It is interesting to note that the CEO of the Great Harvest Bread Company, Tom McMakin, has just written a book called Bread and Butter - What a Bunch of Bakers Taught Me About Business and Happiness. An interview with Mr. McMakin was in the current issue of Faith At Work, which is in our parish library. Included in the article was the following quotation from Matthew Fox. It is in reference to the book. He states, Here lies a new way of doing business that energizes people toward personal and spiritual growth a service both to the people in the company and the community in which they bake their delicious whole wheat bread.
Most organizations have mission statements.
Bake phenomenal bread, Run fast to help customers, Create strong, exciting bakeries, And give generously to others. The principles are solid. Use your spiritual gifts to the fullest, you are God s gift to the world, share the gift. Love as you have been loved by God in Christ, be first in giving love and forgiving hurt. Build communities of faith and love so inviting that growth becomes inevitable.