This past Saturday was a rare day, jam-packed from morning ’til night with reminders that generous matters. Or maybe it wasn’t really that rare, but… Read More »Reminders that generous matters found in Lucketts, Lancaster, and the Basinger garage
“It is not your responsibility to finish the work [of perfecting the world], but you are not free to desist from it either.” Rabbi Tarfon,… Read More »Generosity in quotes: Rabbi Tarfon
Donor-centered fundraising has never been as important as it is now. Or so goes the buzz among development gurus. I’ve said as much myself – first in Growing Givers’ Hearts: Treating Fundraising as Ministry and then again (and again and again) in my interaction with clients. When it comes to nurturing loyal giving, nothing beats meeting donors where their hearts are.
And truth be told, that is how it has always been.
We modern-day fundraisers may think we’ve happened upon a “new truth,” but the best of our tribe have been at this donor-centered thing for years. Centuries in fact, as I was reminded via a most unlikely of sources – the 1872 biography of Sarah B. Judson, the second wife of Adoniram Judson.Read More »Two century-old fundraising wisdom from the second Mrs. Judson
“As the three Abrahamic faiths – Judaism, Christianity, Islam – all teach, we humans live out our love for God by loving our neighbor and… Read More »Generosity in quotes: William Enright
“We must be ready to allow ourselves to be interrupted by God . . . It is a strange fact that Christians and even ministers… Read More »Generosity in quotes: Brennan Manning
“In the first five books of the Hebrew Bible, there is a command that runs through Torah like a hymn refrain. There are many variations… Read More »Generosity in quotes: Barbara Brown Taylor
Is my face red! I let the second anniversary of Generous Matters slip by unheralded. Okay, so two years is but a blip in the blogosphere. For me, however, it’s a big deal. When I first put fingers to keyboard on March 3, 2011, I didn’t know where this blogging thing would take me. Three hundred plus posts later, I’m still here. Even more amazing, so are you. Hooray for us!Read More »Reflections on two years as a blogger, two weeks late
As my adventure in online teaching comes to a close, excuse me for clucking like a proud mother hen. In eight short weeks, the “chicks”… Read More »Counting shared governance chicks as they hatch
“Professors, over all, cast a skeptical eye on the learning outcomes for online education. Nearly two-thirds say they believe that the learning outcomes for an… Read More »Reflections at the beginning of an online teaching experience