In LEADERSHIP magazine Mark Tidd tells about an old man who came to the back door of a house some college kids were renting. The old man’s eyes were glassy and his furrowed face glistened with silver stubble. He clutched a wicker basket holding a few unappealing vegetables. He bid the students a good morning […]
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GIVING OUR WORST Around Thanksgiving a few years ago, radio commentator Paul Harvey shared a true story of a woman and her frozen Thanksgiving turkey. The Butterball Turkey Company set up a telephone hotline to answer consumer questions about preparing holiday turkeys. One woman called to inquire about cooking a turkey that had been in […]
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Even when the gift giving doesn’t go right, it can bring joy. I grew up in a family with six children, so it was hard to keep it straight what different family members wanted for Christmas. So we had a Master List, hanging on the refrigerator. When you’re ready to go shopping, you just look […]
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One reason for giving that is not the case here is – we have extra money that we don’t know what to do with. Maybe that’s the reason Bill Gates gives to charity, but not anybody I know. You’ve heard of DINKS? Demographers refer to married couples who have “dual-income, no kids” as DINKS. Rich […]
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[From Dww-work]… A MODERN DAY HERO Kenyan runner Kipchoge Keino won a gold medal in the 1,500 meters at the 1968 Olympics, in spite of suffering from a gallbladder infection. At later Olympics, Keino would add another gold and two silvers to his medal collection. It is only natural that Kenya would choose Kip Keino […]
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Stephen King on Giving – Vassar commencement address, 2001 http://commencement.vassar.edu/2001/010520.king.html Keywords: King, Stephen; giving; charity; commencement; What are you going to do, Vassar oh-one? Who will be the doctors, the lawyers, the writers, the painters, the executives, the politicians? Who’s going to look around at age forty-five, surprised as hell to find himself or herself […]
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The Paradox of Our Time in History is that we spend more, but have less; we buy more, but enjoy it less. We have bigger houses and smaller families; more conveniences, but less time; more medicine, but less wellness. We read too little, watch TV too much and pray too seldom. We have multiplied our […]
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“We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.” – Winston Churchill I absolutely believe in the power of tithing and giving back. My own experience about all the blessings I’ve had in my life is that the more I give away, the more that comes back. […]
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I have held many things in my hands, and I have lost them all: but whatever I have placed in God’s hands, that I still possess. Martin Luther
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