I'm almost positive that the vast majority of you out there who are keen enough on your use of the internet to show up here and find my Christian business blog probably use the Google search engine on a pretty regular basis. Most of us tend to just go to Google dot com, type in the keyword that we're seeking, and then hit search and wait for a long list of several pages to come up with the closest matches to our keyword. Many of you probably haven't even noticed that little button that has its home next to the search button called "I'm feeling lucky". Am I right? Well, if you haven't taken the opportunity to use this particular button, you should try it out sometime, although I'm not quite sure the purpose that it serves for most. The function of this little button is to provide you with the number one ranked site for whatever search term, or keyword(s), that you have typed in. I suppose that it's ok if you're looking for something in a pinch, but most of the time, with all the hundreds of thousands of webpages that are out there, you can never really know if the site that just happens to rank number one is going to do you any good anyway. Most of the times that I've attempted to use the "i'm feeling lucky" button, just for fun, I've ended up with some page on wikipedia...which we all know doesn't do us a lot of good when it comes to well-researched or certified factual information. Today, I decided to give the button a chance and typed in my search keyword of "Christian business", and I thought since God was on my side, I would hit "i'm feeling lucky". I wasn't exactly surprised to find that I didn't end up with some kind wikipdia entry, because as you'll remember, there aren't any entries for Christian business on their site. I actually ended up finding the website portal for a group called CBMC, which apparently is a site for Christian businessmen. I decided to check it out.

Although I've searched around the site in the about us section and elsewhere, I still have not been able to figure out what their acronym stands for. I would imagine that it's something like "Christian Business Men's something"...but don't quote me of course. Besides not being able to figure out what their name means, I was pretty impressed by the information that was provided in the about me section about what the group is attempting to do. They must be a pretty new internet presence, because I have surely not come across information about them before. A lot of times, such groups pay a lot of money for inbound links from high ranking sites which allows them to boost to the top of the search engines. (That's a little bit of web development info for you) Anyways, I was really impressed with their very noble-sounding mission, which in paraphrase...is to bring the presence of Jesus Christ into the actions and thoughts of businessmen. They also mention something about carrying out the Great Commission...but that's something else that I'm not quite sure about. I'm all about have strong goals, but if you're going to mention them on your website for the whole world to see...one might have better luck explaining them. That's just my opinion though...not that I'm trained in web development or anything....oh wait, yes I am.

Anyways, now that's I've read through a little bit more of the website while writing this post, I've learned that the CBMC has actually been around for a long time (though, like I said, their web presence may be a recent thing). They established their group in Chicago (maybe that's the final 'C' in the acronym) back in the 1930s. From their meager beginnings in Chicago, CBMC has spread their ideas and teachings (I don't know if that's the correct thing to say) all over the world to at least sixty other nations (as listed on their site). I think that it would be worthwhile for all of you out there who have interest in Christian business to at least search for their website and check them out. They seem to have an interesting though difficult to describe message and outlook. As I mention, the language that they use to talk about their goals is very vivid and quite inspiring, which leads me to believe that they have taken a great about of time to develop their ideology and plans for their establishment. Check out what they have to say, and give me a yell back to let me know what you think.