we humans have hurts – hours old and decades old. We hold in every cell of our body griefs and losses, abuses which have left scars on us which ache from time to time; often at strange, seemingly inappropriate times.
a Case is about words. Jesus came to Earth as the Word, not the idea. Words are important. How you build a case highlighting why the church deserves to be funded makes all the difference
It is very difficult to raise money in a church when the congregation has not entirely noticed that a campaign for pledges is underway.
As I enter the epilogue of my life, I am noticing how important mornings are
In this third installment of our series on fundraising for mission, we look at the structure of the Annual Pledge Campaign
The greatest potential for growth in a stewardship program is to be found in prayer and planning. The two go hand-in-hand. We discern and then we plan, so that, we can act.
Jesus said; “call no man father on earth, for you have one Father, the one in heaven” (Matthew 23:9). Yet, in the Episcopal Church, which has ordained women as priests for more than 40 years – 40 years! – male priests are still often called “Father.” As a result, the church has not developed forms of address that work for both male and female priests.
When glass or glaze on clay cools, it sometimes crazes – a term for the tiny fractures in the glass which occur as the clay and the glass cool and shrink at different rates. Is it possible that this phenomenon happens in life too? When we have too much pressure applied to our lives, are there fractures?
Introducing “Fearless Meaning-Making” our new series on church fundraising. In this first post we talk about entering the stewardship campaign without fear.
Balance is so hard to maintain when one is carrying too much weight