I fly solo in this episode, as Mitchell and Rebecca have good enough reasons for being out.

As we continue through our series "Earn, Save, Give," this week's focus is on saving - which is as much a spiritual issue as it is a physical discipline.

In this episode, I reference the story often referred to as "The Rich Ruler," in Mark 10:17-31. I also talk about this month's book club where we'll be reading Walter Brueggemann's book "Money and Possessions." You are invited to join the book club conversation on Tuesday, October 27th at 8:00pm. You can find out more about the book club at www.wrumc.org/bookclub. Even if you can't read the whole book, pick a few chapters and join the conversation.

I also mentioned our latest survey. Again, we do a new survey every couple weeks so we can checkin. This survey is a financial checkin, and by that I mean we want to know how you are doing in relation to money. Not how much you have, how much you are giving, but how is your emotional/spiritual state in relation to money. You can find the survey at www.wrumc.org/survey.