This really landed for me. I especially appreciated the distinction between pricing value and pricing vulnerability. As someone who has spent time in both service-based businesses and personal development spaces, I've seen how easy it is to justify almost anything when it's wrapped in "the market will bear it."
Yes, exactly. And I don't know about you, but I didn't always have the tools to express exactly why those conversations bothered me. "The market will bear it," sounds reasonable somehow. But it turns out that Scripture has a lot to say on commerce and I'm glad He's giving us the tools to push back on the extractive thinking that so permeates our society.
Nearly every article you publish, I read while nearly jumping up and down and shouting “YES bro 🙌🏻🔥”.
(And the only reason I don’t actually jump and shout is because then I couldn’t keep reading lol)
GEM stones in this one, brother!
“A just weight isn’t a low weight — it’s an accurate one. The merchant who undercharges to the point of starving his family isn’t righteous; he’s putting a false stone on the scale in the other direction, pretending the work is worth less than it costs to do faithfully. Justice isn’t cheapness. Justice is the price that tells the truth.”
I am so thankful for you sharing your stories, Joshua. Your honesty and candidness about this particular topic is so refreshing, and the way you so clearly connect your experience back to the scripture.
Andrew, as always, thank you for the encouragement. It's also been good for me to process through these life lessons and finally get them down in writing.
Still one of the best reads on substack, I love how you think deeply about things that matter and are being overlooked by many. Keep up the great work.
This really landed for me. I especially appreciated the distinction between pricing value and pricing vulnerability. As someone who has spent time in both service-based businesses and personal development spaces, I've seen how easy it is to justify almost anything when it's wrapped in "the market will bear it."
Yes, exactly. And I don't know about you, but I didn't always have the tools to express exactly why those conversations bothered me. "The market will bear it," sounds reasonable somehow. But it turns out that Scripture has a lot to say on commerce and I'm glad He's giving us the tools to push back on the extractive thinking that so permeates our society.
Nearly every article you publish, I read while nearly jumping up and down and shouting “YES bro 🙌🏻🔥”.
(And the only reason I don’t actually jump and shout is because then I couldn’t keep reading lol)
GEM stones in this one, brother!
“A just weight isn’t a low weight — it’s an accurate one. The merchant who undercharges to the point of starving his family isn’t righteous; he’s putting a false stone on the scale in the other direction, pretending the work is worth less than it costs to do faithfully. Justice isn’t cheapness. Justice is the price that tells the truth.”
I am so thankful for you sharing your stories, Joshua. Your honesty and candidness about this particular topic is so refreshing, and the way you so clearly connect your experience back to the scripture.
Andrew, as always, thank you for the encouragement. It's also been good for me to process through these life lessons and finally get them down in writing.
Thank you 🤍
Still one of the best reads on substack, I love how you think deeply about things that matter and are being overlooked by many. Keep up the great work.
Thank you Faron for the encouragement.