Inspired by Jon Acuff’s post #750 “Thinking the church is not wisely spending your tithe” , I thought I’d write a note about one of my peeves: When pastors, church staff, and “poor people” have to explain or justify a purchase or experience because someone might think its extravagant. I was going to ask Jon to write [...]
Archive for the ‘money’ Category
24 Feb
Oh So Taxing
Went to a tax service and got our taxes filed today. I used to do them myself but when we had to deal with a rental property and subsequent sale of death rental property, I knew I couldn’t hang with the big tax dogs. This year we didn’t have as many forms to deal with [...]
7 Dec
Just when you thought…
Our kids are taught a new virtue each month in their Orchard Kids Wahabu class. This month the virtue is generosity. In combination with the grown up church, the kids are also learning about the clean water crises around the world. They talked in small group about what they could do to help whether it [...]
5 Dec
Moms, gifts, and Christmas guilt
I received a Christmas-themed email survey the other day. You know the ones where you copy and paste it onto a new email, type over the sender’s answers and forward along. I love those. Seriously I do. One question is nagging at me tonight. It was “Worst thing about this time of year”. My answer [...]
11 Nov
Got shoes?
If you have $5, like the cost of one Starbucks Venti Double shot Mocha or something or other, than please go to 50000shoes.com and see how fast you can buy TWO pair of shoes with $5. Its part of the 50,000 pairs in 50 days challenge by soles4souls, a charity dedicated to providing shoes to [...]
29 Oct
Its the most wonderful time…
Our church community participated last year and it was a great experience for our family. I highly recommend.
8 Oct
Financial Non-cents
Warning: stoner logic ahead… I think that I will be ok in this volatile and recessed or depressed economy. I plan on using my credit cards as much as possible. With all the banks and financial firms failing, eventually the credit companies will fail and I won’t have to pay back a dime. Now THAT’S [...]
12 Jul
Thank God for benefits
Don’t EVER let me whine about medical insurance premiums. Between my and JD’s ER visits and my physical therapy, we owe $0.00. Thank you God. Please bless the uninsured with good health and/or a way to cover their bills. Give them the confidence and resources(financial, relational, informational) to find and see a good doctor when [...]
7 Jul
Scary prayers
Now, I haven’t been praying this way but it sure makes me feel better to know I’m living this way!
25 Jun
Better use of tax refunds
Spurred on by my friend Tom’s post on the insanity of war, I felt I needed to express my opinion on how Congress decides to spend our money. Apart from all the ridiculous things we’ve heard in the past, I’m thinking about how Congress approves spending money on war. This is about mindset, not politics [...]
