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Measuring the Success of Your Family
For 2023, consider making some adjustments for your family. I often say that one of the simple ways to measure the success…
Start with Your Family Stories
Building great family culture starts with stories. Brad Grey of Walking the Text teaches a simple truth: in Jewish families, from birth…
Would Your Grandchildren Vote to Lose the Business?
As the Bible winds to a close, the apostle John writes to his personal friend Gaius. His purpose is to check on…
Lose Your Company or Sacrifice Your Values?
What would you do? In 2012, Hobby Lobby faced a fundamental dilemma. The Affordable Care Act mandated that Hobby Lobby provide certain…
Leaving Wealth to Children—Examples from the Real World
He’s famous for it. William Buffett pledged $31 billion to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation—instead of leaving it to his children. …
The Jonathan Edwards Legacy—Why?
Perhaps you’ve read about it? The profound legacy of Jonathan Edwards. Edwards was the renowned preacher of the 1700s. He and his…
Would You Take in a Dying Child?
Taking in foster kids can be hard. Really hard. It’s an up and down emotion of taking in and letting go. But…
Stop Overspending and Start Raising Happier Kids
Brett Graff is an economist and author. She’s also the author of Not Buying It: Stop Overspending and Start Raising Happier, Healthier,…
12 Staggering Facts About How Much Stuff We Have
I wrote this post in 2015, but I thought it was worth re-visiting. Have you ever watched the reality TV show on…
Think Different About Generosity
Think Different—it was an award winning TV commercial by Steve Jobs. It was part of the launch of the Apple revolution in…
5 Powerful Planning Lessons from Death
After a difficult fight with leukemia, my mother-in-law, Sue Replogle, recently passed away. She lived a great life of faith and service….