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How to respond to “Don’t thank me”
How does a Christian fundraiser respond when a donor says, “Don’t thank me, it’s God’s money”?
Food, sunlight and air
Gratitude helps me to pay attention to God’s gifts. Today, my houseplants (and Bernard of Clairvaux) remind me to be grateful for gifts of food, sunlight and air. What are you grateful for today?
Ultraviolet gratitude
The practice of gratitude guides humans like ultraviolet vision guides bees.
How to make a thank you call
Sincerity is essential; eloquence is optional.
It’s more important to actually pick up the phone and make the call, than to prepare the perfect words. You can do this!
Simple steps towards generosity: Church stewardship for the overwhelmed
Simple Steps towards Generosity: Church Stewardship for the Overwhelmed
Generosity as Spiritual Gift: Part 2 - Faithfulness, Gentleness and Self-Control
Generosity as Spiritual Gift - Part 2: Faithfulness, Gentleness and Self-Control
Slow gratitude for when your feet hurt
What are you grateful for? Do you have difficulty feeling grateful? That seems normal. The lyricist doesn’t tell us to tough it out or march onwards regardless of our pain. He suggests hitting pause…. I wonder if gratitude requires listening for God’s whispers of hope and listening means slowing down. Slow gratitude.
ABCs: Annual Blessing of Charitable receipts - Part 3, Thank-you letters
There is no need to send a thank-you letter if you don’t care whether or not the donor gives again. That’s the fundraising angle, but to me this is a theological question. If you’re not grateful to God for the person’s contribution to your church, why is that? Each donation tells a story. Someone cares enough about your organization to send money. Your ministry is that important to them.
Gratitude for weary fundraisers
Here is a bit of encouragement for those who are working so hard at year-end to make sure their ministries, churches, organizations, and causes have the resources they need to continue making a difference. Thank you.
Quietly worshipful and noisily grateful: Reflections on Luke 7
Quietly worshipful and noisily grateful. That's the people's response to Jesus' miracle of raising the widow's son back to life. What does it mean for a church to be quietly worshipful and noisily grateful?