Tis the season . . . As we begin the advent season the world around us seems determined to make us think about everything but the coming of Jesus. Determined to distract us from the waiting, the anticipation, the joy, the peace and the salvation that His arrival means for the world. Whether it’s black continue reading »
Category: Giving
it’s not just cubits in here
My grandmother, who passed away eight years ago, read through the Bible annually. I still remember her in her house dress and bathrobe sitting in an old arm chair in the morning leafing through her well-worn King James. I aspire to her consistency but not the house dress and bathrobe, they were kind of awful! continue reading »
Technology that Inspires Generosity
Intentionality in creating a giving strategy is a significant way to make your generosity more transformative—for the people and organizations you give to and for yourself as a spiritual practice. For many, taking the time to write out a check and send it (rather than automate everything in order to remember to give) is a continue reading »
Transformative Giving, Part 3: Is Your Generosity Connected?
The practice of open-hearted, unafraid generosity is not simple. It’s fairly easy to accept the idea that we should be generous with our resources (which, in any calculation, belong to God), and it might even come easily to decide to be generous. But the practice, the choosing how and where to give, is where we—certainly continue reading »
Transformative Giving, Part 2: Is Your Generosity Sacrificial?
“To be a witness does not consist in engaging in propaganda or even stirring people up, but in being a living mystery. It means to live in such a way that one’s life would not make sense if God did not exist.” -Dorothy Day Does your giving change the world? Does it change you? These continue reading »
Transformative Giving Part 1: Cultivating Intentionality
In an interesting trend in our consumer-wins-all society, a movement toward minimalism is starting to take hold. People are questioning the rationale of endless purchasing and looking to get out from under the suffocating pressure of stuff. Blogs and articles on pursuing contentment through means other than acquiring more and better things are drawing millions continue reading »
Is Your Giving Transformative?
For me, the central question of economic discipleship is: how can I ensure that my whole life is telling a single story, and that that story is the Gospel? How can the way I use my money become a prophetic witness to the world? –Michael Zahniser, BFJN Board Member How do you decide where to continue reading »