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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…
Defining Success
I have wondered often about success. What is it? Why do we long for it, lose sleep and train endlessly to attain…
The Wrong Way to Judge a Ministry
For years, the gold standard in ministry effectiveness has been how much is spent on administrative costs. The arbitrary standard is that…
The Cost of the Panera Gospel
Wistful. It’s the only way I can describe it. She was clearly a grandmother holding her grandchild on one of those formica…
12 Million More Non Profits!?
The Chronicle of Philanthropy reported that the non-profit world is expected to grow…by 12 million new organizations. As the nearly 80 million…
Why Did they Bring Gold to the King?
You know the story. The wise men brought gold, frankincense and myrrh to Jesus at his birth. But why gold? Gold is…
Wishing You a Merry Christmas Death
Okay, okay, what kind of person wishes death at Christmas? I’m not some kind of gianormous Scrooge either. Let me explain. Thirty-seven…
The Cost of Christmas
What is the cost of Christmas? According to a Gallup Poll, Americans are expected to spend $712 million on Christmas this year….
Not Your Father’s Oldsmobile Fundraising
Oldsmobile fundraising. Let’s coin the term. Oldsmobile learned the hard way. They kept building the same old car, kinda clunky, big, velour…
A Snapshot of 2011 Giving Trends
Here’s a sampling of some of the news from the Chronicle of Philanthropy November 17, 2011 issue, and my insights: