When you build (give) a house to someone, do you have say…
The story notes “Materials and labor were donated for the home, which would have cost about $450,000 to build. Beazer Homes' employees and company partners also raised $250,000 in contributions for the family, including scholarships for the couple's three children and a home maintenance fund.” But the family used the house for a $450,000 business loan and the business failed. Later from the story: Some of the volunteers who helped build the home were less than thrilled about the family's financial decisions. "It's aggravating. It just makes you mad. You do that much work, and they just squander it," Lake City Mayor Willie Oswalt, who helped vault a massive beam into place in the Harper's living room, told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
MSN News Should we ever “feel” (believe) we ’own’ someone, and their decisions, because we gave something to them…? This seems a bit toxic to me; should we care that they tried a business model and it failed. Does God expect us to murmur and grumble because they tried something and it failed? After watching the video you are left with a feeling that this is educational at the core - the wife offers some very remedial excuses as to why they took out $450,000 15-months ago and have nothing left today to pay the mortgage payments. What a sad state of affairs here. Here is the video link.Community ‘breast feeding’ is now the social norm…
Breast-feeding, what many believe to be the most intimate act between a mother and child, is also generally believed to be an act exclusively between a mother and child. According to experts, however, there is a growing trend of cross-nursing, in which a mother will allow another woman to breast-feed her baby. "I think that it's just not been our social norm," said Morgan McFarland, who has been breast-feeding her friend Sarah Griffith's son since he was just 3 months old. "In some cultures, it is, and you would think nothing of, you know, nursing your neighbor's child if something happened, or nursing your sister's baby if she has to go to work."
GMA and ABC NewsPresident Bush on Monday approved the first execution by the military since 1961...
Upholding the death penalty of an Army private convicted of a series of rapes and murders more than two decades ago. As commander in chief, the president has the final authority to approve capital punishment under the Uniform Code of Military Justice, and he did so on Monday morning in the case of Pvt. Ronald A. Gray, convicted by court-martial for two killings and an attempted murder at Fort Bragg, N.C., the White House said in a statement.
NY Times Tough call until you read about this man’s crimes. With “responsibility comes more responsibility, and a harsher judgment of righteousness. This seems to be the correct call by the President.What would Jesus tithe; and is it a ploy to keep church funded in down times…?
The Rev. Brian Kluth thinks Christians can figure that out for themselves - after 40 days of prayer, meditation and study of his devotional-style booklet. Kluth, a former fundraiser for Bethel University, has been shipping Twin Cities churches sample copies of "40 Day Spiritual Journey to a More Generous Life," which claims to make tithing a little easier on the heart and the wallet. Among his ideas is that in tough times, donations actually help givers get out of debt by forcing careful budgeting.
Twins Cities News And another column inside of the Sacramento Bee today states; Manning praised churches for promoting financial education but cautioned that religious groups also are acting out of self-interest. "If these people are in debt, they can't tithe, and that means the church feels it," he said. "These programs teach that you should tithe first." Sacramento Bee
