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Happy Hebrew New Year If I timed this correctly, some of you should be reading this on New Year’s day. Now that may sound a little strange since we’re nowhere near January. Instead, we are coming into April. And according to Exodus 12:2, this is when Yahweh said we should start the year, and He called this month the month of Abib. (Exodus 13:4) The month of Abib is full of Biblical...
How the old ways can keep you alive We had something scary happen this week that caused me to use CPR for the very first time in my life. And I had to use it on my two-year old. We were having a lazy Sunday. After a late breakfast we decided to lounge about and watch a movie with the kids and pop popcorn. It was pretty cold outside and this felt like a great way to spend some family time....
Tenants to my rescue I’m sure you have heard horror stories about terrible tenants. I know I have. As a matter of fact, I have bought more than one house from tired landlords who were actually afraid of their tenants. Can you imagine that? The landlord — you know, the person who owns the property and has the right to demand their property back — was actually afraid of their tenants. And...
Today you are an investor I recently participated in the Chattanooga Waterfront Triathlon. I love this event. It’s put on by Team Magic, a company that organizes/ sponsors runs and multisport events across the southeast. And they do an amazing job. The waterfront triathlon is a larger event with close to 1,000 athletes showing up to swim, bike and run, in that order, one of two distances....
My cheese moved… again Today I’d like to tell you about a little book that if you have never read, you really should. It’s called “Who Moved My Cheese?” by Spencer Johnson. It’s a tiny book that packs a huge amount of insight into how people should deal with change, and it’s in the form of a fable. The story starts by identifying four characters who spend their time exploring a maze...