category archives: Nourish The Dream

  Has God Called You To Business?

Has God Called You To Business?

 

Has God Called You to Business?

Note: Thanks to some recent developments, we have quite a few new readers who may not really be familiar with what Nourish The Dream is all about… so we felt it was time for an introduction of sorts. Enjoy! A little over ten years ago, I stepped out of my full-time job as a Pastor [...]

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  SOPA: Are You Prepared To Be Silenced?

SOPA: Are You Prepared To Be Silenced?

 

SOPA and Your Right to Free Speech

Here at Nourish The Dream, we are incredibly passionate about the success of small businesses and entrepreneurs. We work tirelessly to produce events and resources that will help “nourish the dream” of business ownership and success in the lives of people. And that’s why we feel it’s important to bring SOPA (and its evil twin: [...]

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  Who Is Responsible to Create Your Economic Opportunity?

Who Is Responsible to Create Your Economic Opportunity?

 

The Economic Opportunity Myth

One of the (many) things that frustrates me about the current political discussion in the US has to do with economic opportunity. As is typical in the realm of politics, the debate over how to create economic opportunity is framed in such a way that an underlying presupposition is passed on to everyone as fact. [...]

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  Receive the King of Shalom

Receive the King of Shalom

 

Prince of Peace, Part 2

For unto us a Child is born, Unto us a Son is given; And the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. (Isaiah 9:6 NKJV) Today I want to pick up where we left off last… talking about the Prince of [...]

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  Light in Darkness
 

Prince of Peace

Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. (John 14:27 NKJV) Hundreds of years before the Baby whose arrival we celebrate at Christmas time, Isaiah declared about Him: For unto us [...]

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  What's Holding You Back?

What's Holding You Back?

 

What’s Holding You Back?

Believers today face a number of unique challenges where it comes to really reaching out for and achieving success. Religious training has, unfortunately, not done us any favors along these lines… something we’ve talked about repeatedly here. But today I want to bring up one of the challenges that all of us face. This nasty [...]

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  Called and Equipped by God (Photo Copyright 2005 David Monniaux)
 

You’ve Been Called and Equipped by God

Bezalel is my hero. Well… one of them. Aholiab, too. You may not remember their names. Chances are, you’ve never heard a sermon preached on them or even a Sunday School lesson that does anything more than mention them casually (if at all) when plowing through the Old Testament. But what God says about these [...]

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  Nourish The Dream Podcast
 

Are Your Dreams Dying?

In this episode, we’re reviving the Nourish The Dream Podcast! This is going to become a regular feature around here, and with today’s installment, we’re going straight for a very difficult subject. How Have the Circumstances of Recent Years Affected You and Your Dreams? With a rapidly changing, often difficult business climate for the last [...]

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  The righteous are bold as a lion. Prov 28:1
 

If God is For You…

It’s really an easy concept to wrap your head around: with the Creator of the universe — the all-supreme Ruler — on your side… who or what could really stand against you? The big problem seems to come from that little tiny, 2-letter word: “If.”

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  Are you living in the future? Or in the past?

Are you living in the future? Or in the past?

 

Living in the Past (Tense, That Is…)

Anyone who studies the languages of the world will tell you that words matter. A lot.

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