by Candy Arrington Rachel slipped into the cool interior of the designer clothing store. Everything about the place, even the smell, oozed the message: pampered, important, expensive. A sales associate welcomed Rachel by name, whispering information about specials only available to the best customers. First, Rachel moved to the sale racks, fingering soft cottons and […]
Another Look by David Faust My family raised pigs on the farm where I grew up. Yes, hogs stink. But farming isn’t for sissies, and business is business. Whenever someone complained about the odor emanating from the hog barn, Dad would simply chuckle and mutter, “They smell like money to me.” So there’s a part […]
Home Bev and Phil Haas We didn’t make wise financial decisions early on as a couple and now that we have kids we don’t want them growing up and making the same mistakes. How should we begin to teach our kids about managing money? According to Charles Schwab & Company’s recent online survey, many parents […]
by Dan Lentz 1. Pass around a bowl of M & M’s or other finger candy. Ask group members to take an amount of their own choosing. Then instruct group members that for every piece of candy they took, they need to share with the group something the group may not know about them. Read […]
by John Russell While conducting a seminar for married couples, radio personality Dr. James Dobson drew a simple illustration on a white board representing a normal pattern of a relationship with a line showing highs and lows. He was emphasizing the need for balance amid life’s circumstances and depicting how life isn’t a neatly designed […]
