Christian Estate Planning Podcast
the MICHAEL WILLIAMS SHOW
Helping You Protect Your Family, Steward Your Wealth, and Leave a Lasting Legacy
What would happen to everything you’ve worked hard to build if you could no longer make decisions?
Your family. Your home. Your wishes. Your family wealth. Your savings. Your investments. Your business.
More importantly, would the people you want to benefit actually receive what you intend to leave them?
The Christian Estate Planning Podcast shares practical guidance through expert insights and real life stories.
It provides solutions and teaching on specific estate planning topics through step-by-step discussions.
The podcast combines biblical principles, real family experiences and practical estate planning considerations.
Through the podcast, you can explore estate and financial planning from a Christian stewardship perspective.
You can also consider your family, values, wishes, wealth and the inheritance and legacy you want to leave.
What Does the Bible Say About Leaving an Inheritance?
Discover what the Bible says about inheritance, stewardship and providing for future generations.
The Bible says:
“A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children.” — Proverbs 13:22 KJV
What Does That Mean for Your Family?
Leaving an inheritance can be about much more than money, property and material possessions.
It can also include your faith, values, wisdom and the legacy you leave for your children and grandchildren.
The Christian Estate Planning Podcast explores how biblical principles can shape how you care for your family.
It also looks at biblical stewardship and how you can manage your wealth responsibly during your lifetime.
This means thinking about how you can protect your family and wisely manage what God has entrusted to you.
The podcast explores how your inheritance could pass to your family in keeping with your wishes.
It also encourages you to think carefully about the legacy you want to pass on to future generations.
Do you have the right arrangements in place to protect what matters most to you and your family?
Discover where your estate plan stands with your free Estate Planning Score.
Discover How Well Protected Your Family Is
Protect Yourself, Your Family and Your Legacy
What have you done to protect yourself, your family, your wealth and the legacy you want to leave?
Estate planning is not only about what happens after you die.
It is also about how you plan for your future, protect your wealth and pass it on to future generations.
It involves protecting yourself and your family during your lifetime, especially if circumstances change unexpectedly.
It also means making your wishes clear and reflecting them in the plans you put in place.
These arrangements can help your loved ones understand what matters to you and provide for the future.
What Can Estate Planning Help You Protect?
Thoughtful estate planning can help you make suitable provisions for yourself and your family.
The Estate Planning Scorecard can help you consider whether your current plans reflect your wishes and priorities.
Estate planning gives you an opportunity to make important decisions while you still can.
What Is an Estate Planning Scorecard?
An Estate Planning Scorecard is a self-assessment tool, often delivered as a quick online questionnaire.
It helps you evaluate the completeness of your current estate, financial and tax arrangements.
Identifies Gaps: It highlights missing, outdated or incomplete estate planning arrangements, such as an unwritten or out-of-date Will or missing Lasting Powers of Attorney (LPAs).
It can also identify potential gaps in property and asset protection, wealth-transfer planning, and arrangements to protect beneficiaries.
This includes considering whether trusts or other protective measures may be appropriate for your circumstances.
Explores Opportunities to Protect Your Wealth: The Scorecard can highlight potential risks and opportunities in financial planning and Inheritance Tax planning.
This can help you consider how to preserve more of your wealth for your loved ones.
For business owners, it can also highlight gaps in business protection, succession planning and arrangements for transferring wealth between generations.
In addition, it can help you identify areas that may need attention when planning for your family’s future, recording your personal wishes or making funeral arrangements.
Provides a Baseline Score: After answering a short series of rapid questions, you receive a numerical preparedness score or risk rating.
Highlights Areas for Attention: It can also help you identify areas that may need further attention, giving you the opportunity to address them while you still can.
What If You Own a Business?
Estate planning can also involve protecting your business, planning for continuity and considering how ownership and responsibilities could pass to future generations.
A separate Business Lasting Power of Attorney (BLPA) Scorecard is available for business owners.
If you are a business owner, the Business LPA Scorecard can help you explore your specific business protection and continuity needs.
It can also help you consider your succession planning needs in greater detail.
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Lasting Power of Attorney
(Property and Financial Affairs) and (Health and Welfare)
A Lasting Power of Attorney lets you choose people you trust to make decisions on your behalf if you become unable to make them yourself.
A Property and Financial Affairs LPA can cover decisions about your bank accounts, property, bills, investments and other financial matters.
