Good Intentions Meet Poor Execution: Our Journey Toward Financial Wellness

The skills required to build something are not always the same skills required to grow and sustain it.

For more than two decades, I watched families in our congregation and community struggle financially—not because they lacked intelligence or ambition, but because they lacked access, knowledge, and the right tools. That reality drove me to do something about it. Looking back, I am proud of how much we tried. I am also honest enough to admit how much mor…