Barnabas Foundation Blog

How Roger and Audrey Share the Light in Their Community If you want to catch Roger and Audrey, you’d better call early in the morning. Each at the age of 90, Roger and Audrey are on the move every day. Connecting and investing in the community is how they have spent their 67 years of married life together. “We think it’s important,” states Rog.

From the very beginning – regardless of their circumstances – Jack and MaryAnn have been guided by their Scripture-based belief that it all belongs to God. That's what drove them as newlyweds to give what they could to their church and other ministries. Nearly 50 years later, they are delighted to direct even more time and resources to ministry.

Almost every successful person I’ve ever interviewed attributes their success, at least in part, to difficult times in their lives. They recount times of financial strain, business reversal, family crisis or other setbacks that threatened to be their ruin.

Why Phil and Sheri Are Quick to Tell Others About the Stewards Fund. After retiring from a career as an electrical engineer, Phil has learned a thing or two about what works and what doesn’t. So when, as the volunteer treasurer for his church, he saw several donations rolling in from Barnabas Foundation’s Stewards Fund (donor-advised fund), he was intrigued to learn more.

There are athletes who love the fourth quarter. They play at a different level than at any other time – especially in games where the team is behind. In the final moments, they deliver, and it makes all the difference.

For John, family is business, and business is family. “It’s who we are,” says John. “You just don’t get away from it.” John is the third-generation leader of a family-owned truck parts business that his grandfather founded in 1939.

Sharing your values with your children oftentimes leads to difficult conversations. In these moments, we have the opportunity to strengthen their understanding of our values, or to harm the relationship.

Sometimes we talk about stewardship in terms of resources, and sometimes we talk about stewarding relationships. Today, I find myself thinking more about the latter. I don’t know about you, but to me, it seems the tension in our society is at an all-time high. Regardless of the topic, we are quick to take sides and go on the attack against people with opposing views.