The Best of Our Love
In nearly 31 years of ministry I’ve participated in lots of stewardship campaigns, each with a different theme.
I remember the year the theme was peloton, and folks were encouraged to give generously enough so that those church members with fewer financial resources were able to draft along with them, while the whole church still moved forward.
In Our Hands
We’ve got the whole world in our hands.
And we’ve had it in our hands, to some extent, all these 300,000 years since our species evolved into existence upon the earth. I don’t know enough biology or natural history to say definitively, but it seems to me we might say that homo sapiens appearance was the beginning of a trophic cascade that continues still today.
Because Renewal Means Survival
Reminders about the importance physical, emotional, mental, spiritual renewal abound in the vast and vaguely boundaried world of health and wellness: 8 hours of sleep, more or less; 8 glasses of water–or has that been debunked–10,000 steps a day; stand up and move around for five minutes out of every hour; limit screen time; pay attention to gratitude; no blue light before bed; try to be mindful; no screens in the bedroom; 3 meals a day or six small ones or grazing or intermittent fasting; four food groups, food pyramid healthy plate; work/life balance; prioritize supportive relationships.
It’s (Not) Magic
I was spending a few days with my friend Ruth when Ruth’s cousin came by for the afternoon with her kids and one of her daughter’s friends.
Enriching to What End?
When the finance committee settled on this year’s stewardship drive theme just over a week ago, I didn’t hide the fact that I didn’t much like that theme. But I’m new here, and we were short of time, so I bowed to the decision of the group. I may have grumbled a bit on my way home from church that evening, but by morning I knew the committee had given me a gift: I’ve never had an opportunity to preach about enriched uranium before. More on that later.