Faith & Family Business

  • Where would you build your altar?

    March 4, 2024

    Last week’s reflection dealt with how we sometimes delay or avoid what God is calling us to do. In Gideon’s case, once he runs out of excuses, he offers God’s angel a gift of meat, bread and broth,...

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  • How do you hear God speaking to you?

    February 18, 2024

    Last week we learned about Israel’s feeling of utter devastation from being continually assaulted by their current rulers. They are at the low point in the cycle, and God identifies Gideon and...

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  • Dealing with devastation in the family business

    February 11, 2024

    In last week’s reflection, I laid out the full cycle of Israel and God’s interaction during the time of the judges. Now we’ll begin to look at individual judges, beginning with Gideon. But first,...

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  • History repeats itself in the family business

    February 4, 2024

    My last reflection focused on how the Israelites suffered because they turned away from God. It is one part of a cycle, and we see the fullness of the pattern here:Then the Lord raised up judges, who...

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  • What do you worship in your family business?

    January 22, 2024

    Last week’s reflection focused on how Israel was becoming separated from God by forgetting God’s expectations, lessons, and values. We see the detachment deepen in the next verse, as Israel begins to...

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  • Losing sight of your legacy

    January 15, 2024

    As we begin to study the Book of Judges, we see a period of time, after Joshua’s death, when Israel repeatedly disappoints God. Chapter two describes the beginning of this separation:…And there arose...

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  • The Book of Judges and the Family Business

    January 7, 2024

    Welcome to my Faith & Family Business Reflections for 2024. Over the last three years, I’ve written about Jacob and Esau, reflected on the Book of Proverbs, studied David, and offered 24...

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