Photo by Davide Ragusa
A few weeks ago, a close friend of mine was treating me to a pork chop lunch at Perry’s. If you haven’t tried it, you must. It’s delicious and quite affordable. This guy is also a pastor and one of my closest friends. In many ways, he and I are alike, but we are also very different in other ways. These differences make us stronger, and we complement each other well.
We got onto the subject of money as it pertains to family, ministry, and business (we both are both pastors, but also in businesses). He is always very honest with me, so while I was sharing with him that we don’t currently have much in the way of savings, he looked at me and said, “Maybe you’re being too generous with your time and your services?” At first I wanted to become defensive and call him a cheapskate, but he went on, “Whenever you discount prices or do things for free, you are saying ‘Yes’ to them, and ‘No’ to your family.” WHAM! That hit me in a way that I had never considered, and it made me sad. Continue reading
