The Generous Giver
October 15, 2021
The Generous Giver In a previous article, we introduced the idea of Prudent Spenders - people who enjoy the fruits of their labor while guarding against materialism. But what makes up a Prudent Spend...
The Faithful Steward
July 16, 2021
The Faithful Steward When we talk about stewardship in church, our minds tend to go automatically to the offering plate (or the online giving portal). And while the Bible has much to say about giving...
Stewardship Scenarios
February 5, 2021
Stewardship Scenarios If your congregation is like most, you have people in different places financially. This was true before the pandemic, and is potentially heightened now by economic uncertaint...
November 2020 Good Sense Newsletter
November 21, 2020
Seasonal Stewardship How will the holidays be different for you and your family this year? Will family gatherings look different than usual? Will they happen at all? Will you be attending any h...
The Wisdom of Saving
February 25, 2020
This month we chatted with Brooke Bartlow about the Biblical importance of saving. Speak a little to the importance of saving for the believer. Where should this fit in a budget? The questio...
December 2019 Good $ense Newsletter
December 15, 2019
Finishing Well This month, we reprise a key year-end article from Sid Yeomans. As the year draws to a close I have been thinking about the concept of "finishing well". What does finishing well loo...
October 2019 Good $ense Newsletter
October 22, 2019
Stewardship Conversations: Five Financial Areas - Earning This month, we talk to Sid Yeomans about earning, the first of the Five Financial Areas. GS: There's a lot of emphasis in our culture on m...
August 2019 Good $ense Newsletter
August 10, 2019
Stewardship Conversations: Discipling Congregations in Stewardship Our Stewardship Conversation this month features Brooke Bartlow on the topic of how churches can effectively disciple their congrega...
June 2019 Good $ense Newsletter
June 10, 2019
Vision and Fulfillment On April 27, 2019, the Good Sense Movement community gathered for our Annual Vision Night in Crystal Lake, IL. As a virtual organization, gathering us in one room allows us ...
April 2019 Good $ense Newsletter
April 7, 2019
Stewardship Conversations: Financial Coaching This month our conversation with Sid focuses on the area of financial coaching. GS: How important are financial coaches in helping believers who are str...
February 2019 Good $ense Newsletter
February 17, 2019
Stewardship Conversations: Churches and Stewardship Ministry This month we continue our conversation with Sid Yeomans, President of Good $ense Movement, focusing on common ways in which our congregat...
December 2018 Good $ense Newsletter
December 1, 2018
Stewardship Conversations: Churches and Stewardship Ministry This month we're starting a series of conversations with Sid Yeomans, President of Good $ense Ministry, around stewardship and stewardship...
October 2018 Good $ense Newsletter
October 1, 2018
Clean Hearts and Clean Finances How do you clean? At home, are you the type of person who would prefer to have things simply organized and picked up or do you prefer to have surfaces not just picked ...
August 2018 Good $ense Newsletter
August 3, 2018
What You Think, You Are Can changing our thinking really change anything at all? Quite possibly as stewardship leaders and learners we’re really in the “changing-what-you-think-about” busine...
June 2018 Good $ense Newsletter
June 3, 2018
Surprise! Would you consider yourself someone who enjoys a surprise? Something like attending a surprise party, receiving an unexpected gift, running into someone you have not seen for a long time or...
April 2018 Good $ense Newsletter
April 8, 2018
Is Simplicity Complex? I really enjoy books...complex, simple, hardbound, or otherwise. Some books are classics, like Richard Foster’s Freedom of Simplicity. I believe Foster speaks clearly to ...
February 2018 Good $ense Newsletter
February 12, 2018
It's All About Jesus Friends, As we turn the page into February 2018, we are already approaching the start of a new Lenten season. I feel like we just celebrated the birth of Christ. Now, we are f...
The Best Christmas Gifts
December 3, 2017
December 2017 Good $ense Newsletter: The Best Christmas Gifts Dear Good $ense Friends, In the midst of this season in which the value of relationships is most clearly brought to our consciousness,...
Financial Fingerprints
October 4, 2017
October 2017 Good $ense Newsletter: Financial Fingerprints Dear Good $ense Friends, My oldest daughter, Faith, is 4 years old and in our church's Pre-Kindergarden. Recently, I was visiting her cla...
Stewardship from the Inside Out
August 6, 2017
August 2017 Good $ense Newsletter: Stewardship from the Inside Out Dear Good $ense Friends, My daughters are growing up! Later this year one will be entering college, one searching for the colle...
Looking at Stewardship with New Eyes
June 4, 2017
June 2017 Good $ense Newsletter: Looking at Stewardship with New Eyes Dear Good $ense Friends, Recently, I found myself sitting in the patient chair of a new optometrist. For the last 16 years, I ha...
