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In this episode of the Kings Hall podcast, we'll be talking about the story of Henry Ford, as well as a great book from Johann Kurtz on building thousand-year families.

But first, in answer to a question many of you have been asking us over the last few months, where's Dan?

The answer is here.

Dan is still here, still one of the pastors at Refuge Church, still working to build the new

Christendom here in Ogden.

But as life unfolds, sometimes things change, sometimes duties and calling changes.

As we've grown, Dan has been more and more involved in some of the great work

in the world of Christian business in our broader network. As a result, he'll be moving on from

hosting the Kings Hall podcast. But before you cry yourself to sleep tonight, we welcome Dan back

for one more episode of the King's Hall, where we'll catch up with the good work he's been up to.

With that said, on with the show. his death in 1947, Henry Ford had built a massive family empire that in turn

fed a thriving metropolis in Detroit. Thanks to him, Detroit became a crown jewel among American cities.

One historian estimated that Henry had donated nearly $40 million in his lifetime

to charitable causes and community enrichment.

And that's something like $900 million adjusted for inflation, by the way.

He built a world-class hospital in Detroit, as well as the Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield

Village in Dearborn, Michigan.

His hope, he said, was to preserve at least a part of our history and tradition.

Ford went beyond mere obligation to his home city and workers in order to create good

lives for them.

He didn't,

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