Faith & Family Business

  • Considering the backstory of the prodigal son

    October 12, 2025

    There was a man who had two sons. And the younger of them said to his father, “Father, give me the share of property that is coming to me.” (Luke 15:11-12)When you read the full text of the Parable...

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  • The Parable of the Prodigal Son

    October 5, 2025

    There was a man who had two sons. And the younger of them said to his father, “Father, give me the share of property that is coming to me.”So begins the Parable of the Prodigal Son, and no other...

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  • Lessons from the wilderness

    September 28, 2025

    Over the last three months, I’ve written about Israel’s wilderness experience, using a biblical lens to consider how participants in family businesses go through their own severely challenging times...

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  • Leaving the wilderness

    September 22, 2025

    My last post contemplated the transition of leadership from Moses to Joshua as the Israelites come to the end of their time in the wilderness, but before they reach the promised land. Moses accepted...

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  • Succession in the wilderness

    September 14, 2025

    In my last reflection, Moses drew God’s ire for the way in which he and Aaron handled a thirsty Israel at the waters of Meribah. But leading the Isrealites has been no easy task. Not only have they...

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  • When the leader snaps

    September 7, 2025

    My last refelction contemplated the challenge of being generous while living in the wilderness. How do you give, when every fiber in your body tells you to preserve in the midst of isolation or fear...

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  • Generosity...in the wilderness?

    August 31, 2025

    In my last reflection on the Israelites, God focuses on the responsibilities of the priests and Levites. In the midst of conflict and uncertainty and fear in the wilderness, He tells Aaron’s family...

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  • Your responsibility in the wilderness

    August 25, 2025

    As the Israelites continue their wilderness experience — a time marked by unrealized hopes, recurring disappointment, and what seems like perpetual conflict — they are perhaps in a place to really...

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  • Instructions in the wilderness

    August 18, 2025

    After several posts on conflict in the wilderness, I continue to work with the idea that the wilderness experience has important and far-reaching implications for us. The wilderness is a place of...

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