by Stuart Strachan Jr. | Aug 7, 2018 | Stewardship
Giving Away What Wasn’t His When 67-year-old carpenter Russell Herman died in 1994, his will included a staggering set of bequests. Included in his plan for distribution was more than two billion dollars for the City of East St. Louis, another billion and a half for...
by Stuart Strachan Jr. | Aug 4, 2018 | Productivity, Products
August 2018 About 3 months ago, having just packed up our whole house and driven for 15 days across the country in the middle of winter with a 2 year old and 4 year old in tow, I decided to “go big” on my Valentine’s Day gift for my wife. She...
by Stuart Strachan Jr. | Jul 31, 2018 | Sermon Illustrations
(S.I.T.) for the week of 7/29 Tara Storch experiences a heart transplant In the spring of 2010 a skiing accident took the life of her (Tara Storch) thirteen-year-old daughter, Taylor. What followed for Tara and her husband, Todd, was every parent’s worst nightmare: a...
by Stuart Strachan Jr. | Jul 27, 2018 | Mission Trips, Practical Advice
When do you schedule the “fun” activities on your short-term mission trips? JULY 2018 When I was in youth ministry planning mission trips, we often scheduled a short sightseeing adventure for the end of the trip. Do you do this too? Often we hoped that this time would...
by Stuart Strachan Jr. | Jul 17, 2018 | Uncategorized
Just Charge It! I recently attended an event sponsored by Compassion International, the International Child Sponsorship Organization. The event was called “Stepping into My Shoes”. The purpose being to show children in America what it is like living in a third-world...
