasons that we have seen right now. It kind of feels like we are in a constant state of road rage. It causes us to worry, to fear, to wonder what’s going to happen. But here at The Stone Table, we are under the conviction that we are invited into God’s story, not the other way around.
Imagine coming home after work and to tell your wife and five year old son that you had quit your job. How do you think they would take the news? Well, that’s exactly what Dave Cooper did when he started his entrepreneurial journey three decades ago. His story will inspire you, as well as give you wisdom if you are looking to adventure out on your own sometime. Watch now and enjoy!
We all can admit that we are bombarded everyday with all kinds of information. From news outlets to our social media consumption, it’s easy to get lost in it all. When this happens fear and anxiety can easily set in before the day can begin. Today Erik gives us a scripture to help us focus our minds on something new.