Dear Customers and Friends: In the science fiction movie, The Martian, astronaut Mark Watney (actor Matt Damon) is stranded on Mars and must find a way to survive—or die. After eventually returning to Earth, he explains how he survived to a classroom of future...
Dear Customers and Friends: Those of you who read my monthly Faith Over Fear emails know I always end my messages with the words “Blessed to be a Blessing.” Well, you might be amazed that a big-time professional football player – Damar Hamlin of the Buffalo Bills –...
Dear Customers and Friends: In the great Sermon on the Mount, what was Jesus talking about when he said to “take the plank out of your own eye?” Taken literally, it doesn’t make much sense. However, Jesus was exaggerating to make a point that we should all consider as...
Dear Customers and Friends: “Silent Night” is one of the world’s most beloved Christmas carols. Each season, the song’s soothing lyrics fill us with peace and hope at Christmas Eve candlelight services, midnight Masses, and on our Spotify playlists. Despite its...
Dear Customers and Friends: Dr. Jay Wellons, a pediatric neurosurgeon at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, once wrote in the New York Times about a moving experience involving one of his young trauma patients. In his 2020 guest column, Dr. Wellons told the story...
Dear Customers and Friends: I firmly believe businesses built on Christian ethics and integrity are the most successful. That’s why we have focused so many of our monthly Faith Over Fear messages this year on business lessons straight out of the Bible. In fact, you...
Dear Customers and Friends: I’m so thankful to be part of a business and team that have been around for four generations of my family dating back to my late grandfather, James Keller Syfan. Like any successful Christian company, we take a long view in our business...
Dear Customers and Friends: I’ve learned a lot of lessons in life by simply listening to the wisdom of my parents. One lesson in particular has been embedded in my head and heart for most of my life. It was introduced nearly four decades ago when my father, Jim Syfan,...
Dear Customers and Friends: Our company regularly supports Eagle Ranch, a faith-based nonprofit that is one of the largest children’s residential programs in Georgia. CNN once described it as the “Miracle on Chestnut Mountain” in a story about founder Eddie Staub, who...