It takes a whole village…
It’s time for true confessions… Nehemiah Chapter 3 is one of those chapters that I would skip over when I was on one of those “read your Bibles through in a year” programs. It is kind of like the book...
View ArticleThe Common Good… what’s that?
In my journey with Nehemiah, I cant help but notice that every paragraph of chapter three begins with the detail that everyone is working side by side for the common good. The concept of common good...
View Articlethe grace of giving
In May of 2000, I lost someone very dear to me… my stepfather, Daddy Bill. He died about three weeks before we returned from Italy. Daddy Bill was in a very real sense my father… he provided security,...
View Articlesacrifices and offerings and tithes…oh my!
When our church began a sermon series a few Sundays ago, I shared about the significant correlation between a church’s spiritual health and the health of a church’s giving by using the example of...
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