Generosity

Pivot to Make Margin

2020-12-03T23:36:14-06:00December 4th, 2020|Tags: , , , |

A recent article by RevCycle Intelligence states that 80% of CFOs believe that business revenues have or will decline due to COVID in 2020 and beyond. Challenging financial times can cause a business to pivot and realign spending priorities and profit margin. It takes ingenuity to flex a business to be profitable in challenging times. Profit margin is not the ...

Giving Tuesday Boost

2020-11-30T21:13:17-06:00December 1st, 2020|Tags: , , |

According to past studies, at least 30% of annual giving comes in the month of December. This year Giving Tuesday falls on December 1st, giving the final fundraising push for the year a good boost. One reason December is such a big month in giving is due to the generosity of small business owners. As they determine their profitability for ...

Creative Giving

2020-09-14T13:27:39-05:00September 17th, 2020|Tags: , , |

My friend, Jay, had a passion to help with the needs of the ill, needy and children. As he pondered possible solutions, he realized that many large retail businesses have inventory that often gets wasted or destroyed due to inventory management issues. Agape Inventory Donation was birthed to be a conduit between the companies needing to move inventory and nonprofits ...

God Owns It All

2020-09-13T21:09:27-05:00September 14th, 2020|Tags: , , |

In 1 Samuel 25, David and his men needed food. David’s men had been protecting the sheep of a wealthy Jew named Nabal. Therefore, David sent them to ask Nabal for food. In verse 11, Nabal said, “Shall I take my bread and my water and my meat that I have killed for my shearers and give it to men ...

Pandemic of Generosity

2020-05-22T03:03:38-05:00May 22nd, 2020|Tags: , , |

In Stephanie Winslow’s recent blog post called “Worse Before Better,” she wrote about the difficulties of walking out faith in hard times. The difficulties are always great teachers. As we walk through a pandemic unlike anything we have before, how do we walk out generosity while keeping in mind our own needs? Deuteronomy 15:7 says, “But if there are any ...

The Leader Who Impressed Jesus, Part III

2020-04-16T10:17:27-05:00April 16th, 2020|Tags: , , |

In this series we’re examining four attributes of an amazing man who impressed Jesus. In Luke 7, we read of a Roman Centurion asking Jesus to miraculously heal his dying servant. The third attribute I noticed about this amazing leader was his generosity. This Roman solider was likely despised by most Jews. He had little reason to show them any ...

Margin for the Needy

2020-03-20T17:00:38-05:00March 31st, 2020|Tags: , , , |

One day when I was visiting a pastor in the urban core of Kansas City, a person entered the church. He requested that the pastor give him money for food. The pastor handed this man a broom and simply said, “We need some work done. If you clean up our lobby, I’ll buy you lunch.” Leviticus 23:22 says, “When you ...

Lessons from Bezalel, Part IV

2020-01-27T21:08:24-06:00January 30th, 2020|Tags: , , |

In this series, we’re talking about lessons we can learn from the character of Bezalel in the book of Exodus. Bezalel was responsible for building the furnishings inside the tabernacle. God gave Moses the design for what and how He wanted His tabernacle created. Bezalel co-labored with God to produce excellent results. The outcome was a tabernacle that met God’s ...

Heart Filled Generosity

2019-12-25T21:49:27-06:00December 26th, 2019|Tags: , , |

Bill Gates once stated at a TED conference that his most fulfilling act has been to establish The Giving Pledge. Mr. Gates has encouraged at least 120 of the wealthiest people in the world to give away at least half of their wealth. These wealthy philanthropists are discovering causes to which they are pledging large sums of money. True generosity ...

Unconventional Giving

2019-12-02T16:20:42-06:00December 3rd, 2019|Tags: , , |

One of the unconventional concepts in the Bible is generosity. Imagine when the Israelites first learned of God’s requirement to give the first ten percent of their harvest to God. I can imagine one of these farmers saying, “Let me get this right. I planted seeds, cultivated the ground and worked hard to harvest my crops and, now, that I’ve ...

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