Category: The Magazine

New to fundraising work or re-dedicating yourself to the task? Here’s you’re welcome letter to this important ministry

What does one do with two competing views in a public forum? For me, as a person of faith the conundrum is deepened by the fact that two practitioners of the same faith can have opposing views while they engage with the same human story.

What if spirituality is natural to all of us?

But what I am learning is that discernment is only part of the work.  And in a way, it is the easiest part.  The hardest part, especially in our society, is the “no.”

How I learned to love Christmas

Your donors have many compelling voices asking them for limited resources. But really, one person, speaking to another person about a project which is essential to the beauty or wellness of the planet is all that is needed for a major gift donor to say “yes”

I look away because I have a story in my head that this person, experiencing homelessness, has failed.  I hold a story in my head like some great library in my body – old, elegant, dusty, silent, and full of secrets and lots and lots of lies.