Today’s guest post is written by my long-time friend, Terry Looper. Over a decade ago, I traveled to the Dominican Republic with Terry and a small group of entrepreneurs from Texas. We were on a trip to observe Christ-centered microfinance through HOPE’s partnership with Esperanza International. At the time, I had no idea of...
The Honest Truth About Fundraising
While in college, I was invited by our alumni office to represent our school at a college fair for high school students. After a day of meeting with prospective students, another college rep asked me to go to dinner. I agreed, eager for a conversation about something other than financial aid packages. Halfway through...
The Shadow Side of Success
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...