Trends in Christian giving in Canada - fewer Christians and reduced giving. A look at the numbers, plus advice on how to find hope.

Is your congregation carrying trauma around money? Psalm 4 offers hope.

Do the church finances of a randomly selected church match Canadian trends?

How do I decide where to give? Three idea for prayerful generosity

In this third post on giving and prayer, I have eight words of stewardship advice:

Pray

Say thank-you

Tell stories

Pay attention

Pray. (This is one worth repeating. We’ll talk about the Holy Spirit and pre-authorized giving!)

Clergy and Christian leaders can act on this simple counsel immediately.

Prayer and giving are both spiritual disciplines - ways of following Jesus. This post looks at the when of giving and prayer: steady giving, spontaneous giving, steady prayer and spontaneous prayer.

Starting a four-part series on the spiritual disciplines of prayer and giving. Together and Apart looks at how we give - in worship and individually.

How can a shrinking church increase generosity? Generosity is a spiritual discipline, part of following Jesus. Reducing expenses doesn’t increase generosity.

What if a church wrote into a newspaper for financial advice? Part 1 of a series

Stepping into the church, I was overcome by hopefulness. They had taken risks to serve their community well and it showed.