A Health and Welfare LPA can cover decisions about your medical treatment, care and living arrangements.
Your attorney can make these decisions on your behalf when you lack the mental capacity to make them yourself.
Having both types of LPA in place can help you plan for different circumstances that may affect your ability to make important decisions.
This could happen because of illness, a serious accident or another condition that affects your mental capacity.
Without appropriate arrangements, your family may need to apply to the Court of Protection.
The Court may need to authorise someone to manage certain financial matters or make specific welfare decisions on your behalf.
Business Lasting Power of Attorney
A Business Lasting Power of Attorney (Business LPA) can form part of your wider business protection and continuity planning.
It involves considering how a Property and Financial Affairs LPA could be structured to cover relevant business matters.
This could help plan for circumstances where you lose mental capacity or become unavailable.
This may include decisions about your business finances, paying expenses and meeting ongoing operating costs.
It could also involve managing financial obligations and dealing with certain business assets.
The decisions your attorney can make will depend on your circumstances and the authority granted.
Without appropriate arrangements, your business could face difficulties if you become unable to make important decisions.
This could happen if nobody has the legal authority or necessary arrangements in place to act on your behalf.
Such circumstances could affect business operations, employees, customers and the value of the business you have worked hard to build.
Planning ahead can help you choose someone you trust to manage relevant business affairs.
It can also help you consider how your Business LPA fits into your wider business protection and succession plans.
Will
If you die without a valid Will, the intestacy rules in England and Wales determine how your estate is distributed. This may not reflect your wishes.
A Will lets you decide who benefits from your estate and how you want your wealth to pass to your chosen beneficiaries.
It also allows you to appoint executors to administer your estate and carry out your wishes after your death.
Choosing suitable executors may help reduce mistakes, financial losses, family disputes and delays.
If you appoint a family member as executor, it is important to consider whether they have the ability, time and willingness to carry out the role.
If an executor acts negligently or dishonestly, the consequences may affect the beneficiaries and the value of the estate.
A Will can make your wishes clear and provide direction for the people responsible for dealing with your estate.
You can also consider how your wealth could pass to your children, grandchildren and future generations.
Executorship
Choosing the right executor is an important part of estate planning and protecting your family’s future.
Executors have important legal responsibilities when administering an estate and carrying out the deceased’s wishes.
These may include identifying and valuing assets, settling debts and taxes, handling probate where required, and distributing the estate to beneficiaries.
Executors may be held personally liable for losses arising from a failure to fulfil their duties properly, depending on the circumstances.
The role therefore involves important legal duties and obligations when managing and distributing an estate.
Dealing with probate and estate administration can take a significant emotional toll on bereaved families.
The process can add to the stress and strain they are already experiencing while coping with the loss of someone they love.
You may wish to appoint an experienced probate specialist to administer your estate.
A suitable professional may be able to help manage the process, meet its legal and administrative requirements, and keep beneficiaries informed.
Choosing the right executor can help ensure your estate is administered and your wealth passed on according to your wishes.
Trusts
Trust planning, where appropriate, can help you think about how your wealth could be protected.
It can also help you think about how your wealth could be passed on to the people you want to benefit.
Trust planning may also help you identify risks such as sideways disinheritance and potential claims against your property and other assets.
Depending on your circumstances, a trust may be relevant when planning for vulnerable beneficiaries, children or other family members.
It may provide additional protection or support for them where appropriate, depending on their circumstances and needs.
You can also consider whether a trust could form part of your wider intergenerational estate planning.
It could help you think more carefully about the lasting legacy you want to leave for future generations.
You can also think about what could happen after your wealth passes to the next generation.
Funeral Planning
Funeral planning can give you an opportunity to record your wishes about your funeral.
You can also record the type of arrangements you would like your family to consider.
Thinking about how your funeral will be paid for may also help reduce the financial burden on your loved ones.
This could include considering whether a pre-paid funeral plan may be appropriate for your circumstances.
Over 50s Life Cover or other financial arrangements may also be relevant, depending on your circumstances.
Having your wishes recorded can also help your loved ones understand your preferences at an emotionally difficult time.
This may provide some comfort and guidance to your loved ones as they grieve and come to terms with the loss of you.
Financial and Tax Considerations
Estate planning can involve considering your financial circumstances, the assets you own and how your wealth could be passed on.
