Doris Bivins, CPA

09/10/2026

Have you ever noticed how the same biblical words can paint very different pictures of God? 🤔

Design Law sees God’s law as the way He designed life to work—sin naturally damages, and God works to heal, restore, and save. Imperial Law views God’s law more like imposed rules—breaking them creates legal guilt that requires punishment or payment.

This chart compares how those two perspectives affect the way we understand familiar biblical words like justice, forgiveness, wrath, atonement, judgment, and salvation.

Take a look and see the difference! 📖💙

21/08/2026

Remember: You're building the strength you need for the next level. Trust the process. 🌱

06/08/2026

Have you seen "The Odyssey"? Have you read it? Learn more about this 3,000-year-old tale when Phil Cousineau and Valerie Andrews join us in-person August 25 in San Francisco.

Details & tickets:
https://www.commonwealthclub.org/events/2026-08-25/wisdom-odyssey-worldwide-phenomenon-behind-3000-year-old-story

30/07/2026

What kind of power does love use? ❤️

The world often teaches that power controls, forces, and demands. But God's kingdom operates differently.

Love never coerces. Love invites. Love persuades. Love gives freedom to choose.

28/05/2026

16/05/2026

🎧📚 TOMORROW IS THE DAY 📚🎧

Meet us at the lighthouse on West Cliff Drive tomorrow morning at 10am for the Audiobook Walk!

👟 Bring your walking shoes & headphones and meet fellow audiobook enthusiasts, get recommendations, and enter our raffle for prizes. Then cue up the audiobook of your choice and walk together while taking in the gorgeous scenery.

See you tomorrow!

For more details visit https://bookshopsantacruz.com/spring-audiobook-walk-2026

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21/03/2026

21/03/2026

Union Square, San Francisco hosts its annual Tulip Day Presented by JPMorganChase, on Saturday, March 21. The event will transform Union Square into a tulip garden with 80,000 colorful flowers grown in the U.S. from Dutch bulbs. The public is invited to pick a free bouquet of tulips (eight per person) to enjoy or share. The line begins at 9 a.m., followed by a speaking program at noon and the tulip field opening at 1 p.m.

This event kicks off San Francisco’s annual Union Square in Bloom initiative, in which businesses celebrate spring and summer with floral displays, food, cocktails, and events. For more information, click here: https://tinyurl.com/y89x2k2x

21/03/2026

School didn't teach you how to make money.

It taught you how to work FOR money.

There's a massive difference. And most people spend their entire lives never figuring that out.

Our entire education system isn't designed to make you rich. It's designed to make you an employee. To keep you dependent. To keep you in debt.

Student loans. Mortgages. Car payments. Credit cards.

That's not an accident. That's the plan.

Here's the concept nobody teaches you in school:

The rich don't earn money. They OWN things that earn money FOR them.

An employee trades time for dollars. When you stop working, the money stops.

The wealthy build assets — businesses, real estate, investments — that keep paying them whether they show up or not.

That's called cash flow. And it's the ONE thing your teachers, your professors, even your parents... never told you about.

Because they didn't know either. They were indoctrinated the same way you were.

And here's the part that'll make you angry...

The same system that loaded you with student loan debt — the WORST kind of debt — also made sure you never learned how to get out of it.

But there's a way out. And it starts with one thing most people refuse to do.

I cover exactly what that is in my latest video.

Watch it. It might be the most important 20 minutes you spend this year.

🔗 Link in the comments.

21/03/2026