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Podcast Episode 19: Generosity Begins in the Parking Lot

In this episode of the Generosity Podcast, Todd McMichen is joined by Bryan Rose, a lead navigator with Auxano. During their conversation, they discuss how generosity and hospitality are not two separate things. Best Quotes “The word generospitality comes from the question, ‘How do we connect generosity and hospitality?’” “What was really attractive about the […]

When Generosity Is Hard

In the month of July, I want to introduce you to a few of our team members at Generosity by LifeWay. I am so honored to lead a team that lives the message in many ways. Today, I want you to meet Rob Dupree. He began with our team as a Generosity Specialist and excelled […]

Podcast: Episode 18- Easy Ways to Be Generous to Your City

In this episode of the Generosity Podcast, Todd McMichen is joined by Eric Koehler, pastor of ValleyPoint Church in Glen Mills, PA. During their conversation, they discuss leading the church to be generous in the city. Best Quotes “Love days are simply our opportunity as a church to think about others by loving and serving […]

Podcast: Episode 17 How to Grow a Generous Team

In this episode of the Generosity Podcast, Todd McMichen is joined by Gunnar Johnson, the Executive VP at MortarStone and former Stewardship Pastor at Gateway Church in Dallas, Texas. During their conversation, they discuss how to get paid staff support and volunteer lay-led support. Best Quotes “If you get the whole staff involved in your […]

The Money Challenge Book Review

Pastor, if you are looking for an easy to use, person friendly, church-wide tool to help people get in the game of tackling their finances with God’s wisdom, then The Money Challenge by Art Rainer might just be your solution. Not everyone is ready to jump into the deep end of a 12-week personal money […]

VLOG: Why Stewardship Is Not Your Generosity Solution

I am so thrilled today to see churches venturing more and more into the stewardship conversation. More classes are being taught along with entire church-wide emphasis. I want to take a few moments and help a pastor gain some realistic expectations to chart a long term direction. Often times the motivation to launch a Stewardship […]

Podcast: Episode 16- Fasting, Scarcity, and Overflow Part 2

In this episode of the Generosity Podcast, Todd McMichen is joined by Skye Jethani, author of What’s Wrong With Religion, podcast host, speaker, and consultant. During their conversation, they discuss how media fasts lead to generosity and contrasting scarcity and overflow. Best Quotes “A lot of Christians engage in generosity either out of a sense […]

Growing a Generous Team

I want you to give some thought to what it would be like to be a part of a generous church, led by a generous staff, overflowing with generous people. Let’s work this in reverse so you can get a clear picture of the dream. While generous people can be described in many ways, I […]