"Where there's a will...." This sermon brings together the financial concept of needing to have a will with the faith concept of needing to have a willing nature, to help people see the complex interconnections between the spiritual and the material, our will and our work, our desires and our deeds. The good news is that by continually flexing our spiritual willpower we can experience redeeming acts of resurrection in our lives.

Do you have a will? Everyone needs one. You must not die without it. Do you have a willing nature? Everyone needs one. You must not live without it.

Grits, Grats and Gruts are some of the most talked about techniques in estate planning today. Grits (Grantor Retained Income Trusts), Grats (Grantor Retained Annuity Trusts) and Gruts (Grantor Retained Unitrusts) are…