Your Valentine- A Short Story

Your Valentine- A Short Story

Valentinus checks over his shoulder before rapping his knuckles on the coarse wood door. Itjerks open a few inches. A set of eyes peer at the priest. “Can I help you?” a shaky voice inquires. Valentinus scans each direction of the cobblestone street. “Fine day isn’t...
How To Be Present With Your Money

How To Be Present With Your Money

I’m in this in-between season. This past January we closed the church I pastored for 2 ½ years. It was my first foray into “professional” ministry. I avoided it for the better part of my adult life. Now that it’s not there, I want back in. I don’t sense a...
How to Teach Kids About Money

How to Teach Kids About Money

One of the most basic desires of any parent is to create a life for their children better than the one they had. We recognize that we stand on the shoulders of those who have gone before us. Perhaps your grandparents immigrated to America and scrapped out a living,...
I’d Rather be a Grinch than a Scrooge

I’d Rather be a Grinch than a Scrooge

I’m a Grinch. Which I feel is unfair. Just because I’m not the first person to volunteer to decorate Christmas cookies, or prefer not to listen to incessant sleigh bells in every song on the radio, or refuse to wear an ugly Christmas sweater doesn’t mean I don’t have...