Posts Tagged ‘missions’

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I’ll let the students tell  you the rest story.  Again, may contain language not suitable for some audiences (this is real life so don’t report me to Plugged In or anything, pls).

Thanks for watching.  Thank you also for your support.  I’m hoping to get some more serious posts [...]

I forgot to do the Giving Highlight last month.  I chose another micro-finance related organization to give to.  I really like this concept.  Before I tell you about Five Talents, I should give an update on the loans I made through Kiva a few months ago.  All of the loans have gone into repayment, which [...]

To give is both a privilege and a duty, and it is downright fun to point attention to people who are doing great things and then play a role.
This month we decided to give to New Life International, an organization that is spreading the Gospel while and by providing the basic necessity of clean water. 
The rationale [...]

Yesterday I aksed for input about where I should give money. One of the joys of having a budget is being able to give.
Since Adam was the only one to comment so far, and I need to take care of July’s giving before the end of July, I took one of his suggestions and headed [...]

I got a job. Now I can / should give away some money.
Where should it go? Where do you give to? How do I get there? What are the biggest needs?
Comment so we can spotlight some places that could use it.

While in Montego Bay, Jamaica I met a man named Michael. The first time we interacted with him he was yelling at us something about how white missionaries come to the island, use the beach every day and never clean it up. He continued on his way spouting off something about colonization and how there [...]

Gone to Jamaica

Faithful Readers,My summer has not been conducive to blogging so far. I miss you. In the morning I will be travelling to Jamaica with the church my fiance and I are interning at this summer. We will spend part of the time doing physical work and part of the time interacting with the children.
I am [...]

I found this on PreachingToday.com’s Series about money.  There is more research out there suggesting similar conclusions.  We should tithe out of both obedience and love.  

Tithing Christians Would Meet Global Need
A husband and wife team of researchers, the founders of Empty Tomb, Inc., in Champaign, Illinois, have tracked American and American Christian expenditures as well [...]