It was a privilege to participate on the Generosity Study Team as a resource person this past year. In September 2007 the team began to work together wrestling with ideas that would help us, as a movement, continue to develop an ethos of generosity. The team members included: Joe Schaefer […]
Alan Hirsch posted this on his blog earlier in September. Good food for thought… Mohandas Gandhi, one of the most influential figures in modern social and political activism, considered these traits to be the most spiritually perilous to humanity… Wealth without Work Pleasure without Conscience Science without Humanity Knowledge without
Have you ever noticed that many Christians view giving as a “have to” activity? I have to give because it says so in the Bible. Have you ever noticed that there are some people who view giving as something they “get to” do? So what is the difference? You’d think
This entry was posted on the Books @ Leadership Network Blog. Passing the Plate, by sociologists Christian Smith, Michael O Emerson and Patricia Snell, is likely to become a landmark book. Oxford University Press is known for high-quality, well-researched books. This 240-page volume, which includes a number of graphs and
I read this blog entry from David Fitch today and thought I’d pass it along to you. While he writes about the situation in the US, there are many parallels to our Canadian context. The Idol Hath Fallen – the Financial Crisis and the Reshaping of the Landscape for Mission
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Christianity Today has a great article on Christians and their giving – or more appropriately, Christians and what they are not giving. Check out this must read article here. The article cites the book Passing the Plate which I mentioned in a blog entry back in September “Why Aren’t Christians
Light and Life Magazine, published by The Free Methodist Church in the US, has a good article on generosity in their January/February 2009 issue. You can read it here.
During this era of economic uncertainty, as believers, we can choose to respond in a number of ways. We can either react like the rest of the world – fear, anxiety, anger, withdrawal or perhaps ignore what is happening and go on with life as usual. Instead I want to
Dave Ramsey has been helping people get on track financially for many years. His organization has developed the “Financial Peace University” tool which can be used by groups to help people get out of debt and get their financial house in order. Dave has recently initiated a church resource designed
Check out this short video where Matt Carter, Pastor of Austin Stone Community Church, talks about how they were able to develop missional communities. “When we focused on developing community, we were unable to develop either community or mission, but when we focused on mission we were able to develop
