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His Family: A study through the Sermon on the Mount (Part 7)

By Courtney Dent • July 09, 2025 • 0 Comments
His Family: A study through the Sermon on the Mount (Part 7)

As we step into the final chapter of the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus paints a beautiful picture of life within God’s family. In these verses, we hear familiar family language — brother, son, children — reminding us that we are part of something deeply relational as believers. Jesus invites us

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Cornerstone,Impact,Sermon on the Mount

Rapids of Change - MMM v6-27

By Jeff Hybiak, CFA • July 07, 2025 • 0 Comments
Rapids of Change - MMM v6-27

Watching for Shifting Currents

We’re still rolling along on our RV adventure—kicking off the week with white-water rafting on Clear Creek in the Rockies, holding meetings and working in the Denver area for three days, and capping it all off with a spirited Fourth of July on the

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Musings,Economic Update,SEM Model Update

2nd Quarter 2025 - Summer Newsletter

By Jeff Hybiak, CFA • July 03, 2025 • 0 Comments
2nd Quarter 2025 - Summer Newsletter

Full Speed Ahead

After a bruising start to the year, 2025 is turning into a lesson in market whiplash. Stocks sprinted out of the gate in January, only to skid nearly 19 % from the mid-February peak to the April 8 low—just shy of a technical bear market.

Then came

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Depends on where you are - MMM v6-26

By Jeff Hybiak, CFA • June 30, 2025 • 0 Comments
Depends on where you are - MMM v6-26

🌲🚐🔥 Road-Trip Reflections

Rolling the RV out of the misty Pacific Northwest felt like switching channels from a 4K Nature documentary to Old Western movies. One day we were gawking up at 300-foot redwoods in 58-degree fog; two days later we cracked open the door in Reno to 97-degree desert gusts.

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Musings,Bond Yields

Work Becomes Pointless (Our Problems with Work) - Part 6

By Courtney Dent • June 25, 2025 • 0 Comments
Work Becomes Pointless (Our Problems with Work) - Part 6
"So I hated life, because the work that is done under the sun was grievous to me. All of it is meaningless, a chasing after the wind." - Ecclesiastes 2:17

As we continue our study through the book, Every Good Endeavor, we're still in the section titled, "Our Problems

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Cornerstone,Every Good Endeavor
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