The Bottom Line & Beyond Newsletter

The Bottom Line and Beyond

Modern generosity from business to the breakfast table

Discover past issues of The Bottom Line & Beyond

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A Double Taxation Risk

June 2026

  • AI without the temptation to optimize
  • An Acts 1:8 generosity
  • A double taxation risk
  • Loving your neighbor into economic success

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Bad Service for Kingdom Impact

May 2026

  • To share or not to share
  • ROI without the dollar signs
  • Bad service for kingdom impact

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Failure as a KPI

May 2026

  • Cause Champions: Attainable housing for essential workers
  • Alternative investing for good
  • Find your family’s giving style
  • Failure as a KPI

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Housing Insecurity: To Give or Not?

April 2026

  • To those who feel pressured to give
  • Generous women of the Bible: Sheerah
  • Cause explorations: Homelessness

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Resurrection and Taxes

April 2026

  • Nothing is certain but resurrection and taxes
  • “The biggest check we ever wrote to the IRS”
  • Generosity in the news
  • Family giving strategies that actually work

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Impact, market-style

March 2026

  • Impact, market-style
  • DAF or private foundation?
  • From personal fortune to personal finish line

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Selling the Seahawks

March 2026

  • How to increase your joy in giving
  • Selling the Seahawks—but also, a better way
  • Featured nonprofits: War relief in the Middle East
  • The math behind Christ’s care for our flourishing

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Meet Kate, Cause Champion for Missionaries

February 2026

  • Meet Kate, a Cause Champion for missionaries’ wellbeing
  • Early inheritance that strengthens (not stunts)
  • On that note: Building family resilience
  • Cause explorations: Social Activism

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Are you restricting your impact?

February 2026

  • New name, same newsletter
  • Are you restricting your impact?
  • Featured cause: Orphan prevention
  • How to minimize OBBBA’s hits to your charitable deductions

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Trust & Estates

January 2026

  • Trust in God: Picking a number
  • Trust in God: Finding the courage to start
  • Trust in nonprofits: Understanding effective work
  • Trust in your family: Agreeing on a cause

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“Just start writing checks.”

January 2026

  • A prayer for the right use of God’s gifts
  • 2026 tax updates
  • Words to the wise giver: “Just start writing checks.”
  • Biblically responsible investing made practical

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A homemade gift that won’t drive you crazy

December 2025

  • A Christmas gift that lasts: Legacy Letter
  • Wake Up Dead Man and our true inheritance
  • Book review: Stewards, Not Owners
  • 4 Boxing Day traditions for your family

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Setting an Agenda for Family Meetings

October 2025

  • An agenda for family giving meetings
  • If God were a venture investor
  • Cause area exploration: Bible translation
  • God as a generous, Bedouin host

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Godly Ownership is Not Ownership At All

September 2025

  • What does it mean to be a godly owner?
  • Cause area explorations: Human trafficking
  • The (un)expected benefits of donating stock

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How Recent Tax Changes Could Affect Your Giving

August 2025

  • What the One Big Beautiful Bill Act means for charitable givers
  • How AI can improve our stewardship
  • Find one family rhythm for back-to-school

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Recyclable Impact: Rethinking Generosity with Alternative Investments

May 2025

  • Recyclable impact: Alternative investments for charitable donations
  • A song for good stewardship
  • Family rhythms for the summer season
  • Featured nonprofits: Tornado relief

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How one family’s big impact started with a single gift

April 2025

  • Cause Champions: Child Sponsorship for Big Impact
  • Generosity in the News
  • “Maycember”: Family Habits to Survive Busy Seasons
  • Featured Blog: Building a Strong Giving Portfolio
  • Family Discussion Question of the Month

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