Lots of annual campaigns flop because their underlying ideas are weak and flawed. But you don’t want that to happen to yours, right? Here are some ideas for navigating your campaign into the port of success. From the Episcopal Diocese of Olympia, Wash.
A legal drug, alcohol poses enormous risk of becoming habitual or addictive — with disastrous consequences to individuals, families and communities. But why is it so harmful and what can we do about it? Psychology Today gives an authoritative overview. (Photo: Insomnia cured here, Creative Commons)
Plastic is arguably the most versatile and useful material ever created, but it’s also choking our world with billions of tons of refuse that may never degrade. But you can do your part to reduce your plastic use by switching to non-plastic alternatives to common items. From onegreenplanet.org. (Photo: Bo Eide, Creative Commons)
It’s never too early to help youngsters understand the value of cooperation and sharing. But how? Here is a great lesson based on Acts 2:44-47 that can get little kids thinking in the right direction. Geared toward preschoolers, but can be adapted for older kids. Creative ideas from Cheri Gamble.
As individuals and families, we can find ways to use our money for the general good, and not just our own. Faith & Money Network talks with a thirtysomething couple that has found fulfillment practicing “Sabbath Economics.” (Photo: Maitree Rimthong, Pexels.com)
Climate change may hog the world’s attention, but people around the globe are facing new and challenging environmental problems every day. Some of them are small, but others are drastically changing the landscape of what we already know. Conserve-energy-future.com reports. (Photo: garryknight, Creative Commons)
Due to Covid-19, extreme weather and other phenomena, our nation is awash in grief and loss. Even emotionally resilient people are mourning from loss … of loved ones, of restricted mobility, of a vision of a stable future. How to cope? Health.com has put together an assortment of helpful articles.
SOLI’S Stewardship Toolkit offers a free monthly newsletter article, plus weekly RCL-based “snippets” for your Sunday bulletin. October’s toolkit focuses on how God calls us to examine our “harvest” and find sufficiency, contentment, and generosity.
Statistics show that overall charitable giving is going up, especially in areas of public benefit and the environment. Yet giving to religious organizations is declining. What are we doing wrong? Author and Yale Divinity teacher Jim Elrod suggests churches adopt greater transparency. (Photo: Claire CJS, Creative Commons)
Churches have many types of leaders. Some are volunteer leaders, some paid; some are leaders by position, some by influence. There are also financial leaders — those who possess wealth — and they need a connection to you as much as any other group. (Photo: Alan Levine, Creative Commons)
