A Life Well Spent

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Customer Reviews:

A much deeper book than you might think - very good read

By Dan Panetti "Worldview Director" - November 29, 2006

This book was suggested to me by a friend with his highest recommendation and it lived up to my expectations. While on the surface the book may seem to be about finances and money, it is so much more than that. Although, even at the level of money, it is still a very valuable read for those wanting to put their finances in order. For, according to Crosson, to put your finances in order, you have to order your life and priorities as well.

The primary theme of Crosson's book is that we need to be deliberate about the training of our children (or our posterity) in a spiritual sense. Crosson's idea is that how we use and manage our money is one tool that we can use to train our children - and if that tool is misused, Crosson has seen the devastation and heartache that it can cause. As a financial planner, Crosson is sharing not simply financial strategies, but life lessons and plans that will help nurture godly young men and women more devoted to the cause of Christ... read more

A Message Well Received

By granlector "grillmama" - September 18, 2001

This is a must read for our culture. Without condemning wealth, the author beautifully directs your thoughts and planning to balance the quest for prosperity with the quest for investing in one's posterity. Wealth can be well utilized for the latter when accompanied by deliberate consideration of one's view of money and "what's important" in life. Great book!

Good ideas but very biased

By Kathryn Freedman - September 20, 2011

This book was handed out in a lecture I recently attended. I was very excited because I enjoyed the speaker very much and I hoped that this book would be a way for me to continue to learn about the topics he discussed. As I sat down to begin the book, I flipped through the interesting names of the chapters. The second to last chapter caught my eye..."Daddy's little girl". Being a woman and having two daughters I decided to read this chapter. WOW! I was incredibly insulted. Basically the title, "A Life Well Spent" should be changed to the new title, "A MAN'S Life Well Spent". This author has very little respect for professional women. He says that women should never earn more than their husbands and that it is OK for a woman to work up until she gets married. At that point she should live to serve her husband. I am a professional woman who chooses to work part time so that I can raise my children and be a good wife and mother but also receive intellectual stimulation. I... read more