Comments on: Being an Entrepreneur and Being a Christian? https://anitamathias.com/2011/10/14/being-an-entrepreneur-and-being-a-christian/ Anita Mathias's Blog on Faith and Art Mon, 02 Nov 2015 21:21:19 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Anita https://anitamathias.com/2011/10/14/being-an-entrepreneur-and-being-a-christian/#comment-16678 Sat, 15 Oct 2011 19:35:45 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/2011/10/14/being-an-entrepreneur-and-being-a-christian/#comment-16678 Hi Melanie, I found your blog that way too, and am glad I did.
Yes, entrepreneurship really makes sense rather than working for someone else. The thing is we're making enough to live on, so the question is whether to expand or not.
I think the answer is very slowly, so that we still have have time for family, friends, exercise, gardening, writing, prayer, scripture, and basic home maintenance. Gosh, makes one wonder how can can EVER fit in work?
Blessings,
Anita

]]> By: Melanie B https://anitamathias.com/2011/10/14/being-an-entrepreneur-and-being-a-christian/#comment-16677 Sat, 15 Oct 2011 19:01:00 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/2011/10/14/being-an-entrepreneur-and-being-a-christian/#comment-16677 I'm currently reading The Pope and the CEO, which is a book that tackles precisely that question: how to be an entrepreneur while following Christ. The author was a Swiss Guard and knew John Paul II and in the book he reflects on his own spiritual journey as he was inspired by the example he witnessed while serving under such a holy man. He describes his own experiences in big business, as a CEO and as an entrepreneur and applies the spiritual lessons he's learned to the business world. It's really a fascinating read. His argument in a nutshell is that capitalism is just a tool, like a knife, that can be used for great good or great ill. He sees entrepreneurship as a kind of vocation and says that yes it can be a means by which one grows in holiness. It all has to do with having a vision for your business that is centered on the human person rather than on profit or growth. How are you meeting the needs of your customers, stakeholders and employees? Is your work helping them live fuller, richer, lives? Does it enhance and uphold human dignity?

Anyway, I thought you might find that this book has a lot of food for thought from a man who has been a very successful entrepreneur and been head of a large company.

(I just found your blog because you followed me on Twitter, by the way.)

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