Giving: A Home

It’s Generosity day!

In his book, Our Better Angels, Jonathan Reckford, CEO of Habitat for Humanity, tells the story of Bob Karlstrand. Bob showed up at a Habitat office with a terminal illness wanting to give them his house. He requested that it go to a veteran. Bonnie, a Navy vet, and her grandson were chosen to buy Bob’s home. She put in sweat equity from her wheelchair due to a back injury, with the help of other volunteers.

Besides the house, Bob honored the nurses who cared for his parents by giving the University of Minnesota nursing school a million-dollar endowed scholarship. How we steward the money and days God gives us, impacts our life and the lives of others.

For help on your stewardship journey, download our Money Map at crown.org.