Openhanded: Matters of the Heart and the Bank Account
There are so many things that seem to beg for our resources. So what kind of mindset must we have if we are to not only be generous, but joyfully generous?
There are so many things that seem to beg for our resources. So what kind of mindset must we have if we are to not only be generous, but joyfully generous?
Never deliver a difficult message fueled by emotion. Preparation, not emotion, is what will strengthen your courage and help you realize positive and productive results.
Churches seem to have an expectation that people need to come to us. We need to change that paradigm.
Rather than being a subcategory of American ministry, the small church is the norm. If you take a longer and broader view, most churches throughout history and in most parts of the world are and always have been small.
While influence tends to want to go upwards and grow to the right, I am fighting to go down to the left, and it takes a lot of intentionality.
The promise of Heaven is not that we will become infinite—that would be to become inhuman. It’s that we’ll be far better finite humans than we have ever been.
When we hear of leaders falling, we must take a look in the mirror and remind ourselves to live holy lives.
You don’t need a massive budget or a construction crew to make a big impact.
This move would not only give them room to grow, but also would enable them to do a lot more to fulfill their mission of being a church focused on “building the kingdom, one life at a time.”
Because you cannot do this alone, you are going to have to trust the right individuals who know more about tech than you do. Your calling is to shepherd. Do that.