Force Majeure is a French term that literally means “greater force”, as in an unexpected and uncontrollable event completely beyond the scope of control of either party, usually thereby designated as an act of God. Having drafted, signed and delivered on innumerable contracts over the years, the author finds it sad that the only acknowledgement of divine sovereignty is always in the negative. Yet, even the most ardent atheist would concur that success in the marketplace involves much more than skill or hard work; it also involves a huge amount of luck or chance. Coming from a Christian worldview he terms it instead as ‘Providence’.
Buy Now"Perhaps one of the greatest dangers for any leader is in believing their own press, especially when you have a Public Relations team or department managing the media for you."
"The difference between empathy and sympathy is of standing with the person in need. Sympathy says ‘I feel sorry for you’, but empathy says ‘I stand where you are standing. I feel your pain, fear or hurt and want to be with you and help you work through it together.’"
"We celebrate start-ups and we celebrate people leaving, but we never celebrate staying
– perhaps we should!
Steven Furtick"
This is Force Majeure, the God who is at work around us and at work with us and in us every day. The book tracks the events of the early church as found in the book of Acts, discerns the divine wisdom leading the key players in the background and invite the reader to allow the Force Majeure into our workspace, so that we too might plug into the wisdom and power of God still available to each and every one of us today.
In the book of Acts, Paul referring to King David, says that he served his generation, or as the Amplified version puts it ‘served the purpose of God
Writing 740 years before Christ, the prophet Isaiah called out the people of his time saying ‘your coins are all
‘Why should I be studying for a future that soon may be no more, when no one is doing anything to save that future?