The locally owned voice of the capital region
What you need to know for 03/16/2017
We have personal lives; we are real, imperfect, and human.
How do you hear the voice of God? There are many voices that compete for our attention. Some of them are not the most helpful and many of those unhelpful one...
In personal finances, we all know how important it is to have an emergency fund. Unforeseen, costly events happen. Sometimes they are relatively small—a tire goes flat or a washing machines stops working. Sometimes they are big—a job is lost. Having money set aside for these purposes is key to financial health. But what about churches? Churches face a similar predicament that, we as individuals, face. Capital reserves are funds set aside, specifically for facility improvements or repairs. And su
A look into the value rent dollars have on the local community by RENTCafé has found that 90 cents of each dollar paid toward rent goes towards taxes, wages, maintenance and improvements, and mortgage payments, while just 10 cents of each dollar belongs to owners and investors. Creative Writer, Editor, and Researcher Florentina Sarac took ...
Millennials are a generation of renters, but this is nothing to be depressed about.
Readers discuss whether the minimum wage should reflect living costs in the area.
Do you remember going to chapel in Bible college? Every once in a while, one of “the greats” would show up.You knew you were listening to one of the great communicators when you heard two ...
How you do learn to hear God's voice? Learn to recognize the ways God can speak to us that we might hear His voice.
There will be many voices in the coming days telling us to seek the wisdom of political maneuvering, the necessity of reform, and the need for unity. All of these things are good and should be considered. However, they should not be our first resp...
“…and the sheep follow him because they recognize his voice.” We’ve probably all heard this reading more than once in our lifetimes. The first few times I heard it, I thought it was ridiculous. How would a sheep recognize... Read More
It can be really awkward when someone waves and calls your name and you realize you have no idea who they are! There’s plenty of people we should recognize, but don’t. But what if one o…
Above all voices, may all those I love hear Your voice; above all pathways, may they know Your ways; above all advice, may they learn Your counsel; above all knowledge, may they have Your understanding; and above all opinions, may they have Your wisdom.
“God told me to…”<br>All my life as a Christian, I’ve heard people around me use those words. People I looked up to would recount testimonies of how God had dramatically changed the course of their lives through an audible voice.
For growing houses of worship a capital budget is a necessity, and forecasting expenditures is a matter of asking the right questions.
Many people in our industry are firmly convinced that the only way to win work is to undercut the competition. As a result, they end up selling on price. And they miss opportunities to sell print more profitably.
Some guy makes the accusation that Trinitarians use scripture like building materials to construct there own God. I would say that our God is built on the bu...
Finding your preaching voice can be difficult, so here are some tips to help you along the way. Preaching and preachers differ based on schools of thought, communication styles, and culture, but these tips transcend those differences.
The other day I had a conversation with some pastor friends of mine about the leading of the Lord. How do you know when God is leading you to another place? As Christians, should we wait on the lea…
If CDFIs adopt the standard of using appraisals to determine our loan amounts, we would make very few loans in the communities we were founded to serve.