Category: Wealth/Stewardship

In the News: Africans to Bono: ‘For God’s sake please stop!’

With all of the megastar attention to the needs in Africa, and public awareness reaching all time highs, voices from inside Africa have begun to raise a new concern: STOP flooding Africa with aid. This perspective might come as a surprise. Read on to investigate these viewpoints through two recent articles…

Pondering a miracle, a parable, and an old joke.

The miracle of the feeding of the five thousand, the parable of the talents, and an old joke you’ve all probably heard might help us ponder what it means to be a steward of what God has given us.

Make a Difference by Searching

Surfing the World Wide Web is big business – and where there is big business there is big opportunity for generous giving. You can make a difference in how profits from your web searches are used though a simple and compelling concept by GoodSearch.

In the News: Why Income Inequality Matters

Today in Yahoo! Finance Charles Wheelan, Ph.D., lecturer in public policy at the Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago, has written an intriguing article on why income inequality matters. Read on for a lot of great points worth thinking about and worthy of discussion.

How Rich Are You?

Every year we gaze enviously at the lists of the richest people in world. Wondering what it would be like to have that sort of cash. But where would you sit on one of those lists? Here’s your chance to find out. Visit the Global Rich List, enter your annual income, take a look at [...]

In the News: What Should a Billionaire Give — and What Should You?

Charity, Compassion, Philanthropy, Stewardship — the ethics of billionaire spending and philanthropy. What does the world need? What is the world doing? What can be done? What should we do? If “even the heathens” can accomplish so much than how much more should the Church expect of itself? Peter Singer just published a phenomenal article [...]

In the News: Who Gives and Who Doesn’t?

In order be better stewards of our wealth it is important to get clear about the realities of charitable giving. How much is our culture really giving? Who is doing the giving? Does the church really fall short secular culture? What good is our charity really doing? What are we to think of the new [...]

In the News: Leading By Example

In order be better stewards of our wealth it is important to get clear about the realities of charitable giving. How much is our culture really giving? Who is doing the giving? Does the church really fall short secular culture? What good is our charity really doing? What are we to think of the new [...]

In the News: Are Americans Cheap? Or Charitable?

In order be better stewards of our wealth it is important to get clear about the realities of charitable giving. How much is our culture really giving? Who is doing the giving? Does the church really fall short secular culture? What good is our charity really doing? What are we to think of the new [...]

Does Jesus Want Me To Be Poor?

Materialism, asceticism, and social justice. In supplement to TIME magazine’s question posed in the previous article here is a question pondered by Carol R. Cool, a middle-class Christian seeking to understand how to live in a needy world.

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