“Only 30% of the congregation tithes.” While Jerry read the paper after Sunday services last week, I was looking through information on a capital campaign. Jerry put the newspaper down and smiled at me. “They don’t know what they’re missing. How sad.” Malachi 3:10 (NIV) says, “Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that …
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God’s File Cabinet
In November, I wrote that I was "Free to be Wrong," about Jerry's pathology report from prostate cancer. I'd expected clear margins and got reports of two areas of positive margin. I had so hoped for a good report. And, yet! The first PSA report: "Undetectable." In spite of cancer cells right at the edge …
How the Mighty Have Fallen
Yahoo News reports on Bernie Madoff's court appearance: "In court Thursday, Madoff — a dapper figure, dressed in a charcoal-gray suit, with swept-back, wavy gray hair — said he began the scheme during the last recession, when 'I felt compelled to satisfy my clients' expectations, at any cost.' He did not put his investors' money …