Success tends to be a spiritually precarious place to be. “My greatest failures in life often came on the heels of my greatest successes,” a friend recently shared. Even the Apostle Peter’s greatest moment of revelation—“You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.”—was followed just a few verses later by his greatest...
Is your identity tied to your numbers?
Farmers who are clients of HOPE’s partner in Moldova, Invest-Credit When the financial crisis hit in 2009, it didn’t just strike Wall Street investments. It impacted every level of the global economy.In Moldova, Invest-Credit (HOPE’s microfinance partner) saw a rapid rise of portfolio at risk, as families were slower to make repayments. This decrease...
Upside-Down Success
We are fascinated by success. We want it. We make great sacrifices for it. But what exactly is “it”? Everything around us defines it as graphs that are all “up and to the right.” More revenue. More followers. More growth. Scripture seems to present an upside-down picture of success. Just consider two case studies:...