A Christian ministry invited me to present estate planning issues to its constituents at an event. Following the presentation, a businessman and his wife began discussions with me about their estate. In the process I asked them, “Have you thought about contributing part of your estate to the Lord for His work?” They responded by stating...

When it comes to giving, Marvin Kehler, President of Global Aid Network, doesn’t think it is complicated. "It all starts with God putting a desire in your heart.  Once that happens, God begins to supply the means to fulfill it." Marvin and his wife Katherine have applied this simple philosophy throughout their personal and professional lives....

"But just as you excel in everything--in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in complete earnestness and in your love for us--see that you also excel in this grace of giving." - 2 Cor. 8:7 (NIV) Getting started There are 4 simple steps to signing up to give online. It's simple and secure: all you'll need are a few minutes to go through the process... Verify...

You walk to your mailbox, and there among the bills and junk mail is another familiar sight’s letter requesting financial support. Or you're eating dinner and the phone rings. A very professional support raiser launches into a well-rehearsed monologue about the plight of the Uygurs. Before you can even process all this information, he asks,...

Last year, residents of Wenden, Arizona got the shock of their lives...TWICE. Wenden is just a little bump in the desert. Most of the people who call it home live in either trailers or RVs. One typically arid day, while Wendenites went about their business, rain pounded against a mountain twenty miles away. The deluge formed a flash flood that snaked...

Tiding people over in a time of need After serving as receptionist at the Aldergrove Food Bank in Aldergrove, British Columbia for the past seven years, Pamela Hanon has seen all sorts of people walk through the door, anyone and everyone who has fallen on hard times. The experience has taught her some valuable lessons about life, most notably...

It’s a curious fact that I feel better at age 79 than I did at age 70. Here is the true-life story of how that happened. The first five years In 1994 at the age of 70, I elected to try my hand at writing. I felt confident I could create a story although I had no plot, no story line, and worst of all, no instruction manual. “I would write,”...