Jack and Jill Stewardship
April 9, 2017
April 2017 Good $ense Newsletter: Jack and Jill Stewardship Dear Good $ense Friends, In his book New Way to be Human, Charlie Peacock points out that most of us, when asked what the nursery rhyme ...
Prime Storage
February 5, 2017
February 2017 Good $ense Newsletter: Prime Storage Dear Good $ense Friends, Early last month, my husband, two little girls and I moved into our new home. In our nine years of marriage this was our 4...
Stewardship of the Gospel
December 4, 2016
December 2016 Good $ense Newsletter: Stewardship of the Gospel Dear Good $ense Friends, In the midst of this season in which the value of relationships is most clearly brought to our consciousness, ...
Plans and Interruptions
October 8, 2016
October 2016 Good $ense Newsletter: Plans and Interruptions Dear G$ Friends and Partners, Ding. Another meeting notice. Fifteen minutes prior to a meeting, my smart phone dings, letting me know th...
Shopaholic vs. Leadership Junky?
August 28, 2016
August 2016 Good $ense Newsletter: Shopaholic vs. Leadership Junky? Dear G$ Friends and Partners, A shopaholic and a leadership junky walk into a bar… I know, it sounds like the start of bad joke ...
Winning the Battle Against Materialism
April 11, 2016
April 2016 Good $ense Newsletter: Winning the Battle Against Materialism Dear G$ Friends and Partners, As I write this article my emotions are all over the map. Recently I returned from South Africa...
A Biblical Stewardship Top 10
February 4, 2016
February 2016 Good $ense Newsletter: A Biblical Stewardship Top 10 If someone asked you to summarize a top ten list regarding Biblical stewardship, what would you have on the list? I will always be o...
Finishing Well
December 13, 2015
December 2015 Good $ense Newsletter: Finishing Well As 2015 draws to a close I have been thinking about the concept of "finishing well". What does finishing well look like? Is it the number of pe...
Freedom vs. Fear
October 6, 2015
October 2015 Good $ense Newsletter: Freedom vs. Fear “What if you were given the choice to change or die?” was the question posed in an article in Fast Company magazine. What if a doctor said you...
The Importance of Perspective
August 18, 2015
August 2015 Good $ense Newsletter: The Importance of Perspective After a major battle in WWII, a doctor on the front lines was running low on morphine. So rather than automatically administering it t...
The Priority of Planning
June 19, 2015
June 2015 Good $ense Newsletter: The Priority of Planning Years ago when I first visited south Florida, I found it Ugly (Yes, that's ugly with a capital U!). All the swamps and huge bugs that never...
Grace for the journey
April 27, 2015
April 2015 Good $ense Newsletter: Grace for the journey Recently while driving I looked up in my rear view mirror and my heart sank as I saw the flashing lights of a police car coming up behind me. R...
Transformational Opportunities
February 28, 2015
February 2015 Good $ense Newsletter: Transformational Opportunities Dear G$ Friends and Stewardship Partners, I wonder if you view news headlines such as the recent terrorist attacks in France o...
From Cars to Coaches
December 11, 2014
December 2014 Good $ense Newsletter: From Cars to Coaches Do you book the cheapest rental car when you travel? Since cheapest usually means smallest, that can create some unique adventures for a ...
Saguaro Sense
October 9, 2014
October 2014 Good $ense Newsletter: Saguaro Sense As I write this, I’m in Arizona where the saguaro cacti stretch their arms skyward, the sun is hot and the brown of the desert landscape yearns for...
Time of Renewal
August 3, 2014
August 2014 Good $ense Newsletter: Time of Renewal Dear friends and colleagues, I have recently returned from my annual canoe trip into the Quetico Wilderness Area in Ontario. It’s a yearly phys...
Journey of Generosity
June 12, 2014
June Good $ense Newsletter: Journey of Generosity Good Sense partners, Have you ever been to the “World of Coca-Cola” in Atlanta? I sampled over 100 different soft drinks that Coke sells all o...
Timely Tax Tips
April 15, 2014
April Good $ense Newsletter: Timely Tax Tips Instead of going into Debt to pay your taxes: Currently the default action of many Americans is to go into debt to pay for large expenses such as cars, pr...
Freedom, Security, Power, and Love
September 30, 2013
September 2013 Newsletter: Freedom, Security, Power, and Love Have You Ever Been Pick-pocketed? Recently I made two back to back trips to New York City. During one trip I walked over the Bro...
Be Content
July 30, 2013
July 2013 Newsletter by Dick Towner: Be Content Dear G$ friends and colleagues, I have just returned from my annual wilderness canoe trip up in Canada and I’m refreshed physically, emotionally...
Two Nights On Death Row
May 28, 2013
May 2013 Newsletter: Two Nights On Death Row Dear Good Sense friends and colleagues, I attend many conferences each year, most of them financially oriented. However last month I attended the “Ma...