Experience with the Poor to $100+ Millionaires
As a former wealth manager and volunteer for over 30 years, I’ve seen in my offices many ways that people “relate” to money and discuss the impact of it on their lives and the lives of their progeny. The Bible says more about...
Oldest Child Living with an Alcoholic Mother
For those familiar with alcoholism, the oldest child tends to fall into the role of the Golden Child – protector of the other siblings. This child takes a bit of an emotional beating, and my siblings have thanked me for doing what I could...
Meeting James Coffey at Subway
The Lord works in such wonderful ways, and why we are surprised when his fingerprints are all over an amazing interaction? On 9/25/19, I had one of these special events only God could have orchestrated.
I was about to attend the 2019 annual meeting of the...
Work: 4 Key Bible Passages to Know
I realize that many of you will come across the blog for this week while you are busy at work. This week we want to be brief and arm you with four key passages from God’s Word about your work and show you some simple truths that will...
What We All Want
As Christians, we all want meaningful lives. In order to experience that, we need a personalized growth plan motivated, not by legalism, but by our love for God. Most people try New Year’s Resolutions at some point in their life. Do they work? NO! They fail 92%...
Background
We have had several pastors and ministers go through the Unstatus Your Quo® Experience. There have been tears. There have been laughs. There have been some realizations that have caused deep reflection. Some have stories of struggles. All have trusted and taken a risk of...
I don’t know about you, but I grew up in a church culture where I was encouraged to constantly question whether I was a Christian and where the terms “backsliding” and “rededicating” were frequently visited by church leaders. I think it is completely...
Reporting Early Purpose Self-Assessment Results
For those of you who have been our clients or are blog subscribers, you may have been to our website and taken the purpose self-assessment. There have been some very interesting results to which you may be able to relate. Next year, we are...
Often Progress Happens More Easily by Avoiding Mistakes
Since you are reading this blog, you want to live a more meaningful and fulfilling life. I had the very same desire before designing the Unstatus Your Quo® Experience. However, my gift to you today is to help you avoid the...
Are You Impatient or a Type “A” Achiever?
Patience is not one of my gifts. The busyness of life today seems to feed this weakness of mine more and more. Ugh. It steals from the gifts that happen in the moment - think children, grandchildren, spouse or friend doing or saying...
The Enemy’s Question
I don’t think the Enemy could have designed a better question than, “What is my purpose and how can I fulfill it?” It’s a me-me-me question which takes advantage of our self-centered and sinful nature. It immediately leads the questioner...
My Disaster Job
My father got a new job, and the family was having to move in the middle of the summer from Long Island to Washington, DC. I was in college and needed summer jobs for spending money during the academic year, but the mid-summer move caused me to go to DC to live with a...
