Author(s): Murray Gillin

Religion

The focus of this book is the concept and delivery of social entrepreneurship to meet the needs of the 'whole' person and with values raising both the personal and spiritual well-being of the community. In this paradigm, Jesus, the social entrepreneur is a person who pursues novel applications (innovative ideas) that have the potential to solve community-based problems.Successful entrepreneurs (such as Jesus) are characterised by a unique 'entrepreneur mindset.' This is a human mindset that integrates intellectual, emotional, and spiritual (not religious) intelligence in seeking to deliver real added value to users. So, the question arises - was Jesus a social entrepreneur, utilizing all the principles we today consider foundational to an entrepreneur mindset? In considering whether the concepts of Jesus and that of a social entrepreneur mindset are compatible, a relevant entrepreneurial ecosystem is applied to his life experiences. Indeed, Jesus the Man and an entrepreneur mindset are interconnected realities in fulfilling the identified opportunity - to "change society values and behaviours through a new relationship with God."In explaining Jesus' behaviour to and events of the nature 'miracles', a conceptual-bridge between the realities of science and spirit is evaluated using the theory and experiments of Prof William Tiller that demonstrate the fundamental role of prayer, meditation, and commitment to reaching a spirit directed state where the formalised human 'intention' can influence material change in physical space.The hypothesis examined in each case is that - "Jesus used His enhanced powers of human intention, interconnectedness, mindset and close personal relationship with God the Holy Spirit to effect the observed 'miracle' using the natural mechanisms of physics and science." Based on the Tiller science, his physical experiments, the 'power' of 'intention', the Gospel texts; the eyewitness accounts of the disciples, and Catholic saints, it is shown that 'spirit' powered actions, such as human intentions can and do influence change in physical matter.