Practicing Extravagant Generosity
Daily Readings on the Grace of Giving
Published on 1. May 2011
72 pages
978-1-4267-4605-5 (ISBN)
Description
Help implant the heart of giving within a congregation.
The daily readings by Bishop Schnase, opens the Scriptures to show the joy and grace of giving. Designed to provide daily Bible readings for four weeks, it leads the reader to explore such questions as "Why do we give," "Who benefits most from our giving," and "Where does true contentment come from?" By reading and following this guide to the spiritual discipline of stewardship, church members will experience the joy of serving God with their time, talents, and gifts afresh.
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Robert Schnase is bishop of the Rio Texas Conference of The United Methodist Church. Schnase is the author of Five Practices of Fruitful Congregations, a best-selling book on congregational ministry that has ignited a common interest among churches and their leaders around its themes of radical hospitality, passionate worship, intentional faith development, risk-taking mission and service, and extravagant generosity. Five Practices has reached a global community with translations in Korean, Spanish, Russian, Hungarian, and German. Robert is also the author of Just Say Yes!, Receiving God's Love, Remember the Future, Five Practices of Fruitful Living, and others.
Content
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Book Information
- Copyright
- Contents
- Welcome
- Week One
- From Stewardship To Generosity
- Building Nests
- Seeds With Wings
- Partnering With God
- Muscle Memory
- Pocket Change
- The Grace Of Giving
- Week Two
- As If For The Very First Time
- Whitewater World!
- What Happens To God's Love?
- Ownership
- Robust Ministries
- All The Good You Can
- First Things First
- Week Three
- The Joy Of Giving
- Aligned with God's Purposes
- How Much Dowe Need?
- I Have Learned To Be Content
- The God-related Life
- Tithing Is A Life Choice
- Practicing Generosity
- Week Four
- There Is Always A Way
- Teaching The Tithe
- Through God's Eyes
- The Old Life And The New Life
- One Of My Own
- Generous Congregations
- Delight
- Notes
- Back Cover
