The Smarter Generosity Podcast
Jul 1, 2026 · 18 min · 11 segments
How much is enough? It's a question our culture rarely asks, yet it shapes every financial and stewardship decision we make. In this episode, Eric Fleshood and Katie Brubaker explore what it means to…
Actually, it may not be age-old, but it should be age-old, which is how much is enough? And usually, well, there's a lot of ways to enter into this conversation, but I'm going to start off the conversation by asking you, within the context of where we get this question the most is probably in the estate planning area where people are saying, okay, I'm thinking about what's going to my kids, what's going to my grandkids.
That is where it usually comes up because people, I think they know intuitively that they could ruin their children.
with passing on too much wealth we've all seen the stories in the media someone comes into sudden wealth those lottery stories and it's not usually well yeah it doesn't end well for a lot of people so so i think it's it's pretty well established in our cultural consciousness that There's something to that issue.
But very few people have the time, the space, the reflection built into their lives to really dive into that question.
There's very, in my experience, people in their lives encounter a natural space where they're invited to consider this question in a sustained kind of way until they get to a place where, okay, I think I know what the answer is for me.
When you say for me, it makes me think you're saying, you don't want to be prescriptive about this from what I'm hearing you say.
It's not that it's How much is enough is X percentage or we should all be striving to give away half or, you know,
I don't, I don't believe that I, there's, there's any set predetermined answer.
And when I look at scripture, I don't see the Bible coming at it with a, I know what the answer is.
It's a very, very personal question, which we need to acknowledge right up front that we want to tread lightly in this space because we don't want to push anyone away by suggesting that we know the answer.
I think really what we want to do in our conversation today is just create an environment where people feel the freedom to explore the question.
Actually, it may not be age-old, but it should be age-old, which is how much is enough? And usually, well, there's a lot of ways to enter into this conversation, but I'm going to start off the conversation by asking you, within the context of where we get this question the most is probably in the estate planning area where people are saying, okay, I'm thinking about what's going to my kids, what's going to my grandkids.
That is where it usually comes up because people, I think they know intuitively that they could ruin their children.
with passing on too much wealth we've all seen the stories in the media someone comes into sudden wealth those lottery stories and it's not usually well yeah it doesn't end well for a lot of people so so i think it's it's pretty well established in our cultural consciousness that There's something to that issue.
But very few people have the time, the space, the reflection built into their lives to really dive into that question.
There's very, in my experience, people in their lives encounter a natural space where they're invited to consider this question in a sustained kind of way until they get to a place where, okay, I think I know what the answer is for me.
When you say for me, it makes me think you're saying, you don't want to be prescriptive about this from what I'm hearing you say.
It's not that it's How much is enough is X percentage or we should all be striving to give away half or, you know,
I don't, I don't believe that I, there's, there's any set predetermined answer.
And when I look at scripture, I don't see the Bible coming at it with a, I know what the answer is.
It's a very, very personal question, which we need to acknowledge right up front that we want to tread lightly in this space because we don't want to push anyone away by suggesting that we know the answer.
I think really what we want to do in our conversation today is just create an environment where people feel the freedom to explore the question.
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