John's Blog

I wonder if like me, you have ever compared how generous you are to how generous someone else is. Every time I make a charitable gift or volunteer somewhere there is always someone else who has…

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Our rural parish, St. Phillips near our farm, is a beautiful small community of about a hundred families. Our pastor, Father Zachary, a missionary from Zimbabwe, speaks five languages and we listen…

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Why is it that we want to help the most when the least will do and feel like the most? Our elderly neighbor, Mary Lou, died recently. A childless widow, she died a pretty lonely woman. She was a…

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My friend Jessica is a working woman who does not make much money but is helping contribute to her family's finances, and sometimes has a small amount of money that she is able to set aside and save…

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One of our clients is wrestling with how to enter the “pro-life movement” and how best to help with her foundation. It’s an area that is complicated, messy and controversial, and a subject not…

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