Do Christians trust their churches? A quick primer on trust and charitable giving.

2021 Statistics Canada data on charitable giving

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?

Being tiny gives this parish the advantage of being totally reliant upon God. They need to ask for help from their neighbours, and they are a gift to their neighbours as well. Generosity builds relationships of giving and receiving.

Church attendance is falling. Donors are aging. How can the church practice faithful generosity in this context? An upcoming webinar with Stuart Macdonald and Lori Guenther Reesor.

Writing a thank-you letter with annual receipts: a joyful guide for church and charity

Is grabbing a box of chocolates at the drug store generous?
Maybe those frantic folks grabbing gift boxes of chocolate have been praying about how to be generous, and God directed them to the candy aisle.

December is winter where I am, yet it’s a sweaty month for many church treasurers and finance people with a December fiscal year end. They are anxiously wondering: will the organization meet the budget, that is to say will donations match ministry goals?

Book review of Faithful Giving: The Heart of Planned Gifts, a new book on planned giving from a multifaith perspective

Regardless of your faith tradition, everyone dies in the end. Please remember with gratitude people who have left money to the church in their wills.