The rain is cold and very wet. It is also much needed. And, perhaps the cold and wet day has also dampened other things. Hopefully I can be vague enough to not reveal identities and yet specific enough to speak to the issue. God himself knows that there are certainly enough examples, so protecting i...

Central Dallas Ministries operates from a very strong "value platform." Our approach to defining our core operational values has been evolutionary since the beginning in 1988. Check out where we are today! .Posted on www.UrbanDaily.org...

From Kluth.org, (3/2/09) via Foster Religious Market Update: A recent survey of pastors and church leaders by generosity expert Brian Kluth finds 46.9% of churches reported a giving increase during ’08, while 29.3% were down and 23.8% were flat. So far, ’09 giving is behind in 51.6% of churches,...

There has been some renewed discussion online lately about the ethics and best practices surrounding the concept of "sponsored conversation." First of all, that name is misleading.It evokes images of a cocktail party where I have supplied the cranberry juice (I sell cranberry juice for a living, let...

We're using Stewardship with my son and have come across an area where I'm not understanding the concept. Regarding the first 3 questions about Anna selling books and profit, in question 3, why is only the profit counted towards recovering her initial ......

“In a community, unfinished is good news” — that’s almost completely obvious and common-place in the world of wiki practitioners and wiki masters. That’s who was there at the Recent Changes camp. In a world of proposals and business plans that aim to be “done with...

A bill introduced by assemblyman Wesley Chesbro (D-Arcata) aims to reduce waste, litter, and greenhouse gases and create thousands of green jobs. The California Product Stewardship Act, AB 283, also would tackle the front end of product life cycles by incentivizing producers to design products and p...

At the Cathedral Church of the Nativity, Bethlehem, April 25, 9:00 t 3:00. Presenter: Terry Parsons. Download brochure below: Download 2009Evan:StewWrkshpBrochure...

What if your church put this in your weekly bulletin? "Last Sunday, there were 661 offering envelopes turned into the offering. The denominations were as follows." Then a list showing how many people gave anywhere from the low end ($1) to the high end ($175) showing the actual breakdown is shown. Th...

According to the Abilene ReporterNews: "Fortunately, the weather on the second Sunday of February was mild, so Jerry Hendrix, the pastor of Crosspoint Fellowship, was comfortable in his khakis and blue polo -- even if the electricity wasn't on in the small church on Chimney Rock. However, it was ove...