You may have found yourself looking at this website, and wondering to yourself, "Just what in the heck are they trying to accomplish here?"

You may also be asking, "Why the name 'Good Returns?'" Many years ago, I built a website for a church acquaintance of mine with this domain name registration. The purpose of that site was to promote and market those folks who gave back to the local community in some fashion. For unrelated reasons, that person was ultimately unable to pay for either the site design, the hosting, the maintenance, nor for the domain registry - all of which had been charged to my credit card. So, I assumed ownership of the domain name and have kept it afloat and registered to me all this time until I knew what I wanted to do with it.

Why is this domain name, "goodreturns.com," appropriate to the mission of this particular website? The answer is twofold. It is because "Good," as in The Ultimate Good, does return. I've read The Book (AKA The Holy Bible), and the ending makes that absolutely clear. It is also because "Good," as in "God's Blessings," return to bless us when we bless others with our time, love, prayer, ministry, and resources. I am not talking about a prosperity theology - "name it and claim it." That is for people who think of God as a big gumball machine. You put money in, and sweet stuff comes out. No, God's blessings to us are not always manifestly apparent unless we are manifestly willing to see them. It is true whether we live in prosperity or deprivation (Philippians 4:11-13). This is faith in His ultimate goodness. When you are open to God's ultimate goodness and can lean on it without having a gumball popped in your mouth, then you can actually experience His goodness in your own day to day life.