Monthly archive for April 2010

Generous Rescue

Friday, den 30. April 2010

The Whale Said “Thank You”
by Arthur Poletti
If you read the front page story of the SF Chronicle, you would have read about a female humpback whale who had become entangled in a spider web of crab traps and lines. She was weighted down by hundreds of pounds of traps that caused her to struggle to [...]

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Unexpected Generosity

Wednesday, den 28. April 2010

Unexpected Generosity
Recently, I discovered this wonderful story about generosity. It is called “Invest Here” and tells of an unemployed gentleman who had creatively placed a notice “Invest Here” to attract donations that folk might like to share with him.
The notice caught the attention of an entrepreneur, on his way to the office, who was facing [...]

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Generous Matches

Tuesday, den 27. April 2010

The following examples of generous matching of equipment, skills and materials are taken from the Global Hand website. I thought these were very encouraging and inspiring. More information on:  http://www.globalhand.org
The ‘matches’ we witness amaze us…
 
An adult education institute in Kunming, China, asked us for a photocopier which was able to sort into 12 categories. Natwest [...]

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Generosity 101 [part 3]

Thursday, den 22. April 2010

Generosity 101
[Part 3]
Web Design 
A key feature of the contemporary world is the Internet and along with this amazing networking phenomenon is all the creativity and skillful designing that is required to produce quality websites. Thus here is another area in which one can be generous. Giving skilled input into producing impacting websites for charities and [...]

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Generosity 101 [part 2]

Wednesday, den 21. April 2010

Networking
Being able to link people and resources together for greater effectiveness and blessing is another aspect of generous giving. Being alert to and aware of resources in a wide spectrum of activities can be a tremendous resource. I’m continually amazed at the way people can linked and blessed. We live in an unprecedented time of [...]

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Generosity 101 [Part 1]

Saturday, den 17. April 2010

Immediately the word generosity comes to mind, a financial image is often the first one that appears. What about all the other 101 aspects of generosity that could equally be a great blessing to the many worthy projects around the world. Initiatives often desire to see further development but are lacking the resources to see this [...]

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Sharing Quotes Generously

Saturday, den 10. April 2010

Have you noticed that sharing quotes on facebook, twitter, email footers, etc is continually growing in popularity. There is something about a pithy quote that stirs us. Maybe it is that someone else can say what we do not have the courage to speak out for ourselves. Maybe it is that by quoting a person [...]

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The Generosity of small things

Friday, den 9. April 2010

[A blog post defending the small things God is doing: http://generousmind.blogspot.com/]
 
Today I responded to Sam Rainer, a local pastor, author and blogger for Outreach Magazine, on twitter. I don’t often do that but I wanted to speak to his comment with a very specific thought. Now I need to preface my thought with the fact [...]

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Resources to Enrich (13)

Wednesday, den 7. April 2010

Gogo Olive
Just Giving
Power to Change
Fisherman’s Rest
Mowgli
DCG
CABE
GOGO-OLIVE
It’s always so encouraging to see brilliant initatives that are transforming people’s lives. Gogo-Olive is a very good example where the lives -  and families of some 25 women in Zimbabwe are being blessed through a small project they have set up. It is a company that produces handcrafted toys.
A [...]

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Opportunity for Generosity (1) [100th post]

Tuesday, den 6. April 2010

As we have reached the 100 post for the Global Nomad, we thought this report, sharing about the need for 100 new staff, was an appropriate way to mark the occasion.
WHO CARES FOR STREET CHILDREN?  Please pray with ACTION as we share the Gospel and compassionate care to some of the 160 million street children [...]

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