A Calling for Our Generation by Doug Phillips at the Family Economics Conference
Every generation has a calling. Ours is the generation of the dreamers, the hope-casters, the visionaries and the prophets. We are the legacy-builders and the wilderness wanderers who declare the coming reign of Christ…
Advice for Budding Entrepreneurs
Today, as an author and someone with involvement in additional small businesses, I am very thankful for my earlier training. I grew up in an entrepreneurial family, had good resources available, and praise God for how He orchestrated various opportunities. However, in hindsight, there are some things to which I could have paid more attention.
Homeschooling entrepreneurs
There was a recent article in OneNewsNow, a news service of the American Family Association, about the growing trend amongst Christian homeschoolers of placing an emphasis on building entrepreneurial skills and opportunities for their children. Our friend Chad Roach was one of the young entrepreneurs profiled in the story, and contributor Kevin Swanson was mentioned for his work in promoting entrepreneurial training through his organization Generations with Vision.
A Family in the Plains
While in Nebraska, we visited with our friends the Coleman family in Arnold, a small town almost directly in the middle of the state with an approximate population of 600 people. I admit that it is by far one of my favorite places that we’ve been while on our bluegrass tour, and that Matt and Katie are some of the nicest people our family knows. Each morning during our visit, Matt, a second-generation farmer, would get up and go with his dad out to plant corn in the fields, and even now Matt often brings his 3 year-old son Josiah to ride in the tractor with him.
