CHARLOTTE, N.C.—When the North Carolina legislature passed a law designed in part to protect the right of private businesses to maintain a policy of sex-segregated bathrooms, the corporate backlash was apoplectic.

PayPal CEO Dan Schulman axed plans on April 5 to open a new operations center in Charlotte, saying the law discriminated against transgender and gay residents. Deutsche Bank froze plans to add 250 jobs to its technology subsidiary in Cary, N.C.

On April 19th, the 241st anniversary of the start of the American Revolution, the Target department store chain announced a transgender policy by which male, female, and confused customers and employees may use whichever restroom (or fitting room) they choose. The American Family Association quickly responded with a “pledge to boycott Target stores” that by April 29 had gained 1 million signatures.

DUBLIN—They called it the “Celtic Tiger,” a period of prosperity between 1995 and 2008, during which everything in Ireland appeared to come up shamrocks.

According to Wikipedia, between 1995 and 2000, the long-dormant Irish economy took off, expanding by a startling 9.4 percent. There was a building boom; roads were widened to accommodate more traffic; newly confident people started buying things they had long denied themselves, including bigger and nicer houses, which, it turns out, many could not afford.

New York state passed the longest and most far-reaching family paid leave policy in the country last week. Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed it into law Monday as part of the state budget.

California legislators approved the nation’s highest statewide minimum wage—$15 an hour—on Thursday, but critics say they forgot to do their homework before taking their vote.

“In the end, this is not about politics or social justice—this is just about math,” said Mark Perry, an economic scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. “Small businesses don’t just have a magic pile of money somewhere to afford a 50 percent increase in their labor costs.”

Peter’s company is thriving, godly, and ethical. His board members often disagree on some issues, and consequently have heated discussions. They have no-holds-barred debates, but hurt feelings are rare, and seldom do their deliberations result in ties or stalemates. How can this be in a fallen world?

Trust is the answer. The board members trust that each has become governed by one motivation: to honor God in everything. Notice I said “has become.” Becoming is different than behaving. Trust results from a transformed heart, not from external rote comportment.

The Meloon family started a boat building company in the 1920s that flourished, fashioning both pleasure boats and small boats for the military during times of war. The Meloons, committed believers, were awarded a contract to build 3,000 boats during the Korean War. The government’s boat inspector demanded a bribe to approve the vessels’ delivery. The Meloons’ faith couldn’t comply.