Category: Everyday Stewardship
Our Calling to Good Stewardship
March 9, 2023
Church thrives on generosity.
We are what we are at All Saints because of the generosity in time and treasure by all of you. The end of Lent we devote to our commitment in giving.
The next two Sundays we will reflect a bit on our own stewardship call and then,
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September 23, 2022
RECOGNIZE GOD IN YOUR ORDINARY MOMENTS
Competing Like a Steward
Picture it: family game night. What are you playing? Monopoly? Clue? Chess? Poker?
Whatever your game of choice, I’ll bet the night is a lot more fun when everyone tries their best to win.
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September 18, 2022
RECOGNIZE GOD IN YOUR ORDINARY MOMENTS
Fixing the Scales
Most people don’t intend on being selfish. The reality of selfishness usually lies in the grey shades of our decision-making. We would never go out of our way to kick a homeless person begging by the highway exit.
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September 6, 2022
RECOGNIZE GOD IN YOUR ORDINARY MOMENTS
Rise, and Go to Your Father
“If you pull into my driveway and honk, you better be dropping off a package, because you’re sure not picking anything up.”
I first read these words in the pages of W.
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September 4, 2022
RECOGNIZE GOD IN YOUR ORDINARY MOMENTS
Where’s the Sacrifice?
“It’s not that I want you to do it. It’s that I want you to want to do it.”
If you’re married or in a relationship,
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August 28, 2022
Humility and Stewardship
Some people have “the rich relation” in their family tree. Aunt Cindy, who is always traveling somewhere new and exciting. Cousin Richard and his lake house. Your sister and brother-in-law who buy a new car every year.
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August 20, 2022
Chancing the Narrow Gate
From doctors to counselors, anthropologists to schoolteachers, it seems like everyone has their own parenting style to peddle, guaranteeing it will result in a happy and well-adjusted kid.
You’ve got “gentle parenting,” predicated on respect for the child’s feelings and needs.
... Read More»Caught in the Rising Action
Think of some of your favorite iconic movies. I’m not talking about the feel-good comedies or the offbeat coming-of-age flicks. I’m talking about the movies that you found had a profound impact on you or made you go “Hmmm.”
I’m willing to bet that the plot of this film features some tough moments and difficult scenarios.
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I once knew a godly woman who had truly tasted the bitterness of this earthly life. This woman knew pain. She knew sacrifice. She knew hard labor and loss, including the death of a cherished child.
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Some of us have that friend about whom we are constantly discovering new things. Maybe we’ve known this person for ten or even twenty years, and one day at lunch we’ll find out they’re a direct descendant of a dead president or they once met a major celebrity.
... Read More»Be Ready for God to “Stop By”
In my experience, most people can be divided into two groups: those who are old enough to remember when you kept food on hand for company, and those who aren’t.
... Read More»What Jesus Doesn’t Say
“If Jesus wanted us to (fill in the blank), he would have said so.”
We hear this argument applied to every controversial topic under the sun — and even some not-so-controversial topics,
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