How to Make Your Money Matter
July 11, 2018
by: Cassandra Laymon, CFP®, MBA® Do you think God cares about how we make money? Consider the company where you work. While you may not work in an industry like…
Words vs. Action
June 13, 2018
by: Cassandra Laymon, CFP®, MBA on Responsible Investing But don’t just listen to God’s word. You must do what it says. Otherwise, you are only fooling yourselves. -James 1:22 When I…
Monthly Market Insights – Bond Market Volatility Continues
June 06, 2018
Bond yields continued to capture the headlines for much of May. The 10-year Treasury started the month at a yield of 2.94%, reached a seven-year high above 3%, and then…
Bitcoin and Biblically Responsible Investing
May 30, 2018
Investing in Bitcoin By Hillary Sunderland, CFA, CKA Cryptocurrencies continue to be a hot topic in the media. After a meteoric rise in 2017, the most popular of these —Bitcoin…
Perfectionism and BRI
May 09, 2018
By: Cassandra Laymon, CFP, CKA, MBA In his 2001 classic Good to Great, Jim Collins asserts that “Good is the enemy of great,” meaning that you can be doing a…
Monthly Market Insights – Strong Earnings Fail to Inspire Investors
May 02, 2018
Another month is in the books and many economic headlines would leave you surmising that it was a good one for the stock market. In April, the initial reading…
What is a Shining Light Company?
April 11, 2018
By Rick Laymon, CFP, CKA Every Saturday we share out through our social media platforms a special blog we call a Shining Light Company Spotlight. We believe that companies that…
Why is Twenty-one the Legal Drinking Age?
March 28, 2018
By: Cassandra Laymon, CFP®, MBA Tis’ the season for proms and graduation parties, which will soon lead to Memorial Day and Fourth of July parties. While I love the warmer…
Special Market Update
March 24, 2018
In recent weeks, trade policies have become the dominant theme driving the financial markets, which has led to a retesting of mid-February lows. Attention has turned to the critical U.S.-China…
Why We Don’t Invest in Gambling and Casinos
March 21, 2018
by: Cassandra Laymon, CFP®, MBA I moved to New Jersey in 1996, and one of my first rights of passage was a trip to Atlantic City. I had never gambled…
The Undeniable Link Between Pornography and Human Trafficking
March 07, 2018
by: Cassandra Laymon, MBA, CFPâ “Would you support a business if you knew that they abused some (but not all) of their female employees? Pornographers don’t want you to think…
Philip Morris Wants Out of the Cigarette Business!?
February 07, 2018
by: Cassandra Laymon, CFP®, MBA That’s an attention getting headline, don’t you think? Something I never thought I’d see in my life time! Before we start rejoicing about the big…
Catch the Vision!
January 31, 2018
Two weeks ago we shared with you an overview of what we have been blessed to accomplish in our first twenty years as a company. Great planning always starts with…
3 Questions to Ask About the Impact of My Purchases vs. My Investments
January 10, 2018
Cassandra Laymon, CFP®, MBASend your grain across the seas, and in time, profits will flow back to you. ~Ecclesiastes 11:1By far, the question I’m asked most often is, “I love of…
Does God Really Own it All?
January 03, 2018
By Cassandra Laymon, CFP® So whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God. ~ 1 Corinthians 10:31 (NLT) Does God really…