Bishop Keith and Donna visit Maple Grove Camp
Maple Grove Family Camp Click here to visit the Photo Gallery for Maple Grove pictures
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Maple Grove Family Camp Click here to visit the Photo Gallery for Maple Grove pictures
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I just returned home from the Christian Stewardship Association Conference. While I was there listening to many people speak about stewardship and generosity, I got to thinking about what would it take to motivate me to give like the Israelites in Exodus 35 and 36? Finally the craftsmen who were
Sometimes I think the word “missional” should be a verb. By that I mean for me the essence of living a missional life means to act. It means taking my thoughts and feelings about how God wants me to live and putting them into action. For instance, I know from
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Recovering freedom. That phrase in and of it assumes we were once free and now we are not. When I think about this concept from a financial stewardship point of view, I believe that many of us in Canada would have to look back a long way in our lives
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It was a privilege to participate on the Generosity Study Team as a resource person this past year. In September 2007 the team began to work together wrestling with ideas that would help us, as a movement, continue to develop an ethos of generosity. The team members included: Joe Schaefer
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Alan Hirsch posted this on his blog earlier in September. Good food for thought… Mohandas Gandhi, one of the most influential figures in modern social and political activism, considered these traits to be the most spiritually perilous to humanity… Wealth without Work Pleasure without Conscience Science without Humanity Knowledge without
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Have you ever noticed that many Christians view giving as a “have to” activity? I have to give because it says so in the Bible. Have you ever noticed that there are some people who view giving as something they “get to” do? So what is the difference? You’d think
This entry was posted on the Books @ Leadership Network Blog. Passing the Plate, by sociologists Christian Smith, Michael O Emerson and Patricia Snell, is likely to become a landmark book. Oxford University Press is known for high-quality, well-researched books. This 240-page volume, which includes a number of graphs and
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I read this blog entry from David Fitch today and thought I’d pass it along to you. While he writes about the situation in the US, there are many parallels to our Canadian context. The Idol Hath Fallen – the Financial Crisis and the Reshaping of the Landscape for Mission
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Christianity Today has a great article on Christians and their giving – or more appropriately, Christians and what they are not giving. Check out this must read article here. The article cites the book Passing the Plate which I mentioned in a blog entry back in September “Why Aren’t Christians