We lead and host Family Legacy Workshops. They are a wonderful experience and lead families to a new understanding of the opportunity to steward their family relationships. We typically start with a question: What’s the purpose of family?
The Tragedy of Generational Amnesia
I find it one of the more startling verses in the Bible: And all that generation also were gathered to their fathers. And there arose another generation after them who did not know the Lord or the work that he had done for Israel. (Judges 2.10 ESV) An entire generation who did not know the story!
Building Legacy, Season After Season
Legacy seasons. I remember when our boys were still young, they took a liking to soccer. I was a baseball player so it was a switch for me. But soon they were fully engaged in the sport. And soccer was an 11-month commitment with practices, games and tournaments. Some of those tournaments required travel out of town. Tournament weekends might mean …
The Words You Use to Describe Your Family
Ashley, Jessica, Nathan & Joseph. These are my four. They’ve been joined by sons-in-law Ben and Phillip. And this year we’ve added another to our clan—Morgan—our first daughter-in-law. Ashley and Ben have added to the tribe with 3 grands: Clayton, Fayre and Ginny. When you think of your own clan, what are the words you use to describe them?
Which Generation Has the Greatest Economic Power?
Which U.S. generation holds the most economic power? That’s the focus of a post by Iman Ghosh for Visual Capitalist, a piece of an in-depth report called the Generational Power Index, which ranks the generations on their economic, political and cultural influence.
Tracing the Lifecycle of the Multi-Generational Family Business
Have you ever considered the lifecycle of the family business? Of a successful multi-generational family? We tend to not think about it very much. For many, its about “going to work, and making it work…today.” But where does the successful multi-generational family business start? Dennis Jaffe helps to break it down in Borrowed from Your Grandchildren: The Evolution of 100 …
16 Ideas for How to Give Away $100
I’ve got an unusual challenge for you: pick a day and give away $100 in cash. I call it the “Give a Benjamin Day.”
Why give a Benjamin? I believe there’s something beautiful in random acts of spontaneous generosity.
Family Legacy, Community, and Theology of Place
What is “theology of place”? RuthAnne Irvin writes a wonderful article on place, telling the story of Ruthie Leming, wife, mother of three daughters, and middle school teacher in Starhill, Louisiana, a town of 2,000 people. When Ruthie got terminal cancer, the town of Starhill rallied…
Aging Cheerfully or Grumpily—The Seeds We Sow
The seeds you sow all your life show up as you age. Will you grow into a cheerful old person or a grumpy old person?
Be Grateful for the Gift of Opportunity
OK, I had to laugh. I saw this post on Visual Capitalist earlier this month: Which country is the cheapest for starting a business?