As the final days of summer begin to fade and school looms ahead for families, the influences that our children will face have the potential to undo all that we have worked for. Raising godly children in an ungodly culture seems impossible. What's a parent to do? Maybe you've done "all the things" that should [...]
In our desire to leave a legacy to loved ones, we can miss the mark if we don't understand what the focus of our legacy should be. Legacy is not measured by our ability, but by the character that is behind all that we do. The substance of a successful legacy is faithfulness. The substance [...]
Choosing our Attitude Helps us to Leave a Legacy of Contagious Gratitude! It starts the moment we first wake up and continues with every word and deed we express to those around us as we go about our days. We create an atmosphere of gratitude or ingratitude each day. This Thanksgiving and all year through, [...]
This past weekend the news continued to flash images of the suffering while the church pews were empty. Churches hosted 72-hour prayer vigils praying for those who have lost loved ones via the COVID-19 Coronavirus, those suffering either physically or because of loneliness from social distancing or from serving as nurses, doctors & first responders to [...]
Empty shelves and countless faces with masks concealing a worried expression pervade the media. Churches no longer meet in person and students are now educated in their homes. The highest unemployment rate since the early eighties and a volatile stock market add to the feeling of instability, and all of these vast changes happened seemingly [...]
Hebrews 13:16 (NIV) “And do not forget to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.” Walking up to a doorstep on Halloween, a little boy discovered an empty bowl of candy and instinctively put his hands into his own bag to replenish the empty bowl. Sometimes from the [...]
First Featured on Forbes.com Have you ever heard anybody say, “We want to make the lives of our children easier than we had it growing up”? Maybe you’ve said it too. But is that the best? The next generation can be prone to a spirit of entitlement when things are just given to them and [...]
Living in the rhythm of our daily routines, we can lose sight of the eternal perspective Jesus intended for us to live by. Our Kingdom focus can become blurry while we attend to all the pressing needs surrounding us. And yet living with an eternal perspective in every aspect of our lives would relieve so [...]
The below article first appeared on Legacy Arts Magazine. A Legacy of Stewardship and Generosity Gram Rogers had to raise her children in a very difficult situation with an abusive husband and father-in-law who beat her children and beat her when she tried to stop them. My dad left home [...]
How much is enough to retire? This question plagues the mind of those who want to ensure their loved ones are well taken care of. But perhaps a better question would be "How much is too much?" A famous saying attributed to John D. Rockefeller, one of the wealthiest men to ever live, gets to the heart of [...]
