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I learned about resonance from Mr. Wizard when we got our first TV when I was in the third grade. One day this scientific version of Mr. Rogers set a glass on a shelf and began turning the crank on what must have been a magic sound machine. As the pitch got higher, my eyes got bigger until finally the glass exploded. "The glass had to break because of the law of resonance," said Mr. Wizard. In physics, the state of resonance is achieved when frequency of one thing exactly matches that of another... More

Over my thirty-six years of ministry, I have come to terms with six ingredients which are indispensible to successful capital and stewardship campaigns. Void of these, we degenerate into little but fund-raising—hitting people up for dollars. When all six are present, there is high likelihood that God’s kingdom will be enriched and we will grow corporately in some mysterious and amazing ways. These ingredients are:

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I confess that I’ve been trying to crack the code about the nature of true generosity for longer than I’d care to admit. So when the authors of the book Passing the Plate shared the results of a social experiment, they got my immediate attention. The question was asked “Suppose your church made a new requirement for church membership: Members must give 10 percent of their after-tax income to the church or other good causes.

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Many years ago, I was involved in a six-month leadership coaching program organized around the principle that leadership is most effective when it is practiced from the inside out. I recall spending the first three months in the program arguing against the inside-out idea. My brain was telling me that good leaders start with assessing the needs of the people and organizations they lead, and then they figure out what to do and how to do what needs to be done.

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