As a five-year-old at Christmas I remember how excited I was to get my first bike. It was a yellow BMX Huffy, a mean machine for a kid in the late 70s. It is one of my fondest memories because I remember my dad teaching me to ride, although I admit I was more than...
Fundraiser and Chief Development Officer is probably not our primary picture of the Apostle Paul. Frankly, it isn’t the primary picture we most likely have of ourselves, either, is it? When we answered the call to the ministry, money was not top of mind; otherwise,...
Giving Away What Wasn’t His When 67-year-old carpenter Russell Herman died in 1994, his will included a staggering set of bequests. Included in his plan for distribution was more than two billion dollars for the City of East St. Louis, another billion and a half for...