Depending on your circumstances, there may also be tax considerations, including Inheritance Tax.
There may also be tax considerations relating to certain assets, gifts or trusts that could affect your wider estate planning.
Professional financial or tax advice may be appropriate where these issues require specialist consideration.
Protecting Your Family and Future Generations
Family circumstances can change, sometimes unexpectedly and in ways you may not anticipate.
When Your Family Circumstances Change
Your own circumstances can change too, sometimes in ways you may not expect or have planned for in advance.
This could include having children, adopting a child, having stepchildren or fostering children.
It could also include changes in family relationships and dynamics, and the impact these changes may have on the people you love.
Marriage, civil partnership, remarriage, divorce and separation can all affect your family circumstances.
Living with a partner without being married or in a civil partnership can also have different legal and inheritance implications.
Blended families can bring additional considerations, particularly where you have children from different relationships or stepchildren.
When Your Estate Planning Needs to Change
These changes can affect whether your estate planning arrangements still reflect your wishes and intentions.
They may also affect how you want your wealth to pass to your children, grandchildren and other family members.
This can become particularly important if you become seriously ill or lose mental capacity.
Without appropriate Lasting Powers of Attorney in place, your family may need to involve the Court of Protection.
This may happen if decisions need to be made on your behalf when you are unable to make them yourself.
If you die without a valid Will, the intestacy rules will determine how your estate is distributed, which may not reflect your wishes.
Reviewing your arrangements after significant life changes can help you consider whether they still reflect your wishes.
It can also help you think about whether they reflect the future you want for your family.
Passing Wealth to Future Generations
Estate planning can help you consider who you want to benefit from your estate and how your wealth should be distributed.
It can also help you think about how your wealth could pass to your children, grandchildren and future generations.
Trust planning, where appropriate, can help you consider how your wealth could be managed, protected and passed on.
It can also help you consider risks such as sideways disinheritance and claims against your assets.
You can also think about what could happen after your wealth passes to the next generation.
Identifying potential risks can help you think about what could prevent your plans from working as intended.
The Estate Planning Scorecard can help you review your existing arrangements and identify areas that may need further attention.
Use the Estate Planning Scorecard
A great way to start evaluating your estate plan is by using the Estate Planning Scorecard online assessment.
Answer a series of practical questions about your current arrangements.
Receive a personalised Estate Planning Score based on your answers.
Gain a clearer picture of the areas of your estate planning that may need further attention.
How Can the Estate Planning Scorecard Help?
The Scorecard brings key areas of estate planning together in one simple self-assessment.
It can help you think about your Will, Lasting Powers of Attorney, trusts, financial and tax considerations, inheritance and funeral planning.
You can also think about what could happen to your family and assets in the future.
The questions are designed to help you start conversations about areas you may not have considered.
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What Does the Estate Planning Scorecard Explore?
It takes just a few minutes to complete and gives you a simple way to consider your current arrangements.
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Answer 15 simple Yes/No/Unsure questions.
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Complete it in around 3 minutes.
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Receive your personalised Estate Planning Score.
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Identify areas that may need attention.
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Gain a clearer picture of how well protected your family may be.
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But Christian Estate Planning is about more than having the right documents in place.
It is also about stewardship, family, faith and the lasting legacy you want to leave for future generations.
What Is Christian Estate Planning?
Christian estate planning is about more than deciding who receives your assets when you die.
It is about taking responsibility for what God has entrusted to you.
It means thinking carefully about how your family, wealth, wishes and legacy will be cared for.
It can involve considering:
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What spiritual and financial legacy you want to leave.
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Who should inherit your estate.
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How your children and grandchildren could benefit.
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How to protect your family’s wealth and plan for its transfer between generations.
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Who should administer your estate and carry out your wishes.
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What could happen if family circumstances change.
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How remarriage could affect an inheritance.
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How to reduce the risk of unintended disinheritance.
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How to plan for the possibility of losing mental capacity.
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Who you trust to make important decisions on your behalf.
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What funeral wishes you want to record and how your family may meet the associated costs.
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How to communicate your wishes to your family.
Good intentions matter.
But thoughtful planning can help turn your good intentions into arrangements that reflect your wishes, values and priorities.
Sometimes, the consequences of not planning only become clear when it is too late to change them.
Real Stories. Real Consequences. Real Lessons
Estate planning can seem easy to postpone.
You might think:
“I’ll do it one day.”
