Life & Planning

Making a Connection Can you see it? Can you feel it? Technology and social media were already leading many to feel disconnected from each other and causes. Then the pandemic…

Families that Last This is a “statistic” you don’t want to be. Unfortunately, for too many, they are included in this statistic – even my own family. The statistics overwhelmingly…

A Hand Up, Not a Hand Out Many kids today can’t see the true needs of others. For those who have grown up in a middle-class home and country, it’s…

The Darnedest Thing… Families Here’s an idea to bring just about any family together. Because, how the family system works is interesting, isn’t it? They have the potential to be…

Start Today The African Proverb asks and answers this question: “When’s the best time to plant a tree?” “Twenty years ago.” “When’s the second best time?” “Today!” When’s the best…

Listening Can Make the Difference It is a noisy world. Too many people talking. In all the talking, there seems to be fewer and fewer people listening. There are certainly…

Fear. Worry. Concern. This seems to be dominating so many people’s lives these days. While people want to share, give, and giveback, it is very possible that they are also…

The track sprinter doesn’t sprint continuously. The tennis match doesn’t continue on from one point to the next without giving the players a moment to catch their breath. Football has…

You have purpose. You were made on purpose with a purpose. In his landmark book, Man’s Search for Meaning, Viktor E. Frankl talks about the role of purpose in his…

Here is one way you can help your donors… Have you ever heard a story about how someone sells their business or retires from their lifetime work only to pass…