This year, consider the many different kinds of needs you might be able to meet for others. [Click title to read more.]
Tag: giving
What We Can Give
An offer to use your influence or make a connection on someone's behalf can mean just as much as money or any material good. [Click title to read more.]
For A Change, May I Suggest Also Giving To The “Flagrantly Undeserving” This Year?
In our desire to help "the least of these," we do ourselves a disservice if we only define "the least of these" as those we find most personally endearing or worthy. [Click title to read more.]
Ways To Volunteer Or Give (That Aren’t Money)
Some options for those who want to give a little something besides cash. [Click title to read more.]
People Don’t Just Get Hungry At Christmas
At the end of the holiday season, many Christians are overwhelmed by the blitz of giving. The problem is that need doesn't just occur during the holiday season; it's year round, and hunger doesn't fade when the Christmas lights do. [Click title to read more.]
Don’t Be Afraid of Collateral Kindness
Let us not start policing our kindness, or being afraid that someone undeserving might receive it if we aim it in the wrong direction. [Click title to read more.]
This Holiday Season, You Have A Chance To Redefine Your Giving
May I suggest that you redefine your giving this year? Find a person, a family, a relationship that you can serve yourself, not just with material goods. Find a service that you can provide, yourself, to some people who might benefit from it. Get into the emotional and spiritual muck of serving, as well as the financial aspect. [Click title to read more.]
Losing The Sense of Entitlement
I wonder more and more if a sense of entitlement isn't the curse of the modern Christian. I've been convicted about it lately, this concept that I have: that there are certain things in life that I deserve and should have, and that not having them represents a violation of some sort of pact God never actually even made with me. [Click title to read more.]
Honest Consideration Embraces Inconvenience
Treating each other the way we would treat Christ comes at a cost - the cost of our money, or our energy, or our time. And it should. [Click title to read more.]
Why Our Culture Undervalues Sacrifice
When I talk about undervaluing sacrifice, I'm talking about how we undervalue everyday sacrifice: the 90% of moments that involve giving up something not-so-big for something that not everyone agrees is really important. [Click title to read more.]
Samaritan's Song 