This is the fifth part of a five-part series of blogs that chronicle the journey of a cohort of business leaders who together pursued deeper relationships with God and the integration of the resulting spiritual transformation in their personal lives into their roles as leaders in their businesses, and ultimately into the culture of their businesses as a whole. . You can read Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4 at their respective links.

When The Journey drew to a close in June of 2015, lives of individual business leaders and the cultures of their organizations had been changed in profound ways. These leaders had begun this Journey process together in April of 2013 with great anticipation, though unsure of what God actually had in store for them. Reflecting back on the ways God had worked through The Journey, several areas stand out.

The priority of spending extended times of personal communion with God at the beginning of each retreat led to significant experiences of personal healing and transformation. God reached down into the souls of these leaders and touched them in places of deep need in ways they did not know they needed to be touched. As they listened to God and allowed him to pour himself into their lives until their hearts overflowed with his character and grace, that overflow began to spill into the lives of those within their own organizations and even beyond. They were able to serve and lead as expressions of God’s gracious presence and work in their lives.

During his first time of extended solitude with God at The Journey, Jim Seiler, Director of ES Lighting Controls and President of Bremen Financial, heard from God in the depths of his soul for the first time in his