In a previous post, I mentioned sharing where and how to start creating your family’s mission statement. However, after a bit of reflection, I realize that I may have done both of us a disservice. I was a tad overzealous and a bit careless in summarizing the family mission statement creation process. I should have promised to first provide a clear and concise explanation of … [Read more...]
5 Easy Steps to Turn Your 2017 Vision into a Reality
"I will stand on my guard post and station myself on the rampart; and I will keep watch to see what He will speak to me, and how I may reply when I am reproved. Then the LORD answered me and said, "Record the vision and inscribe it on tablets, that the one who reads it may run." - Habakkuk 2: 1-2 We all have heard this preached time and again in church. We all get hyped up … [Read more...]
12 Things to Put on Your “Family Bucket List”
I'm sure you all have a bucket list of your own personal things to do, people to meet and places to go. Well, how about making it a family affair? Make a bucket list and look forward to crossing things off each month as a family! It will be fun. Keep the family fun going each month, so mark your calendars and use this ENTIRE YEAR to cross of the items as you accomplish … [Read more...]
5 Goals Every Black Family Must Set for the New Year
This past week I have had the honor and privilege of traveling to California with my son and visiting some of the best Universities in the world. I call our father-son time together, the California Dreaming by Plane, Train and Automobile Tour. As proud and excited that I am to be the father of a son who has the academic and extracurricular background to make him a qualified … [Read more...]
Why Every Successful Family Needs a Mission Statement
by Nathaniel A. Turner If you are going to be part of a successful family you owe it to yourself and your family to have a mission statement. After all, when you say “I do” and when you decide that you are ready to hear the “pitter patter of little feet”, you are setting your sails for life’s two most important and challenging missions. “Happily ever after” is a destination … [Read more...]