by Glenn Howell | May 3, 2022 | Firm Foundations
Jim Cramer is an author, investor, and TV personality that many people know. His high energy excitement about the stock market makes him informative and entertaining. Now 67 years old, in his late 20s he went to work for Wall Street firm Goldman Sachs. In a recent...
by Glenn Howell | Apr 14, 2022 | Firm Foundations
There is an old saying, “The more things change, the more they stay the same.” I take this to mean that change is the one thing that is never-changing. Like so many sayings, this one is true enough to be a saying, but not enough to be the whole truth. Even though...
by Glenn Howell | Apr 1, 2022 | Firm Foundations
Giving is an important and concrete way to gauge the lives of people in our congregation. As important as what they give, is following up on any changes in what they give. When people change their giving, it means something has changed in them. Think for a moment...
by Glenn Howell | Mar 17, 2022 | Firm Foundations
A few weeks ago I was visiting a lovely woman regarding the subject of giving. One of the things she told me was that she had planned to give her church a percentage of her estate. Naturally, I praised her for thinking of her church and its mission. When I asked...
by Glenn Howell | Mar 8, 2022 | Firm Foundations
From time to time someone we love dies. After the first moments of shock, we think about a funeral or memorial service. Families, bless them, tend to do that through the eyes not of themselves, but the ones they have loved. “Let’s sing one of their favorite hymns....
by Glenn Howell | Feb 22, 2022 | Firm Foundations
Many of us know how to celebrate the first time something happens. We celebrate a baby’s first steps, the first day on the bus, the first bike ride, the first library card, the first driver’s license, the first job, and the first passport. We celebrate such things...
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