I was a franchisee of a big coffee chain for many years in Vancouver. To sum up the story, it ended ugly and I was shocked that I had involved myself with such a system. But actually, I’m not shocked at all – I was completely ignorant. And that really got me thinking. The thought rolled over and over again…
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The Tithe Challenge
The ‘tithe’ has a lot of significance to me these days. When I first gave my life to Jesus the first major challenge I had was the concept of the tithe because my worldly teachers had always taught me to ‘save and invest in my own empire’. Wikipedia defines the tithe as 10% contribution to a religious organization or compulsory…
Keep it Clean and Don’t Burn Bridges: It’s a Small World After All
It has been a few months since I have been spit out the other end of my coffee shop franchise – the most painful 5+ years of my life. There are not too many people out there who have lost their entire lifetime earnings plus their inheritance, but when this suffering occurs it creates an instant bond with others who…