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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…
Are You Missing This Ingredient in Your Holiday Traditions?
Do you remember reading about feasts in the Bible? Perhaps you have, and perhaps you’ve skipped right over them or at best…
When God Answers Prayers You Did Not Pray
It was a prayer he did not pray, and the answer he did not ask for. Yet through it, God revealed special…
Another Leaky Pipe? The Effective Fundraiser, Part 2
I was sitting with a friend of mine, and he told me about a startling experience of his. He’d been asked to…
Got Leaky Pipes? The Effective Fundraiser, Part 1
I remember when I first started in the donor advised fund world. One of our earliest funds was opened by a sharp,…
7 Verses Warning About Wealth
When we think about the Bible, some might think of stories like David & Goliath. Others might think of great teaching like…
Tell Your Meaningful Family Stories
There’s healing power in telling your family story. Emily Esfahani Smith in “The Two Kinds of Stories We Tell About Ourselves,” writes…
What Is the Purpose of Family Anyway?
We lead and host Family Legacy Workshops. They are a wonderful experience and lead families to a new understanding of the opportunity…
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….
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…