http://keithschwanz.com ... to mold words into inspiring ideas Sat, 24 Jul 2010 22:40:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en P&B Online / Pensions & Benefits USA Church of the Nazarene 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 ... http://keithschwanz.com/?p=169 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 http://keithschwanz.com/?p=167 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. ... http://keithschwanz.com/?p=165 Of Papa.  A psalm. O LORD, you have given me a two-year-old who knows everything I do. He knows when I sit and when I rise; He perceives my thoughts of escape from afar. He discerns my going out and my lying down; Nothing eludes his scrutiny. He chooses the topic of conversation and tells me when ... http://keithschwanz.com/?p=155 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 ... http://keithschwanz.com/?p=157 I listened to a lively conversation today. A man who attends a Church of the Nazarene, but doesn’t consider himself a Nazarene, raised the matter of the “rules” of the Church of the Nazarene in issues such as drinking alcoholic beverages. He said that he doesn’t have any ... http://keithschwanz.com/?p=163 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 ... http://keithschwanz.com/?p=151 P&B Online / Pensions & Benefits USA Church of the Nazarene I stood in the exhibit hall at the 2009 General Assembly of the Church of the Nazarene in Orlando. As I gazed across the large room, I heard someone say, “Hello, partner.” I turned to see my friend, Francisco Cardona, ... http://keithschwanz.com/?p=149 My niece, Shela, listens to Matt Case, a mid-day DJ at Spirit 105.3 radio in Seattle.  One day her five-year-old son, Samuel, wanted to call in to tell Mr. Matt a joke. That has developed into quite a relationship.  Mr. Matt gave Shela a private phone number so "Buddy Sam" ... http://keithschwanz.com/?p=136 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 ... http://keithschwanz.com/?p=133