Archive for money
December 1, 2009 @ 8:40 pm
· Filed under helping, money, poor, selfishness, social issues, television
This is not a post about the popular television show. I can’t figure out why Sara and I have never once watched an episode but I have no idea about what makes that show tick.
This is about another television show however. On Saturday night, Sara and I watched with at first passing interest [...]
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September 24, 2009 @ 7:12 pm
· Filed under helping, money, repentance, social issues
You’ve seen them on street corners and loud on television:
the preachers yelling at society and warning them that the end is coming and they need to repent!
Soon, church going people gather in their groups on Sunday morning and Wednesday night satisfied with being part of the faithful of God and often able to look down [...]
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April 24, 2009 @ 3:35 am
· Filed under money
Sara and I were able to attend Dave Ramsey’s townhallforhope seminar tonight at one of the area local churches. There was a good crowd gathered and we had a really good time. This is the second time in April we have been in attendance at one of Ramsey’s ‘talks.’
It really struck me tonight about how [...]
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January 12, 2009 @ 6:50 pm
· Filed under challenges, character, eternity, money, selfishness
I really got a message last week.
Tuesday we had our monthly minister’s luncheon and the topic of the day was going to be about American taxes (a real stunner for me) but it ended up being a talk about preaching and making our way through the tough economic times we are going through.
Then I went [...]
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May 18, 2008 @ 9:27 pm
· Filed under helping, money, poor, preachers
Well yesterday was our big day for walking for water.
33 of our church family came out ranging from the age of 1 to (well you can imagine). Some were professional walkers and were able to cover the distance in a short time while others took a little longer. It was bright and sunny and we [...]
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April 1, 2008 @ 6:37 pm
· Filed under Christian walk, money, preachers
Some salaries were released in our paper today concerning all civil servants who earn more then 100, 000 dollars a year. I don’t know what you do with such a list but sometimes I am tempted to think what it would be like for our family to have one year where our household income was that [...]
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