On the face of it, the goal of giving away money and assets is completely at odds with the business goal of all good investment advisors, which is to increase their Assets under Management. (AUM). Managed assets are the life blood of investment advisory businesses. And as with all businesses, you either grow or die; there is no such thing as healthy stasis.

My goal, historically, has been to make enough money doing intellectual work that I don’t need to work with my hands. That way I can pay someone else to clean the house and mow the lawn so I can do things like go to the gym… for exercise. Except for the almost painful irony, there’s nothing…

There’s a whole world out there where our Christian brothers and sisters are living lives closer to the first century church than to ours. They need our help and prayers, but we need their witness and example. One such family wrote to me recently. I’ve changed names and references, but the stories that illustrate the challenges…