Radical Generosity
I am inspired by radical generosity. I have a friend that simply blows me away by how he and his church are so radically generous. Chuck & Dama McKennell hands down are the most generous people I have ever met. Since I have known them they have helped countless people get back on their feet. They have launched numerous churches. Chuck has given away central heat and air-condition units to churches that needed them and what’s more he along with his radically generous church have gone as far as to install the units they gave away! They have been known to install plumbing for churches and pay for it. They are constantly doing, giving, loving and sharing.
One evening, sitting in Chuck and Dama’s living room, I mentioned we were looking for a bus. Immediately, his eyes lit up and a huge smile came across his face.
He said “We have one!”.
“Awesome how much?”
“It’s yours.”
Without a blink, that night Chuck and Dama gave ThatChurch.com the black bus. It was a gift that is still blessing. Over the past year, that bus has been driven into numerous iServOthers projects, storm damaged areas, took 40+ passengers to the launch of ThatChurch.com/Medina TN, carried 35 passengers to Joplin MO to help tornado victims, just returned from carrying 45 students to camp, and Lord willing it will do much more for Christ in the days to come. On that warm Oklahoma evening, Chuck and Dama gave me way more than a bus. They gave me a seed. A seed of generosity. I have watched God bless H2O Ardmore (The Church Chuck and Dama pastor) beyond imagine. I know that blessing is the direct result of two people having the heart of God beating in their chest. Fearlessly they give. I want to be like that.
What do you have two of that someone else has none?
July 25, 2011