The Association of Fund Raising Professionals (AFP) has released its own interpretation of charitable contribution trends from last year. Please click HERE for details.
Month: June 2014
Charitable Giving Down to Religious Institutions in 2013
According to a report published by Religion News Service, charitable contributions to the arts, education, and environmental concerns increased in 2013. Although religious organizations still claim the majority of charitable gifts, organizations providing religious services saw a 1.6% decrease from the previous year. You can read the study by clicking HERE.
Barna Reports Millennials Have High Expectations in a Slow Job Market
Barna Research has released a new study on millennials’ satisfaction with their college experience, their career expectations and their challenges finding employment in a competitive job market. You can read these fascinating findings HERE.
The Profession of Contented People
Over the past four weeks I have been teaching a series on contentment. Up to this point, the texts we’ve used have commended contentment as a desirable trait to possess. The text in Hebrews, however, takes a more direct line and commands that we be content. Here it is. Don’t love money; be satisfied (content,…
Dump and Chase
When we lived in St. Louis I followed the St. Louis Blues hockey team. I had never been exposed to hockey and was trying to learn the rules to the game and the offensive and defensive strategies the teams employed. The local sports talking heads described the Blues offensive attack as “dump and chase,” which…
The Benefit of of Being Content
The first century Stoics viewed contentment as the state of being freely independent; self sustained and self contained without any external influences. Paul Christianized that thought, asserting that contentment was those same things in the context of a relationship with Jesus Christ. In Christ we find the strength to do what we need to do…