KIDS AND MONEY Proud Father: "My kid makes the money the old fashioned way." Other Father: "Like Smith, Barney?" Proud Father: "No, he borrows it and doesn't pay it back." Funny Funny World 90069
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THE LOCUS CLASSICUS In closing, I guess my favorite stewardship story is the one about the pastor who got up at the beginning of the huge stewardship rally, held his hands up for silence and…
SHOCKING GENEROSITY One afternoon, as the story goes, while Bill Jones was out taking a walk as a part of his therapy in recovering from a massive heart attack, the telephone rang and his wife,…
FROM A MAN WHO SHOULD KNOW "Business in America is impersonal. This is particularly true of large American multi-national corporations. They have no personality. The ultimate measure of success and failure of these businesses is…
COMPARISONS In 1930 Babe Ruth earned $80,000 -- a huge sum in those days. When asked if he thought it was fair that he receive more than President Hoover, he said, "Well, I had a…
A BILLION How much is a billion? According to a recent government publication: A billion seonds ago Harry Truman was President A billion minutes ago, was just after the time of Christ A billion hours…
REAGAN'S WORK IS CUT OUT FOR HI M. In ten years the Congressional staff has grown from 11,700 to 18,400. The combined payroll has shot up from $150 million a year to $500 million. The…
EVERYBODY WANTS TO MAKE A BUCK DEPARTMENT I read the following story in Ronald Reagan's early autobiography (written before he became Guv, let alone President), entitled Where Is The Rest of Me? (p. 215). I…
THE RICH GET RICHER Beverly Hills, California is known for its wealth, its movie stars, wealthy Iranian refugees and Rodeo Drive. It is also the home of Beverly Hills High School -- which sits on…
ROMANCE No woman marries for money; they are all clever enough, before marrying a millionaire, to fall in love with him first. Cesare Pavese
LOYALTY TO THE END The wealthy old man was very enthusiastic about his lovely young bride but sometimes wondered whether she might have just married him for his money, so he asked: "If I lost…
GIVING-WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW A favorite story is of a man of substance approached to contribute to a major financial campaign. The urgent need and compelling case were stated, and the call was made for…
FUND RAISING A woman lived in a big city neighborhood that was going downhill very fast. The area was becoming increasingly over-crowded, noisy and dirty. It was a bad situation. The woman decided something would…
RAISING FUNDS Rev. Michael Mitchell, Vicar for Temporal Affairs of the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Jose (California), was commenting on plans to spend $1.8 million for renovation and construction of the Old St. Joseph's…
VARIETIES OF POVERTY Rudyard Kipling once advised a group of students not to make money, power or fame their goals. For one day they would meet a man who did not care for any of…
POVERTY PERSPECTIVE In Hollywood, there is an exclusive school attended by children of movie stars, producers and directors. Asked to write a composition on the subject of poverty, one little girl started her literary piece:…
DESIGNATED GIVING The congregation was taking up a special collection to add to the salaries of pastors who received very inadequate salaries because they worked in very small churches who simply couldn't pay more. On…
LET THE CHURCH WALK, PASTOR, LET HER WALK! One Sunday morning the pastor encouraged his congregation to consider the potential of the church. He told them, "With God's help we can see the day when…
MOTIVATING STEWARDSHIP One year the pastor took drastic action to get a more generous response from the congregation at stewardship time. He called in an electrician and wired the pews. Next day, when the collection…
DON'T BE CHEAP WITH THE SEED While in Canada, I visited one believer who operated a large grain farm. His spread included some 2,500 acres. I asked him how he planted the seed. He reached…