But what happens if that day never comes?
The podcast uses real-life stories to explore the consequences of putting off estate planning.
They also show the difference thoughtful planning can make.
Michael’s Story: The Disinherited Child
Michael shares his story of losing the inheritance he expected from his parents.
He also shares the devastating emotional impact of disinheritance after his father remarried.
His father married a woman who had children from a previous relationship, creating a new blended family.
Michael found himself caught in the sideways disinheritance trap.
What happened to his family’s wealth changed the way Michael thinks about inheritance and blended families.
It also changed the way he thinks about estate planning.
His story explores what can happen when family circumstances change and estate planning does not keep pace.
It also explores Proverbs 13:22 and the importance of thinking carefully about the legacy you leave.
What happened to Michael’s inheritance?
And what could his story teach you about protecting your own family’s future?
Trevor’s Story: What Happens When You Die Without a Will?
What happens to your estate if you die without a valid Will?
Trevor’s story explores what can happen when someone dies without putting their wishes in writing.
It reveals how the intestacy rules in England and Wales can determine who inherits your estate.
The outcome may not be what you would have wanted.
His story highlights the importance of making your wishes clear.
It also encourages you to think carefully about who you want to benefit.
What happened to Trevor’s estate?
And what could his story teach you about planning for your own family’s future?
Emma’s Story: What Happens If You Died Without a Will?
What estate planning issues could arise if you are single and want to decide what happens to your assets?
Emma thought Wills were mainly for older people, married couples and families with children.
But then she began asking a different question:
What would happen to everything I have worked for if I died without a Will?
Her story explores what can happen when the intestacy rules determine who inherits your estate.
It also explores how a Will and, where appropriate, a Will trust can help you consider who should benefit from your estate.
It can also help you think about how your assets could be managed after your death.
What did Emma discover?
And could her story change the way you think about your own estate plan?
Matthew’s Story: How a Will Gave Him Control Over Who Inherited
Matthew decided it was time to organise his affairs and think more carefully about his family’s future.
He wanted to make his wishes clear and have greater control over what happened to his estate.
His story explores how a Will and Letter of Wishes can help you communicate your wishes.
A Lasting Power of Attorney can also help you plan for the future if you become unable to make important decisions.
It also highlights why putting appropriate arrangements in place can make a difference to the people you leave behind.
What did Matthew put in place?
And how did it give him greater control over who could benefit from his estate?
Ruth’s Story: The Devastating Impact of the Sideways Disinheritance Trap
What happens when family circumstances change after someone dies?
Ruth’s story explores what can happen when remarriage changes the family dynamic.
It also shows what can happen when estate planning does not keep pace.
It reveals how sideways disinheritance can affect stepchildren and children from a previous relationship.
This can happen after a parent’s death, particularly when family circumstances have changed.
Her story highlights the importance of thinking carefully about remarriage and inheritance.
It also highlights the importance of considering how wealth could be protected for future generations.
What happened to Ruth’s family?
And could her story make you think differently about protecting the inheritance you want to leave?
Jane’s Story: 7 Brutal Truths About the Court of Protection
What happens when someone you love loses mental capacity without the right arrangements in place?
Jane cared for her mother, who had dementia and had lost the ability to make important decisions for herself.
Her mother had made one Lasting Power of Attorney, but not both types of LPA.
The local authority’s Adult Social Care became involved.
Her mother did not have the other type of LPA in place.
As a result, the Court of Protection became involved in decisions that needed to be made on her mother’s behalf.
Court of Protection and deputyship costs were incurred during her mother’s lifetime.
These costs reduced the estate that was ultimately available for her children to inherit.
Jane’s story highlights why having appropriate Lasting Powers of Attorney in place can be so important.
What happened to Jane’s mother?
And what could her story teach you about planning for the possibility of losing mental capacity?
Your Story: What Would Happen to Your Business Without You?
You have spent years building your business.
But what would happen if you were suddenly unable or unavailable to make important decisions?
Your story starts with questions that many business owners may overlook.
Who would step forward?
Would they know what to do?
Would they have the authority to act?
What could happen to your employees, customers and the value you have worked hard to build?
These are questions worth considering before an unexpected situation arises.
The Business LPA Scorecard can help you consider where you stand.
It can also highlight areas that may need further planning.
Could your business continue without you?
And what would need to be in place to help it do so?
