The “bad” of doing Willow always comes down to two things: Time and Money.
If you agree to host a Willow GLS site, you sign a contract in October/November. The Summit calendar starts about January. From March on, there are technical tests, webinars, and scads of emails. For instance, if you are [...]
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The Burner has been trying to hold off from posting about Petra Ecclestone’s purchase of former TV mogul Aaron Spelling’s Holmby Hills mansion but just can’t hold back anymore. Known as “The Manor,” Spelling built it for about $21 million in 2010 dollars, but Spelling’s wife had it listed for [...]
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*The Average You–if you are a Brit and follow Volkswagen UK’s True Life Costs simulator. As a marketing tool, VW’s Flash-animated game is there to sell you on a new Polo, Golf or Tiguan, but also includes a running tally on the bottom of the screen to track the lifetime cost of [...]
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It’s official, The Burner has run the numbers: Churches should receive $442 billion dollars every year.
Follow TB down the primrose math:
116 million American households (75% Christian) bringing in an average of $50,233 and should tithe a total of $442 billion dollars. What’s the Church going to do with [...]
more...The Burner and Mrs. The Burner are experiencing what millions of other Americans are facing during these economic times: a dwindling bank account. Now, if you’ve been lucky enough to never have the pleasure of watching “The Great ATM Balance Count Down” (soon to be a board game), then you might not know the stress [...]
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This from Slate:
The researchers examined whether pastors earned more in years when their churches saw congregations grow and their pay suffer if membership declined. It turns out United Methodist congregations gave their leaders a $15 boost (in 2008 dollars) on average for each new member added (about 3 percent of new [...]
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This past Independence Day weekend seemed very appropriate to spend the High Holy Day of America worshipping America in the best way possible: shopping. The Burner did some shopping. And it was good. Retail therapy is for some reason very satisfying for ol’ TB, and it only causes concern when the credit card statement comes [...]
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