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Re: gifting, or anything worth doing is worth doing over
Generosity means caring for the people around us, and accepting care in return. Like other forms of caregiving, generosity is not a “once and done” deal. Generosity repeats.
To learn the spiritual discipline of giving, we’ll have to practice. Many of you will cook dinner today. Again. You’ll have opportunity to be generous in a variety of ways.
Do not grow weary, my friends! Anything worth doing is worth doing over.
Everyone here tithes and other myths about church giving
Everyone here tithes and other myths about church giving
"I am spending it on myself": Black women in philanthropy
I am spending it on myself: Washerwoman leaves $150,000 gift to university.
Why do Christians give? A poem from survey answers
Why do Christian donors give? A poem from survey answers to that question
Generosity and Matthew 25: "I was a stranger and..."
Churches working together. A practical example of generosity in action from the Presbytery of Milwaukee. Inspired by Matthew 25 where Jesus reminds his followers that helping the stranger, the sick and the prisoner is helping him.
Gratitude for the rural church
Church isn’t one size fits all. But is keeping the church open a vision?
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?
Win a copy of Growing a Generous Church: A Year in the Life of Peach Blossom Church
Has your church or charity actually asked its supporters to leave a bequest in their wills to support the good work of the organization?
Let me guess - good intentions but so many things to do! The budget needs money this year, not some year. Special events demand lots of time; reports are complex and time-consuming. There are structural issues. However, people who find asking for gifts in wills to be off-putting remains a big barrier.
Making it less weird to talk about gifts in wills
Making it less weird to talk about gifts in wills
Will the last Anglican please turn out the lights?
Hope, adventure and promise. Words to live by! Not nostalgia for a past that will not return - falling prey to nostalgia could trap Anglicans into thinking that turning out the lights is the only option. Bad jokes don’t tell the whole truth. Hope does not disappoint us.