Ep. 578: John Coleman on “Good Money”

About this episode

John Coleman discusses his book 'Good Money' and explores the relationship between money, purpose, and flourishing.

Here at MinistryWatch, I read a lot of books about money, stewardship, philanthropy, and related topics. That’s probably not a surprise. After all, that’s what we do here. These topics are our “beat.” But I don’t often run across a book like John Coleman’s new book Good Money: Six Steps to Building a Financial Life with Purpose . I can honestly say that this is the best book I’ve read on this topic in a very long time. That’s why I’m excited to have John on the program today. What makes this book different is that it starts by talking about such ideas as purpose, calling, happiness, and flourishing – both individual flourishing and human flourishing generally. How can money, and our approach to money, contribute to what God is doing in the world? Along the way, John takes a hard look at work and retirement. Why do we work, and is retirement even a biblical category? We’ll discuss these questions and more in today’s podcast. John Coleman is an investor, writer, and speaker. He is the co-CEO of Sovereign’s Capital, which invests in public equities, private equity, and venture capital. He has prior experience at McKinsey & Company, Invesco, and Bridgewater Associates. As I…

People in this episode

Host: Warren Smith

Guest: John Coleman

Topics covered

• flourishing
• money
• stewardship
• philanthropy
• purpose
• calling
• happiness

Keywords

• financial life
• biblical retirement
• work

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Good Money: Six Steps to Building a Financial Life with Purpose

Books & works: Good Money, Good Money: Six Steps to Building a Financial Life with Purpose

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