Now or Later

Now or Later

A few months ago I visited with a church finance committee about stewardship and fund-raising. In the course of conversation, they shared that they had a little less than $350,000 in savings. When I asked how long they had this much money, their reply was around 12...
Letting Go

Letting Go

Not long ago I was passing through my high school hometown of Rochester, IN.  I took a one-block detour off of the main drag in order to see my old church, Trinity UMC.  I have good memories of that church on the corner of 8th and Jefferson.  I sat in the balcony...
The Eyes of Stewardship

The Eyes of Stewardship

Are you a glass half-full kind of person?  Or half-empty? A profound truth about life is that we don’t tend to see things as they are.  We see them as we are!  Our lives are conditioned by experiences and lessons that teach us something about the world.  Once that...