tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post8818386050584538690..comments2024-03-27T15:47:46.091-05:00Comments on Pastoral Meanderings: Downward trend. . .Pastor Petershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10653554256101480140noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-73976519524831829252018-01-17T07:12:28.285-06:002018-01-17T07:12:28.285-06:00Cheerfuly-giving Christians should also demand reg...Cheerfuly-giving Christians should also demand regular and competent audits of how the funds are spent. Recall the exposure a few years ago about how funds given by the LCMS to the Lutheran Church in Kenya had been handled.Carl Vehsehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00348831096001668813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-3272507863796415582018-01-17T07:06:03.394-06:002018-01-17T07:06:03.394-06:00There is always something we want more than to giv...There is always something we want more than to give. Something we desire will “eat” our money, while we know the local congregation needs it. Whether it is time, talent or money, we are not cheerful givers. We live as if God did not matter, and we matter most. Whether it is Synod or our individual budget, there will always be money others think is ill spent. However, if I gave as I should, there would be mote than enough money to go to the necessary, and the coincidental. May Jesus grant me the grace of His Spirit to give more, and give it gladly.Janis Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02947508427040251166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-73671676285381562012018-01-16T07:38:50.521-06:002018-01-16T07:38:50.521-06:00"Those in the Missouri Synod love to impugn o...<i>"Those in the Missouri Synod love to impugn our Purple Palace but if you stop by you see office furniture that is 30-40 years old and worn"</i><br /><br />The Purple Palace could have bought new furniture with the money wasted on Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (LIaRS), even if it meant the Synod President would not have been selected as an honorary co-chairman, along with the XXXA bishopette and Demonicrat politicians, at a LIaRS bourbon-swilling gala.Carl Vehsehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00348831096001668813noreply@blogger.com