A fundraising colleague emailed me this story about Grace Groner, a “hidden millionaire” who left her $7 million estate to her alma mater, Lake Forest College, upon her death. Grace Groner was never married, had no heirs, and lived alone in a modest one-bedroom home, which itself had been willed to her by a friend. As a graduate of the class of 1931, Grace lived an austere and quiet life, and none but her very closest friends ever suspected she had any notable wealth.
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A ministry leader friend of mine (thanks Darrell! @ www.aimright.org) recently gave me Gordon MacDonald’s four-week devotional study entitled, generosity: moving toward life that is truly life (check it out here). As I’ve been reading and reflecting, I am more convinced than ever before that Jesus was the most generous person who ever lived.
To the question at the end of Day 3: What are some examples of how Jesus modeled generosity to His followers?
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Jonathan Roe, in his blog post on February 4th, talked about a change coming to the MIF teaching model which began last month. Well, let me tell you that what we hoped would happen in these calls, indeed has!
MIF has moved from its bimonthly lab format to a personal coaching call format, in order to help each ministry apply the teaching material in its own unique way to its own unique organization. And the ministries are loving it!
One of the first things I noticed, is that other staff are p
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