A revolution of sorts has begun between two worlds. The courting and eventual marriage of business and non-profit organizations is occurring right in front of our eyes. For far too long both were in a way subservient to each other. The non-profit kept alive by its patrons’ generous donations, the other sustained by the non-profit in all ways holy, spiritual and righteous. Don’t get me wrong, I am not saying there has been anything wrong with the way things have been done. All I am saying is that the organizations of the future that will have an impact on the poor and needy, either in spirit or pocketbook, will no longer be able to thrive if they play by the same rules they always have. Ministries large and small will need to rethink the way things have always been done and be willing to transform themselves. The line between the sacred and the secular is quickly diminishing and fortuitously so. God has not called us to be separate from the world, but to revolutionize the world. The days of being salt in a shaker on the side have ended and a full out engagement of society has begun. It was Jesus the carpenter, Paul the tentmaker, Abraham the property owner, and David the king who revolutionized their worlds in such a way as to have us continually talking about them today. It is the combination and balance of the sacred and secular not its strict separation that will change the world. Are you ready?