Growing up in Florida and Alabama respectively, we both learned early what it means to prepare for storms. When Hurricane Andrew’s name comes up, or when someone mentions the tornado outbreak of 2011, memories surface — not just of the…
Is missions giving ‘paying dues’? And what counts as ‘missions’ anyway?
Several years ago, in my previous life as a pastor, a well-meaning member of our Missions Committee looked at the church’s missions budget, noted the large sum of money we were sending to state and national denominational groups and declared…