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In Building a StoryBrand: Clarify Your Message So Customers Will Listen, Donald Miller writes, “In 2013, the soap company Dove released a series of short films featuring women who were the subjects of an FBI-trained forensic artist. Without actually seeing the women, the artist would draw each woman…

Bruce McConville, a 55 year-old Canadian businessman, from Ottawa, Canada, used a very creative excuse to avoid paying his wife spousal and child support, as part of their divorce settlement—he burnt it! He told a judge in the Ottawa Supreme Court that he withdrew 1 Million Canadian Dollars ($750,000),…

A unique piece of art at a Florida gallery recently sold for $120,000. The work entitled, THE COMEDIAN, by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan consisted of a banana duct taped to a wall. The founder of the gallery, Emmanuel Perrotin said the artist designed the piece to make the viewer consider how objects…

A survey by the Gallup organization found that 86 percent of Americans are satisfied with the way things are going in their personal lives. More than half of the people who responded reported they were “very satisfied” with their life. The organization said the latest results are consistent with numbers…

In October 2018, an 84-year-old woman in Arizona returned from vacation only to receive a demand from Daniel Miller and an accomplice for $67,000. The duo claimed they had replaced her septic tank while she was away. Unfortunately the woman decided to pay the men in installments, first giving them $12,500…

The most popular college class in America today is at Yale University. Psych 157: Psychology and the Good Life is attracting 1200 students per semester. According to the professor, today’s college students are not happy, and she thinks the unhappiness extends far beyond college students. “Students are…

Gillian Bayford worked nights in a hospital. Her husband worked days at his second-hand record shop. Then they won 148 million pounds in a British lottery. 15 months later, their marriage has “broken down irretrievably.” The divorce is final. In addition, Ms. Bayford, wept as she told how the windfall…

Los Angeles Clippers Forward Josh Smith will be taking a pay cut this year. “I do have a family, so it’s going to be a little harder on me this year. But I’m going to push through it.” You would find it difficult too, I am sure, if you had to get by on only $6.9 million this year. It doesn’t matter how…

While Miley Cyrus is no longer a role model for young girls, there is one subject on which we ought to pay attention to her. She is only 22 years old but has already made a fortune. She complains that people from contractors to fellow celebrities are continually trying to get her to buy things she neither…

“I think everybody should get rich and famous and do everything they ever dreamed of so they can see that it’s not the answer.” –Jim Carrey With a net worth in the vicinity of 150 million dollars, the funny man actor finds that fame and fortune is not the answer to life’s ills. A believer would agree…

The entire Thanksgiving weekend used to be a time for families to be together. Then came Black Friday—a day to get good deals for clothing and electronics. Today, many are staying home again, due to the increase of violence. In the Chicago area, in 2013, a police officer shoots a thief at a Kohl’s Department…

With enough money, a person can replace anything, even some of the responsibilities of parenting. Some New York City parents are now paying professionals up to $1,000 to pack their kids' summer camp gear. They fill their trunks with comforts such as French-milled soaps, 1,000 -thread-count sheets, and…

George and Betty Davis of Rhinebeck, NY received a hand-me-down from George’s father when he passed. It was a Faberge figure of a Cossack. They wrapped it up and put it away in their attic. The executer of their estate found it there last spring and had it evaluated. It turned out to be a little figurine…

Archeologists digging in an ancient garbage dump dating to the 5th and 6th centuries say they are puzzled by what they have uncovered. Professors Oren Tal and Moshe Ajami say the dig outside of modern Tel Aviv has yielded the usual fragments of pottery and glass, as well as animal bones. They admit they…

The mayor of the Lithuanian capital Vilnius has announced that he will install a huge screen on the town hall which will display a real-time indicator of the city’s mood. The giant display will give a daily barometer reading of the city’s happiness as it tabulates votes citizens send in from their cell…

While a lot of the country worried about a coin shortage, the North Carolina Aquarium in Pine Knoll Shores used a supply of coins to keep their bills paid. The aquarium was closed for six months due to coronavirus mandates and could only hold virtual events for the public. To keep the programs funded,…

CONTENTMENT The Census Bureau recently reported that nearly 1 in 6 Americans fall below the poverty line, which it establishes at an annual income of $22,314 for a family of four. The actual number is 46.2 million, which the government says would be 69.7 million if not for government programs. A survey…

Ingrid Bergman says, “Success is getting what you want; happiness is wanting what you get.” --The Week, February 11, 2011 p. 21 Illustration by Jim L. Wilson and Rodger Russell 1 Timothy 6:6-10 (NASB) (6) But godliness actually is a means of great gain when accompanied by contentment. (7) For we have…

Many of us struggle to make ends meet. Our thinking is, “If we could just get a better paying job or at least a raise in my current job, I would have it made.” What if you had a salary of $300,000 per year, could you make it then? The problem is not that we make so little money. The problem is that we…

Many of us struggle to make ends meet. Our thinking is, “If we could just get a better paying job or at least a raise in my current job, I would have it made.” What if you had a salary of $300,000 per year? Could you make it then? The problem is not that we make so little money. The problem is that we…

Hilary Swank, an Oscar winning actor makes millions of dollars for each film. It wasn’t always that way. Abandoned by her father, Hilary and her mother lived in a dilapidated Oldsmobile while she went to auditions. Today, she could afford to shop at the swankiest shops and purchase the toys of the millionaires,…

“In July, Violet and Allen Large of Lower Truro, Nova Scotia, won more than $11 million in a lottery.” They know that money cannot buy happiness. “Violet is undergoing cancer treatments which has underscored for the couple the limits of wealth.” Beyond just the words, the Larges live contentedly. They…

How do we share the Biblical teaching of happiness and contentment in the current culture of greed and materialism? One study by Princeton University economists found that while money can buy some happiness, the negative effects, including more responsibility, more pressure to perform, and more stress,…

When Ray Fisman landed his first job after college, it was for a salary greater than all the money he had earned in his life up to that point. According to his own testimony, He was content, until the moment he discovered how much more other people just like him were earning. Then he said, “my monthly…

A shareholder of the website, Bible.com sued the company’s board saying the ministers who run the corporation are failing to profit from the potential of the namesake Internet property. James Solakian acquired part of the company’s equity as a settlement of a business debt. He says one potential purchaser…