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Travis Shelton 10/16/26 Travis Shelton 10/16/26

Donate to Blah Blah Blah

"Do you want to donate $2 to the blah blah blah?" The all-too-familiar words on retail kiosks these days.

Travis Shelton 10/15/26 Travis Shelton 10/15/26

More Than Money, But....

The general sentiment of yesterday's e-mails was the following: There are more ways to give than just money. Money is one way to give, but we don't have to give money to give. Giving comes in many different forms: time, talent, expertise, etc.

Travis Shelton 10/14/26 Travis Shelton 10/14/26

Today

As my friend Gary often says, everyone has something to give. You, today, right where you're at, have something to give.

Travis Shelton 9/23/26 Travis Shelton 9/23/26

Through the World’s Eyes

Their concern was sincere. Their intentions were pure. Honestly, I appreciated their generous spirit. Someone recently pulled me aside and asked me if they could help buy something for one of my kids. Why? They assumed we couldn't afford it.

Travis Shelton 9/19/26 Travis Shelton 9/19/26

Pancakes For the Table

"I always get pancakes for the table. Unlocks the whole menu. It's the best. Everyone who steps into a diner is thinking in their head, 'Should I do pancakes?' But you don't wanna just do pancakes; but you'd eat pancakes. So you get pancakes for the table."

Travis Shelton 8/29/26 Travis Shelton 8/29/26

Inheritance? What Inheritance?

"What about your kids' inheritance? You think it's ok just to give away their inheritance?"

Travis Shelton 8/27/26 Travis Shelton 8/27/26

Too Much Generosity?

"How much is too much?" I received this question after a recent post about generosity. How much is too much generosity? Can one be too generous? People have even called my advice on generosity "reckless." Can generosity be reckless?

Travis Shelton 8/25/26 Travis Shelton 8/25/26

Ingratitude: Don’t Let It Poison You

"Oh, it's you again. I'll put it in the back," she said with an emotionless face, then she just turned around and walked away.

Travis Shelton 6/20/26 Travis Shelton 6/20/26

Fraud Alert

I, too, want to live life so generously and audaciously that my own bank thinks I'm committing fraud against myself.

Travis Shelton 6/7/26 Travis Shelton 6/7/26

From What We Have

Put through its proper lens, giving should be much simpler. "What do I have to give?" we should ask ourselves. After all, we are called to give from what we have, not from what we don't have.

Travis Shelton 6/6/26 Travis Shelton 6/6/26

Palmful of Coffee

I've never been more excited about anything in my life. I regularly talk about the idea of pushing ourselves outside of our comfort zone and being part of something bigger than ourselves. That's what this represents for me.

Travis Shelton 6/1/26 Travis Shelton 6/1/26

“What’s In It For You?”

"What's in it for you? Why are you so into this stuff? What are you getting out of it?"

Travis Shelton 5/13/26 Travis Shelton 5/13/26

Once You See It

Something powerful happens when we see parts of the world that are extremely foreign to us. When we leave our little bubble and get a glimpse of the bigger picture, it has the potential to melt our minds. Everything we know and believe can be turned upside down in a matter of days.

Travis Shelton 5/4/26 Travis Shelton 5/4/26

The Line

"Where's the line? How far do you take this? At what point would you stop giving something away and sell it instead?"

Travis Shelton 4/29/26 Travis Shelton 4/29/26

A Little Man Follow-Up

Don't stop, parents. Just keep creating opportunities for your kids to make progress (and fail).

Travis Shelton 4/18/26 Travis Shelton 4/18/26

Joy and Pain, Pain and Joy

My objective isn't to maximize the amount of money I give away. Instead, my objective is to always give joyfully and sacrificially. My scorecard isn't money; my scorecard is my heart.

Travis Shelton 4/10/26 Travis Shelton 4/10/26

Of Course She Did!!!!!!!

She turned her car around, and instead of driving home, she drove to a friend's house. One of her church friends is a single mom who recently got her hours cut at work. Resources were limited, and the stress was starting to rise.

Travis Shelton 4/9/26 Travis Shelton 4/9/26

The Most Naive and Irresponsible Person In the World

Together, through our shared naivety and irresponsibility, perhaps we can collectively bend the culture and help make our entire society more naive and irresponsible.

Travis Shelton 4/7/26 Travis Shelton 4/7/26

“Of Course You Did”

Fast forward to me showing up at home, empty-handed. "Did you get coffee?" Sarah asked. "I did!!!! But then I gave it to another woman."

Travis Shelton 4/3/26 Travis Shelton 4/3/26

Tank Filler

The last few days have felt like a mental and emotional beating. Nothing significant happened, but everything involved in my days fell on the difficult side of the ledger. My tank was running low. That's when I decided to do something that nobody should do on an empty tank: aimlessly scroll TikTok. However, what I stumbled into filled my tank to the brim.

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