Category: GENEROSITY
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How to Receive Online Donations without Fees
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For smaller nonprofits, charities, churches, and ministries that are working hard to minimize any overhead, even a small percentage for transaction fees are perceived as a barrier to using an online donation platform. For example, when a donor gives $100 online, your nonprofit gets $96.80 or less. Although, there is ample data and evidence to…
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a Faster Way to Setup a Nonprofit
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Would you believe there’s a way to start a nonprofit project and receive tax-deductible donations in less than a week? For reals!
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Talking About Money Because Jesus Talked About Money
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We have started an on-going conversation and newsletter about becoming generous Asian Ameriacn Christians, thanks to my friend Jeff Lee.
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“What is it that you do exactly?”
February 2020 has been a heavy travel month, 3 out of 4 weeks away from home—in Virginia, at Mt. Hermon, San Francisco, San Jose, and Nashville, Tennessee. I’ve got a good website here with a bunch of content, but sometimes people want to have a nice short and sweet summary. There are some people that…
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How to increase Asian Americans’ generosity
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in GENEROSITYGenerosity doesn’t make a lot of sense in a world of consumption and people being people. But as I learn more about generosity, through a couple of pivotal experiences in my life recently, I am finding that giving away money is a lot of fun! And there’s an extra level of fun when it’s your…
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Committing My Life to 3 Things = M.S.G.
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3 things that I’m devoting my life to = MultiAsian + Shame + Generosity. Watch this quick personal update video where I explain. It’s taken me many years, several decades, to arrive at discovering what my ultimate contribution in life will be, or should be. My life was blessed to discover and receive clarity around this time last year.…
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Asian American Christians don’t talk about money?
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Generosity and philanthropy are uncomfortably hard to talk about in mainstream American culture and churches. It’s even harder to talk about in Asian American Christian churches.
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7 Asian American Christian Philanthropy Examples
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Generosity and philanthropy looks different in various cultures. In the USA, we see the prominence of institutional philanthropy through perennial organizations that are staffed for strategic effectiveness. We hear of them mentioned in the news, e.g. Gates Foundation, Pew Charitable Trust, or celebrities making large donations publicly. And they’re acknowledged at the start of PBS…
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What the Bible says to crazy rich Asians?
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2018 marks the momentous occasion of the popular movie, Crazy Rich Asians. This romantic comedy (aka romcom) stands as a quality piece of entertainment, that also carries extra meaning for some Asians and Asian Americans. The movie serves as a good prompt to vocalize the variety of Asian American lives. People from all kinds of…
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How to freely give as you have freely received
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When I read articles and hear talks about being more generous, so much of those tends to be about giving away more money. And there’s a pressing need for that so that donations can fund and sustain the myriads of charitable and non-profit organizations. Sometimes these talks are specifically targeted to the wealthy, those who are upper middle-class or those…
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How Older Churches Can Have a Great Future
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Being reborn (or born again) is the most powerful theme in the Gospel message and in the Bible, and for believers, the most powerful thing in human history. And it can be a part of a church’s history and life too. It is a normal thing for a church to have a life span of…