Thoughts on Tithing in the Church…
Dec 27, 2009 church planting, reflecting
A friend of mine, in his blog, proposed questions on the topic of tithe in his recent post that is looking at the apparent un-sever-able tie between the need of tithe and the costs of operating as a church.
I made a few comments on his blog, how the american church needs to learn to work with less. However, I have been chewing on this topic, all week. As someone who studies to someday Church Plant a “simple church” in “megaland” “Southern California”; I continued to ask my self questions on this topic this week and come to some of reasoning for me on how not only are American Churches needing to work with less, but they need to figure out how to do MORE (then we are now) with LESS (then we are getting and demanding, now). Read the rest of this entry »
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A Christmas Letter…
Dec 23, 2009 reflecting
The Holiday Season leading up to Christmas is full of mythical diverse characters and well seasoned stories that are designed to remind us of what this time of the year is about. I think that is my favorite part of Christmas and the surrounding Holiday Season is the vintage memoirs and stories that still serve to make this time of the year magical – even in our adult years when we feel the magic we felt as kids, is now beyond us. One of those well reminding seasoned stories full of a diverse of mythical characters is Charles Dickens; “A Christmas Carol”. It has become our family tradition to reflect on the story but to watch the classic George C. Scott movie based on the book. When Charles Dickens first published his enriched child fairytale book, “A Christmas Carol” in 1843, I wonder if that he knew what a timeless inspiration it would become or that it would inspire many other movies, stories and tales based on his beloved writing. One of the reflections that stuck out to me this year in this classic piece is the opening interaction between Scrooge (Uncle) and his nephew.
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