BIG MINDS AND BIG HEARTS

Following the conclusion of our Mad Money series (Sunday), we are offering a six weeks class on financial management that is stirring up a lot of interest. I'm glad about that because freedom from fiscal pressure is a rare commodity nowadays and my take on the Christian life is that Jesus planned for it to be a happy thing that would attract others to adopt it, not the pitiful existence so many seem content to put up with.

Here's my two cents - if it's broken, get it fixed. Life's too short to be tolerated substandard.

We're having the classes in the Church of The Nazarene in Patchogue, just a block over from World Outreach Church of God where we have offer our study course The Journey At Grace Church every three months. That in turn is a couple of miles west of Christian Assembly which will host our bi-monthly worship night 4HIM tomorrow.

I've met a whole bunch of small-minded, self-centered pastors in my day and was one myself at one time. Nowadays I try to keep a far bigger view of things and love that we have so many local pastors working for the overall picture of building God's kingdom and not just jealously protecting their own patch.

We may not have a building of our own, but we've never been stuck for a spot to do something - thanks to men with big minds and big hearts.