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Sometimes your struggles aren’t about you I came across this story a few years back. It’s one of those that makes its rounds on the internet and social media, but every time it resurfaces, I’ve always needed to hear it again. I’d like to share it with you. The author is unknown, but the title is “The trouble tree,” and it goes something like this: The carpenter I hired to help restore my...
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....