Could Your Business Continue Without You?
A Business LPA can form part of your wider business protection and continuity planning.
It can help you consider who you would want to make relevant decisions about your business if you became unable to do so personally.
The Business LPA Scorecard can help you consider whether you have appropriate arrangements in place.
It can also help you consider what could happen if you are unable to make important decisions yourself, including if you lose mental capacity.
Your business arrangements may also need to work alongside your personal affairs and wider succession plans.
The Scorecard gives you an opportunity to consider these areas and identify questions you may want to explore further.
What Does the Business LPA Scorecard Explore?
It can help you consider:
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Who could make important business decisions on your behalf.
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Whether you have appropriate arrangements in place.
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Who you might appoint as your business attorney.
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Whether your chosen attorney has the appropriate skills, knowledge and understanding of your business.
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What could happen if you lose mental capacity.
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How a Business LPA could help support business continuity if you become unable to make decisions yourself.
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How your business affairs could be managed during your absence or incapacity.
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How your Business LPA fits with your personal affairs and wider estate planning.
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How your arrangements could affect employees, customers and business relationships.
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How your business could be protected against disruption if you cannot make important decisions.
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How your business could fit into your succession plans.
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How your business, wealth and values could be passed on to future generations through intergenerational planning.
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How your Business LPA fits into your wider planning during the Great Wealth Transfer.
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For many business owners, planning for the future is also about thinking beyond your business itself.
It can mean considering how your business, wealth and values could be passed on to your children and grandchildren.
It can also mean thinking about what you want to pass on to future generations.
This is part of what is often described as the Great Wealth Transfer — a significant period of intergenerational wealth transfer between generations.
The Great Wealth Transfer
What could the transfer of wealth between generations mean for your family?
The UK is entering a significant period of intergenerational wealth transfer that could shape the financial future of many families.
Significant property, investments, businesses and other forms of wealth are expected to pass from older generations.
Much of this wealth may pass to children and grandchildren, shaping their financial futures for generations to come.
For your family, this may be one of the most significant financial transitions you will ever experience.
But the question isn’t simply:
“How much wealth will be transferred?”
Another important question may be:
“Will your wealth reach the people you intend to benefit?”
Careful estate planning can help you consider how your wealth could be managed.
It can also help you think about how your wealth could be passed on to the people you want to benefit.
The Christian Estate Planning Podcast explores what the changing landscape could mean for you and your family.
It also considers the responsibilities that can come with passing wealth on to future generations.
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Passing your wealth between generations is not only a financial consideration, but also an important part of planning for your family’s future.
It is also an opportunity to reflect on your family’s values and the legacy you want to leave.
For you as a Christian, it can also raise important questions about stewardship and responsibility.
Stewardship and the Parable of the Talents
Jesus’ Parable of the Talents provides an important reminder about stewardship.
You are called to be responsible with what has been entrusted to you.
For you as a Christian, that can mean thinking beyond accumulation.
It can mean asking:
What have I been entrusted with?
How am I managing it?
Who could benefit from it?
What am I passing on to the next generation?
Christian estate planning can be part of that wider conversation about responsible stewardship.
It is not about putting your trust in wealth or allowing material possessions to define your priorities.
It is about responsibly managing what God has entrusted to you while caring for the people you love.
Leaving More Than Money
Your inheritance can include property, savings and other financial assets.
But your lasting legacy can include much more.
It can include:
Faith.
Wisdom.
Education.
Values.
Memories.
Generosity.
A good example.
Your children and grandchildren may remember what you left behind financially.
But they may remember even more clearly how you lived, what you believed and what you taught them.
Your Christian estate plan can therefore be part of a much bigger conversation about the legacy you want to leave.
Your legacy is about more than what you leave behind.
It is also about the values, wisdom and example you pass on to future generations.
The Christian Estate Planning Podcast explores how biblical principles and real-life experiences can shape your approach to estate planning.
It offers practical guidance to help you protect your family, steward your wealth and pass on a lasting legacy.
The Christian Estate Planning Podcast
Biblical Principles. Real Stories. Practical Estate Planning.
The Michael Williams Show brings together Christian faith, estate planning and real-life experiences.
It helps you think more carefully about your family, your future and the legacy you want to leave.
Through the podcast, you’ll discover:
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Biblical perspectives on inheritance and stewardship.
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Real stories about Wills and estate planning.
