The Safest Bank

He who is kind to the poor lends to the LORD,
and he will reward him for what he has done. (Proverbs 19:17)

Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide purses for yourselves that will not wear out, a treasure in heaven that will not be exhausted, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
(Luke 12:33-34)

As he looked up, Jesus saw the rich putting their gifts into the temple treasury. He also saw a poor widow put in two very small copper coins. "I tell you the truth," he said, "this poor widow has put in more than all the others. All these people gave their gifts out of their wealth; but she out of her poverty put in all she had to live on." (Luke 21:1-4)
(This passage is a great reminder to me that, in God's eyes, the biggest donors are not those who give the most dollars but those who give the highest percentage.)

My favorite Bible passages
I aspire to live by these truths, but I fall far short in doing so.
Deuteronomy 6:4-9
Luke 18:9-14
I Corinthians 15:1-4
Romans 3:20-26
Psalm 23
John 3:1-21
Ephesians 2:1-10
Philippians 3:7-14
Philippians 4:4-8
Romans 8:28-39
John 6:35-40
John 14:1-6
Matthew 11:28-30
Luke 10:25-37
Philippians 2:1-16
Hebrews 12:1-29
Romans 12:1-2
Matthew 7:24-27
Luke 15:1-32
Matthew 12:34-37
Matthew 7:13-14
I Corinthians 1:17-2:16
Isaiah 6
Revelation chapters 4, 5, 21 and 22

Interesting Christian books and tapes
The Pilgrim's Progress, John Bunyan
Hidden People, Lynette Oates
The Calvary Road, Roy and Revel Hession
We Would See Jesus, Roy and Revel Hession
Old Paths, J.C. Ryle
For the Life of the World, Alexander Schmemann
The Wedge of Truth, Phillip E. Johnson
Revival and Revivalism, Iain Murray
Evangelicalism Divided, Iain Murray
Wesley and Men Who Followed, Iain Murray
Golden Booklet of the True Christian Life, Jean Calvin
The Purpose-Driven Life, Rick Warren
Common Ground, Jordan Bajis
Eastern Orthodoxy: A Way of Life, Anthony Coniaris
All God's Children and Blue Suede Shoes, Kenneth Myers
The Word of the Cross, Thomas Hopko (tape available from SVS Press)
The Rise of Christianity, Rodney Stark
How Christianity Changed the World, Alvid Schmidt
The Shape of Sola Scriptura, Keith A. Mathison

Interesting Business Books
The Weather Channel, Frank Batten
Frank Batten's speeches to Landmark meetings (privately published)
Built to Last, Jim Collins
Good to Great, Jim Collins
Made in America, Sam Walton
The Innovator's Dilemma, Clayton Christensen
The Innovator's Solution, Clayton Christensen
Strategy and Structure, Alfred Chandler
The Essays of Warren Buffett, Lawrence Cunningham, editor
The Making of an American Capitalist, Roger Lowenstein
Manias, Panics, and Crashes, Charles Kindleberger
The Contrarian's Guide to Leadership, Steven Sample
Poor Charlie's Almanack, Peter D. Kaufman, editor
The Black Swan, Nassim Nicholas Taleb
The Catalyst, Jeanne Liedtka and others (This book describes Conrad Hall's outstanding work of creating organic growth at Landmark, Trader and Dominion.)

My Favorite Preachers

Thomas Hopko, audio CDs available from SVS Press. "The Word of the Cross" is especially good.
S.M. Davis preaches on issues of family relationships and Christian character
Bishop Kallistos Ware, audio CDs available from Light-N-Life Publishing

Interesting Books on Other Topics
Wide as the Waters, Benson Bobrick
At the Back of the North Wind, George MacDonald

The People Are The Company
An article by John Seely Brown and Estee Solomon Gray about how organizations learn through communities of practice.
On the same subject is a book: Creating a Learning Culture : Strategy, Technology, and Practice, by Clawson and Conner.

Useful Web Sites
weather.com - the best weather site overall
Passagemaker - the best magazine and the best community site
Intellicast - has outstanding radar
The Virginian-Pilot - a great newspaper site
For Rent - apartments
Yacht World - boats
Trader Online - trucks, cycles, RVs, boats, backhoes!
...and all the other Landmark and Dominion web sites