[uptoolate]

Waitresses are like Elephants. They remember. If you are a regular at a restaurant and you are a lousy tipper, then the chances are you have eaten a loogie or two in your lifetime.

There is no worse witness than a man who publicly prays over his food and then leaves the restaurant without giving a generous tip. The absolute worst witness is the guy who leaves a tract instead of a tip. There is a special place in hell reserved for that guy.

Managed restaurants for 8 years, half of them before I was a Christian. Seen 'em all.

As far as the 20k vs 200k topic, we do have some unsaved in the crowd too. But we have seen big improvements in that area this past year.

[P-Marlowe]

I suspect your senior pastor has a side job.

I used to work with an attorney who worked 10 hours a day 5 days a week as an attorney and then worked 6 hours a day seven days a week as a senior pastor of a growing church. He never took a salary from the Church.

The church has grown and he now pastors the largest church in his city and as far as I know he is still working at least 30 hours a week as an attorney to feed his family and not taking a salary from the church. But then, unlike most pastors, he doesn't need a salary from his church. But if he were making $200,000 a year as a pastor, I would certainly not begrudge him. He's clearly worth more than that to his congregation.