Scraping layers of vintage paint offers lots of time to think.  Being me, I was thinking about cultural change in faith-based organizations.  It's a very similar undertaking. Some patches peel off easily, where the types of paint were totally incompatible and failed to stick.  Some paint had been there for decades and had NO intention of leaving.  I persisted.

What could be easier than repainting a bathroom, or changing an element of worship, or updating the website?  What could be harder?

Once upon a time, a man had unexpected guests. He didn't have anything to feed them! The host pounds on his friend's door at midnight, asking for three loaves of bread. Not just one loaf, not two loaves but three loaves. He keeps knocking until his friend gets out of bed and gives him the bread.

How does this story speak to fundraising?