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How the Fourth Commandment will make you a successful investor It never fails: each time we start a new property a contractor will ask me why they can’t work for us on Saturdays. You see, our job sites shut down on Saturdays. That’s because I observe Sabbath from sundown on Friday night to sundown on Saturday night - and no it’s not because I’m Jewish. Believe it or not, I...
Investors need to have faith like potatoes: Since Ashley and I got married, I’ve been trying to grow potatoes - notice I said “try”- It’s been crazy: every year something happens. The first year I didn’t know you were supposed to mound. Mounding is when you put dirt around the stalk of the plant. If you mound as the plant grows, it stimulates the plant to produce more potatoes....
I Am: I’d like to invite you into a night ritual my three year-old daughter and I share most evenings in her room. I lay her on my chest while we sing songs and pray. Before I lay her down, I ask her: “Are you beautiful? Are you funny? Are you strong? Are you fast? Are you smart? Are you a princess of Yahweh?” With her head on my chest, she’ll sweetly and...
Yohanan’s Might: We learned late last Thursday evening that something terrible had happened in our community. A family in our congregation had lost a child. Their 18-month-old son, Obadiah Dillard, had died due to an accidental drowning. Obadiah was the fifth of six children born in the Dillard house. As I lay down Thursday night, I wondered what could be done to help. It dawned on...
As you walk into a deed room, it can feel a little scary. First, you realize you’re in a vault in the depths of your local court house. Second, the thick steel doors that protect the deed room from fire and flood are similar to something from a 1930’s bank heist. You’re sure Bonnie and Clyde are looming somewhere close. And since you are on the bottom floor, it is often not...