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Chris Altrock is an author, spiritual director and preacher, serving as the Senior Minister at the Stamford Church of Christ. He and his wife Kendra are parents to Jordan and Jacob.

Impractical Presents: Giving for and to God by Giving to Others (Prov. 14:31)

Last Monday some of Highland’s staff and elders prayerfully drove through the 11 neighborhoods within two miles of our new facility.  This was part of an ongoing effort to learn more about the new neighborhood.  Afterwards, I stopped by the Hatcher’s new home, just minutes away from the new facility.  As they gave me the tour of their home, I remembered the first time Kendra and I purchased a home.  What I most remember is sitting in someone’s office signing document after document after document.  And what I most remember about the documents is the financial numbers.  They were the largest financial numbers ever attached to my name!  And they made me nervous!  Like many of you, the first home we purchased was not something we could afford with our own resources.  We had to ask an institution for a loan.   That institution possessed greater resources than we did and was able to fund our need.

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