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I Like Giving

The Transforming Power of a Generous Life

Brad Formsma

About I Like Giving

Rich with inspiring stories and practical suggestions, I Like Giving will help you create a lifestyle of generosity.
 
Choosing to live a generous life can transform you and the world around you. Something incredible happens when giving becomes your own idea, not something you do out of duty or obligation. When you move from awareness to action, miracles happen. As you make giving a lifestyle, you’ll realize you’re not only loving life more, you’re also creating a more generous world— a better world for all of us.

Inside you’ll find tips about:
• Thinking of giving as something you get to do, not something you have to do.
• How to raise kids with a sensitivity to others’ needs.
• Making a difference without being a millionaire. 
• Practical ideas for ways to give to people around you every day.

I Like Giving shows you how to experience the joy of giving because we all have something to give. Beyond money or things, giving can be a listening ear, a touch, or simply the gift of time. Giving is living.

Praise

“Important and exciting! I Like Giving could be the beginning of a movement of generosity.”
MARK BATTERSON, author of The Circle Maker

“I Like Giving
will light you up on the generosity dial.”
DAVE RAMSEY, host of The Dave Ramsey Show and New York Times best-selling author

“I Like Giving
inspires us to explore giving that is full of cheer and joy. These stories have opened up our eyes to
see our daily interactions with people in a whole new way.”
DAVID and BARBARA GREEN, cofounders of Hobby Lobby

“I Like Giving
is a beautifully written book with the right title, because people really do like giving. Brad Formsma
has an inspiring message, and his book should be on every kitchen table, like a daily vitamin for the soul.”
STEPHEN POST, best-selling author of Why Good Things Happen to Good People

“Brad’s understanding of generosity is a wake-up call for the giver inside us all.”
—MICHAEL JR., award-winning comedian

About Brad Formsma

BRAD FORMSMA is the founder and president of ilikegiving.com, a movement that has inspired more than 100 million people worldwide to live generously. In addition to the online movement, I Like Giving works with churches and businesses to create healthy cultures through generosity. Brad has been featured on Today, Fox News, National Geographic, and Forbes. He speaks on leadership and organizational health for sales teams and businesses including Trek Bicycle, Southeastern Freight Lines, Merrill Lynch and Johns Hopkins. He also guides families through custom gatherings to help them discuss generosity together with every generation, so that their values and story live on. Brad lives in Southern California with his wife, Laura, and their three children.

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Product Details

224 pages | Published by WaterBrook

On Sale Date: Feb 18, 2014

Trim Size: 5-3/16 x 8

Carton Quantity: 24

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Click here to download chapter one of I Like Giving.

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Working hard to develop a new Amish community outside of Unity, Maine, Rhoda Byler is fully committed to rehabilitating an orchard with business partner Samuel King. But an impulsive decision has created an unexpected strain in her relationship with her beau, Samuel’s brother, Jacob, threatening plans for the orchard. Amidst mounting tension in matters of the heart and business, Rhoda finds that this fledging settlement feels like the home she has always longed for, and she begins to embrace the God-given, heightened intuition that has always felt like a burden to her. - See more at: https://waterbrookmultnomah.com/catalog.php?work=208964#sthash.ouClSIqV.dpuf
Something incredible happens when giving is our idea and not a duty or obligation. Rich with inspiring stories and practical suggestions, I Like Giving helps you create a lifestyle of generosity. Here you’ll find: ·         Giving—Something You Get to Do, Not Something You’ve Got to Do ·         How to raise kids with a sensitivity to others’ needs ·         That you don’t have to be a millionaire to make a difference ·         Practical ideas for giving to people around you every day

Click here to download chapter one of I Like Giving.

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