On August 11th, the day my mother passed, the funeral home sent someone to her memory care facility to take my mother’s body away. As I followed my mother’s body out, a parade of nurses and caregivers formed.   The entire crew who had devotedly cared for my mother stood quietly as her body was ...

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One of the turning points in my new friend, Brian's, business, came out of a discussion he had with another businessman. This businessman asked Brian this personal question, "Are you tithing?" Brian proudly told this man that, yes, he and his wife had been tithing for years. Brian's friend said, "I'm not talking about ...

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To prepare future bank presidents, the bank in which I began my banking career had a well-developed management training program. Since my goal was to become a bank president, I worked to get an invitation into the program.   This intensive two-year program gave its participants exposure to all aspects of the bank and to ...

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