What Can I Give?
As the door slammed, I froze, seeing my keys locked inside our Volvo. Which was built like a tank. Safe. Secure. Very hard to unlock, because the mechanism was a sliding bolt down near the handle. And I was standing, stunned, in a French parking lot near Avignon with two teenage visitors whom I hardly […]
Separate No More – Oct. 13, 2021
“I think money is one of the easiest subjects to compartmentalize, to put it off as separate from the rest of life. From the rest of the gospel. But this is a deadly pursuit. Money needs to be integrated into our whole Faith framework. In our feeling tones, it needs to be connected to the […]
Aligning – Oct. 12, 2021
“The key problem of stewardship is not how to motivate people to give more, but rather how to help them develop into disciples who, in gratitude, compassion, and justice, are eager to align their money with the needs of God’s created order.” —Gordon Cosby
Happiness – Oct. 11, 2021
“When I hear someone say, “Money can’t buy happiness”, my first instinct is to wonder from what mindset they are operating. Those that have had all the material conveniences and luxuries one can buy, might (if they are lucky) come to realize that all the “things” in this world can’t buy happiness. And they are […]