Dec 20, 2016 at 4:16 PM

From a most out of the way place comes a rich message about how to keep and grow healthy families...Little Rock, Arkansas. That was my sense after spending a day at FamilyLife headquarters being…
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Dec 1, 2016 at 3:29 PM

My friend Fred Smith, from Tyler Texas, has insights into navigating life that I appreciate very much. Once, in 1998, after casting a vision for my company, The Legacy Group, he asked me, “John,…
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Oct 31, 2016 at 10:08 AM

Four Tips for Leaving a Legacy of Christian Generosity by Gary G. Hoag, Ph.D. On a fly fishing trip this summer, I shared parts of my personal story with my dear friend, John Stanley. That led to…
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Oct 12, 2016 at 4:15 PM

Sisters Cecilia and Marguerite have 17 children between them and are neighbors of ours here at our farm. They have beautiful, faithful, stable families and are still grounded by their 94 year old…
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Sep 7, 2016 at 4:10 PM

The season of beta testing the digital Generosity Gameplan is in full swing and we are learning so much! Step one – Friends and family tested for bugs in the technology we've built to support a…
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Aug 17, 2016 at 10:26 AM

I spent part of last week in Colorado with my son Micah. We visited some friends at a technology startup where they are creating a platform for any Champion (therapist, pastor, business owner,…
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Jul 12, 2016 at 2:26 PM

Last week I was in Colorado for some business and experienced an amazing day in which I was the beneficiary of another person spending his relational equity on me. Dr. Gary Hoag, Generosity Monk,…
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Jun 6, 2016 at 12:10 PM

When we started our lives together, Ed Toogood had been a bachelor for 45 years and I was a 12-year-old kid. He had no experience being a dad and I had no experience being a son to a man. But that…
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Apr 13, 2016 at 11:08 AM

While in Des Moines last month to set up a beta testing site for the digital version of the Generosity Gameplan, I was fortunate to be introduced to and meet with Quintin Steiff, pastor of Valley…
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Apr 13, 2016 at 10:28 AM

Being on the receiving end of a relationship capital gift is amazing. My friend Deborah Fugenschuh, President of the Donors Forum of Wisconsin, once suggested that I meet another donor in our…
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