Our reason and Old Self are attracted to treasures on earth. This is a strong pull that comes from within that tears down life."
Hi, I’m Jeff Davis, one of the authors of Heart in Focus. I’m glad that you are learning more about this special program. I always believe it is good to challenge oneself and learn new things each day. Heart in Focus offers a challenge not usually found in today’s resources. It helps the reader to answer, “Who am I?” and “Why am I here on this earth?”
Answers to these questions give our lives purpose and a reason for living. By enrolling in a Heart in Focus course, I believe you will find help in responding better to these questions.
You may also know me through Cornerstone Stewardship Ministry, Inc., a firm that raises dollars for Lutheran ministries by growing God’s joyful stewards. Visit our web site at www.joyfulgiving.net.
Or, drop me a note to let me know what you think: jeff@heartinfocus.com. May your day be a blessing for Jesus!
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GJ - Jeff is vice-chairman of Church and Change. His photo is still up, but his bio is blank.
Brian Arthur Lampe is on the board, but no longer has a photo or a bio. He is the self-ordained pastor who is always giving Satan a boxing lesson, for a fee, of course.
They are all part of the Jeske, Inc. network.
Ski of The SORE was listed on the Changer board until I published that fact. He then disappeared from it.
KJV 1 Corinthians 3:5 Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man? 6 I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. 7 So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.
Contrary to Rev. Jeff, God gives the increase through His Word. The Holy Spirit revealed, through Paul, that individuals are simply those through whom people came to believe in Christ. No one should extol one human or another--or himself--because God alone gives the increase.
Because Rev. Jeff has everything upside-down and backwards, he thinks we bless Jesus, another doctrine of the Me Generation.
Rev. Jeff's teammate at Cornerstone fund-raising is a Missouri Synod man who chairs the LEA, and the LEA is inviting Leonard Sweet, perennial sweetheart of Church and Change:
Tom Grunow (Co-Founder of CSM, MEd, CFRE)
Portland, Oregon
Tom Grunow is a 33-year veteran in Christian Education, Fund Development and Strategic Planning having served with Lutheran educational ministries in Florida, Texas and Oregon. Following in the footsteps of his father, Dr. Robert A. Grunow, known throughout the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (LCMS) for his estate planning and fundraising expertise, for the past 14 years he has served as a consultant to Lutheran churches and schools throughout the U.S. Previously he served as Vice President of the Concordia University Foundation Portland and on the National Board of Directors of the Association of Lutheran Development Executives (ALDE). He currently serves Trinity Lutheran Church, as Volunteer Minister of Stewardship & Gifts, is an active member of ALDE, a member of the Christian Stewardship Association (CSA), and serves as Board Chair of the Lutheran Education Association (LEA). Tom resides in Portland, Oregon with his wife, Karin, a commissioned Lutheran schoolteacher. They have 3 children and 3 grandchildren.
Here is the LEA link about Leonard Sweet, aging hippy gasbag, serving as the keynote speaker for the Lutheran association. He wrote:
Postmodern and Wesleyan?: Exploring the Boundaries and Possibilities
Postmodern and Wesleyan? is both an exploration and an internal dialogue. Essays written by differing voices explore various dimensions of postmodernism as they relate to theology, church, practices, communities, and missions. Each section includes a critical response by a respected Wesleyan leader to the ideas expressed. Dr. Leonard Sweet concludes each section with comments to continue the conversation. This important conversation piece invites churches, pastors, and laity to explore together how the Christian faith might shape both the present and the future. By providing a forum for engaging issues, both important and difficult, Postmodern and Wesleyan? offers a voice to some of the most creative thinkers in the movement and a help to Christians deciding the direction they must go in order to share the good news of God s love. 