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Lessons from families affected by disinheritance.
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The importance of planning for changing family circumstances.
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Practical estate planning considerations.
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Ideas for protecting your family’s wealth across generations.
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Conversations about your spiritual and financial legacy.
Whether you’re married, a parent, a grandparent, a business owner, or simply thinking about your family’s future, the podcast is for you.
Whatever your circumstances, you can explore ideas about faith, family, inheritance and legacy.
It helps you ask better questions and think more carefully about your future plans, family and lasting legacy.
It can also encourage you to take thoughtful action to protect what matters most to you.
Listen. Learn. Plan. Protect. Leave a Legacy.
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The stories and lessons explored through the podcast are not simply interesting.
They can also encourage you to think about your own family, your wishes and the legacy you want to leave.
Why This Matters
You cannot control everything that happens in life.
You cannot know exactly how long you have.
You cannot predict every change your family will experience.
But you can take the opportunity to think about your wishes while you still can.
You can talk to your family.
Consider what you want to leave behind.
And you can take steps to put appropriate arrangements in place.
Don’t wait until “one day” becomes too late.
How Well Protected Is Your Family?
My own story taught me that good intentions are not always enough.
My parents worked hard to build wealth and talked about leaving an inheritance.
But circumstances changed.
The plans that were supposed to happen “one day” never happened.
I cannot change what happened to my family.
But your story is still being written.
So ask yourself:
If you died tomorrow, would your estate pass to the people you intend to benefit?
Would your children and grandchildren receive the inheritance you want them to have?
Could changing family circumstances affect your wishes?
Have you done enough to protect the legacy you have spent a lifetime building?
Find Out How Well Protected Your Family Is
Get your personalised Estate Planning Score to identify potential gaps in your estate plan.
Discover how well your current arrangements may protect the inheritance you want to leave.
Consider how your children and grandchildren could benefit from the plans you put in place.
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Ready to Take the Next Step?
If your Scorecard identifies areas that need attention, you don’t have to work through everything alone.
A Strategy Session allows you to discuss your family’s circumstances and your wishes.
We can also explore how careful estate planning could help protect the inheritance you want to leave.
It can also help you consider how your children and grandchildren could benefit from your plans.
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Behind the podcast is my personal story of loss, learning and a deeper understanding of family, inheritance and legacy.
It is a story that changed the way I think about estate planning and the importance of planning for the people you love.
Meet Michael Williams
Hi, I’m Michael.
I’m the host of The Michael Williams Show: Christian Estate Planning Podcast.
I also created the Estate Planning Scorecard to help people think more carefully about their own estate planning.
It encourages them to consider their family’s future and how they can protect the people and wealth that matter most to them.
It is a simple self-assessment tool designed to help you consider your current estate planning arrangements.
It can also help you identify areas of your estate planning that may need further attention or further planning.
I created the Scorecard to help people start asking important questions about their own estate planning.
Why I Created the Podcast
My interest in Christian estate planning grew from my own family experience.
I also saw how important it is to plan ahead for the people you love.
Conversations with other Christians about faith, family and the future strengthened that interest.
I wanted to help people think more carefully about inheritance, stewardship and legacy.
My Experience of Disinheritance
My experience of being caught in the sideways disinheritance trap changed how I think about estate planning.
It showed me how important it is to protect your family’s future, especially in blended families.
Estate planning for blended families requires careful consideration to help protect your loved ones and the inheritance you want to leave.
You may want to provide for a surviving spouse while also protecting the inheritance you want your children to receive.
My experience taught me that families can work hard for generations to build wealth and create a better future for the people they love.
Yet without appropriate planning, the eventual outcome may be very different from what they intended.
It also made me realise how important it is to consider these issues while you still have the opportunity to make decisions.
Why This Podcast Matters
That’s why I created this podcast.
I want to share the lessons I’ve learned.
I also want to explore what the Bible teaches about stewardship and inheritance.
Most importantly, I want to help families have better conversations about their future.
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My story is just one part of a wider conversation and community around faith, family, inheritance and legacy.
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Your Family’s Future Matters
You have spent years building your family, nurturing your relationships and working hard to create and protect your wealth.
You now have an opportunity to decide what kind of legacy you want to leave and how your values and wealth could benefit future generations.
The Estate Planning Scorecard can help you consider whether your current arrangements reflect your wishes.
It can also help you think about the future you want for your family.
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