{"id":20573,"date":"2018-11-29T17:12:51","date_gmt":"2018-11-30T01:12:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dminlgp\/?p=20573"},"modified":"2018-11-29T17:12:51","modified_gmt":"2018-11-30T01:12:51","slug":"people-look-for-answers-where-they-wont-be-judged","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/people-look-for-answers-where-they-wont-be-judged\/","title":{"rendered":"People Look For Answers Where They Wont Be Judged…"},"content":{"rendered":"

What does\u00a0The Four<\/em> have to do with ministry? Well, if as a pastor, you live and work with people whose lives are affected by these companies, then a whole lot. Scott Galloway outlines just how much influence, these four have not only in our lives but in the world economy as well. As I was reading the outlines of each of the four and how they have changed how we do life, business, even religion I was struck by how much my young adult life was also shaped by these companies. I started working in the computer business when I was 22 years old. I worked for a company that provided PC’s, servers, and engineers to Fortune 250 customers. My first year there we, as a company, topped 1 Billion in sales for the first time. I remember in my training how Apple products were considered only good for Newspaper corporations, universities, and those in the creative industries. They were a very small part of what we sold. Our biggest sales came from Windows based PCs, IBM, HP, Compaq, and Acer were the big movers. In fact, I remember there was talk of Apple possibly folding its tent and no longer being a viable company. These memories came back in a rush when I read “Perhaps the most famous ‘theft’ in tech history is at the root of Apple, when Steve Jobs turned Xerox’s unfulfilled vision of a mouse-driven, graphical desktop into the industry-changing Macintosh.” [1] An interesting side note to this, I actually went through Apple training and had the trainer tell this story outright, of course, what is not in the book was that not only did Steve Jobs steal this tech, so did Bill Gates, Jobs just got it to work quicker. The trainer actually tried to convince us that because Macintosh did it first that Gates was subject to copyright law infringement. Which goes right along with Galloway’s discussion of the Cons that these companies run. “The first is taking–which often means\u00a0stealing<\/em> IP from other companies and repurposing it for profit, only to viciously protect IP once they’ve amassed a lot of it.” [2]\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I remember the beginnings of Google, we started using it to query information on tech specs for networks for customers, it was not long after that, we had to shut down most internet access for the company because of time wasted. I remember when Facebook first arrived on the scene (I was an avid Myspace user), I remember starting to get my books from Amazon.com because they were much cheaper than my seminaries book store, I remember the first time I saw the iPhone. I never thought these products\/companies would change the face of the world, boy was I wrong.<\/p>\n

So, again what does this have to do with me, a pastor. Well I Galloway summed up his book and really the reason it should be important for me, and really all who serve God in the following video.<\/p>\n