My phone rings. A no-caller ID one. I don’t pick up numbers like that anymore these days. But this guy is persistent. I answer the phone later, half sceptical and not too friendly. He says I should come to my great-grandfather’s farm. I don’t trust anything and want to put the phone down. With things […]
Read moreStatistics show that many businesses passed from generation to generation often fail in the third generation. Usually the father started with nothing, and founded a big business through hard work. The son learned from his father and knew where things came from. Unfortunately, the grandson no longer sees this picture, and believes he is entitled […]
Read moreIt must have been 20 years before my mom died that she called all her children together and said that each of us had to choose what we wanted, because she didn’t want us fighting about who gets what after her death. We were quite shocked at this, not understanding why she was doing this. […]
Read moreLong before her death, my mom one day called all of us children together at her house. She had decided that everything that would eventually end up being part of her estate would find an owner that day. So, all of us, from the eldest to the youngest, took turns at choosing something, which was […]
Read moreWe must remember that the people Paul was targeting here were very different. They were young Christians and could not understand and believe everything when they heard it for the first time. It is also necessary that we should often hear that familiar message again because through the noise of the world and the ego […]
Read more