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My father died on March 20. He was the oldest of four and, in our family, the last of his generation. My brothers, sister, and I are now the ones responsible to continue the legacy of faith we received from our forebears. I pray that [...]

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P&B Online / Pensions & Benefits USA Church of the Nazarene
I’ve heard the assertion several times, “Since God instructed us to not worry about tomorrow (Matthew 6:34), it violates His will to plan for retirement.”
Can this be? … MORE

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P&B Online / Pensions & Benefits USA Church of the Nazarene
The return address read “Internal Revenue Service.”
Oh, no. What does that mean?
I opened the envelope to read the summons. My wife and I were invited to meet with an IRS representative to discuss a tax return filed two years earlier. We were being audited… MORE

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P&B Online / Pensions & Benefits USA Church of the Nazarene
The full-color graphic on the front page of the Kansas City Star was nothing like I expected for a Thanksgiving Day (2009). A tiny, token cartoon turkey sat on the top of the narrow left column. In contrast, a large graphic splattered two-thirds of the [...]

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P&B Online / Pensions & Benefits USA Church of the Nazarene
Our eagerness to serve masked our lack of experience and know-how. Here we were—ten members of a Work & Witness team in a foreign land with the responsibility to set about 2,400 square feet of porcelain floor tile. After a quick training session, a couple [...]

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P&B Online / Pensions & Benefits USA Church of the Nazarene
For months, the financial crisis has dominated the news. Pundits speculate on the bankruptcies of automakers and the ripple effect it may have on the economy. City officials look closely at foreclosure rates in their neighborhoods, calculate the shock on city budgets and services, and [...]

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P&B Online / Pensions & Benefits USA Church of the Nazarene
On a beautiful spring afternoon, just a few weeks before we received our high school diplomas, my friend invited me to go flying with him. He had just qualified for his private pilot license. We took his green Chevy Vega to the small municipal airport. [...]

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P&B Online / Pensions & Benefits USA Church of the Nazarene
We might never have known about them had they not left sizeable gifts to a university, library, or nonprofit organization. But the institutions shared the good news. When a news agency picked up the story, the word spread quickly… MORE

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P&B Online / Pensions & Benefits USA Church of the Nazarene
“I hate that picture!”
Stunned by the stark declaration, we stopped perusing old family photos and looked at my mother for an explanation. She kept flipping through the stack she held in her hands … MORE

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P&B Online / Pensions & Benefits USA Church of the Nazarene
The trip to the home improvement store could not have gone more smoothly. In one minute I walked from the car to the outdoor security light bulb I needed. Turning, I walked to the self-service checkout register to scan the item, slip the currency in [...]

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