Monthly Archives: August 2010

One Christian’s Perspective on The Giving Pledge, Part I: Two Very Different Giving Pledges

Posted on August 23, 2010 by Pastor Foley

Even in the midst of several really excellent pieces from secular writers on the Giving Pledge (my own favorites are here, here, here, and one particularly insightful piece I’m saving for the end of this post), I’ve been surprised not … Continue reading →

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Church Marketing: Market the Message AND the Community Formed by It

Posted on August 20, 2010 by Pastor Foley

Here’s a church-angled follow-up to our post last week, Marketing is what happens when relationship fails. The blog site Q considers whether Christianity is amenable to being marketed as a “product”, ultimately deciding in the negative: Let’s think for a … Continue reading →

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What’s The Best Donation You Ever Made Through a Nonprofit?

Posted on August 18, 2010 by Pastor Foley

The folks at WiseBread are running a contest where readers write in to identify the best purchase they ever made in their life. While I was initially simultaneously transfixed and unnerved by readers responses to date–“6 years of school” and … Continue reading →

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