We propose to define success as investors as taking risk skillfully on behalf of the vulnerable, in ways that bring good news to the poor, release captives, give sight to the blind, and set the oppressed free.
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For decades, home prices have been outpacing household incomes, and we are now seeing a whole generation being locked out of the promise of homeownership.
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How do you measure giving success? What is considered a tithe? Can I direct my giving resources toward Christian-led businesses? Is that stewardship?
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Can the most courageous among us operate without the tailwinds of credit growth, cross-border cooperation, and the hyper economic growth experienced in the late 20th and early 21st centuries? What does Kingdom work look like in an era of financial compression, asset deflation, and currency instability?
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Like it or not, if we want to be salt and light in our world, we cannot abandon mainstream media. Simply put, people of faith must invest more aggressively in the power of storytelling.
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I believe the ESG philosophy is inherently flawed and insufficient to produce the holistic and enduring flourishing we desire to see in our organizations and in our world. Impact investing, while not perfect, possesses a greater ability to promote holistic prosperity without the risks associated with ESG investing.
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Are we committed to the restoration and flourishing of cities for God’s Kingdom and for His glory (Isaiah 61)? Will we make sacrifices? Are we prepared to obey the Lord’s call?
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As we can read in Ecclesiastes, nothing is new under the sun. History will repeat itself because mankind will never fundamentally change. But we can take comfort in the fact that God never changes, and what He has done in the past, He can do again—if we are only willing to submit our lives to His perfect will.
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Since Christ is our Lord and ultimate treasure, overlooking him in our investing ethics is a problem that should be confronted pastorally and theologically. What would happen if we held up the supremacy of Christ as the foundation for a truly Christian ethic for investing?
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Each year, I take the opportunity to review the environmental developments of the past year and evaluate the obstacles and progress we’ve seen.
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Did I believe in Bitcoin? Absolutely not. Did I understand Bitcoin? Absolutely not. Did I have a desire to understand it or invest in it? Absolutely not! But the same could be said for most of the 20,000 assets that we hold for our clients.
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Christians may agree with some tenets of ESG. But very little effort has been made to develop a uniquely faith-driven approach to investing.
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A compelling pattern that we have recently uncovered is the early indication of the “flywheel effect” of consistent, integrated spiritual activities for many of our portfolio partners. Investors will be familiar with this concept popularized by Jim Collins in his book Good To Great.
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Investiture, vestment, investment - all these words derive from the Latin vestire, meaning to clothe. Solomon, Jesus tells us, was vested (clothed) with splendid garments, yet God vests ordinary wild flowers with even greater splendour. How much more splendid, Jesus continues, is the way God vests ordinary human beings (Mt 6.28-30).
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What would it look like if logos and egos could be tamed so that they no longer get in the way of creative partnerships, collaboration, and greater examples of collective impact?
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“Hurt is going to happen.” With those five words, I was reminded once again of why we so separately need Jesus. We’re all going to fail. And sometimes, it’ll be big. And every time it will hurt.
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One of the topics that has consumed the American news cycle and political debate is what to do about immigration. Do we build a higher wall? Do we give amnesty to undocumented workers? Do we increase the number of temporary work visas? Do we reduce the number of refugees? Do we close all borders to keep out COVID?
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Many investors and clients haven’t even thought about the opportunity of fixed-income engagement. They may be pleased to hear that in our experience with engagement on the fixed-income side of the portfolio, companies listen and improvements can occur.
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As an entrepreneur, I love the story of an investor giving servants funds and later praising them for their return on investment, but what about those who try their best to make a return but fail? Imagine this fourth servant in Jesus Parable that the master gave three talents to.
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The average church in a US city spends half of its finances on a building it only fully utilizes 5% of the week.
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