This past Friday, March 17, we celebrated St. Patrick’s Day with parades, green everything, and beer. Here is another side to this holiday.<\/p>\n
He was a human trafficking victim in the 5th century, who became a missionary to the people and land (Ireland) where he was a slave.<\/p>\n
Let me share a well-known prayer by St. Patrick, and customize it to a BAM related prayer: (the original is in bold and italics)<\/p>\n
Christ with me<\/em>, as I do business for Him and people<\/p>\n Christ before me<\/em>, as I plan my business<\/p>\n Christ behind me<\/em>, as I review my business<\/p>\n Christ in me<\/em>; my guiding light in business<\/p>\n Christ beneath me<\/em>; He is the foundation<\/p>\n Christ above me<\/em>, He is the owner of my business<\/p>\n Christ on my right, Christ on my left<\/em>, He is the Lord of the marketplace<\/p>\n Christ when I lie <\/em>down, and rest from my work<\/p>\n Christ when I sit down<\/em>, in my office chair<\/p>\n Christ when I arise<\/em>, enthusiastic or weary<\/p>\n Christ in the heart of every man who thinks of me<\/em>, and my business<\/p>\n Christ in the mouth of everyone who speaks of me<\/em>, and my business<\/p>\n Christ in every eye that sees me<\/em>, my staff, customers, suppliers, and competitors<\/p>\n Christ in every ear that hears me<\/em>\u00a0speak about my products and services<\/p>\n Special thanks to Mats Tunehag, a friend and champion of Business As Mission (BAM), who put this together.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This past Friday, March 17, we celebrated St. Patrick’s Day with parades, green everything, and beer. Here is another side to this holiday. He was a human trafficking victim in the 5th century, who became a missionary to the people and land (Ireland) where he was a slave. Let me share a well-known prayer by …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":209624,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_block_theme_hide_title":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[13],"class_list":["post-209623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-founders-corner","tag-faith","with-featured-image"],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/louhaveman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/ireland-saint-patrick-s-day-600x400.jpg","featured_image_src_square":"https:\/\/louhaveman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/ireland-saint-patrick-s-day-600x600.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"Lou Haveman","author_link":"https:\/\/louhaveman.com\/?author=5"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/louhaveman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/louhaveman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/louhaveman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/louhaveman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/louhaveman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=209623"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/louhaveman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209623\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/louhaveman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/209624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/louhaveman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=209623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/louhaveman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=209623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/louhaveman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=209623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}