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30-Day Giving Challenge Update: Week 4

November 30, 2009

The smallest deed always exceeds the grandest of intentions.
Did you accept the challenge?
I have to admit there were a few days in this last stretch that I was hard-pressed to find convenient ways to give.  I know – pathetic.  But true, and I want to be real with you.  Other days I [...]

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30 Day Giving Challenge Update – Week 1

November 8, 2009

Momentum is building as the 30-Day Giving Challenge is well underway!  It’s so much fun to look at a new day and a new week and think “How can I give today?  Who can I bless?”   Here’s how we gave this week.
Day 1 – Donated to an area church turkey dinner and raffle.
Day [...]

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Grocery Stewardship

May 21, 2009

In this thought-provoking post over at Faith and Family Live, Danielle asks “How much do you spend on groceries?” After adding my own thoughts and comparing my spending to that of other families, it hit me.

What we spend on groceries compared to others is irrelevant. I can’t evaluate my family’s food budget next to another [...]

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Living for Giving

October 21, 2008

Stewardship is not always a popular topic in local churches.  Often it invokes negative images or experiences.  But stewardship is a gift from God, a spiritual discipline and a means of God’s grace.
The above message from Bishop Kenneth L. Cardner was prominent on the back of our church bulletin last weekend.  It is timely as [...]

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