Territorial Bloggings
A Cogent Mélange of Lutheran & Pop-Culture Punditry
Dem Boomers
How Baby Boomers Are Robbing Our Grandchildren…
Synod-speak on debt
Over at Schaff’s Kopf, Rev. Schaaf has a great observational post on a recent LCMS Synodical press release on the subject of church worker debt.
I saw the email version of the press release, and it struck me in many of the same ways as it did Rev. Schaaf. Fortunately, he’s already done at least as [...]
Tax-exempt temptation
The tax-exempt status that American churches enjoy is neither necessary nor good.
There are political reasons for this, not the least of which are outlined in a recent World Magazine article (Pulpit Politics, Oct 07, 2006). While I don’t think that the pulpit is a place for partisan political stumping, neither do I think that the [...]
Churches & Credit Ratings
Both the Cranach & main WorldMagBlog have recently had entries (and lengthy comment threads) on the topic of churches accepting offerings via credit cards, debit cards, and/or automatic/direct-draft bank withdrawals.
I prefer the better, albeit shorter, Cranach discussion — “Tithing by Credit Card” — to the longer thread over at the main blog — “Technological Tithing”. [...]
