Messy Viewpoints
There are seemingly endless expressions of how to do church. It’s something I love about my faith because there are always new, creative, interesting things happening. The church is not homogenous, thank goodness. This is…
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Generosity in Action
Have you ever worked on something for a long, long time … and then found a simple sentence that sums it all up for you? You feel a bit silly. That’s how I feel right…
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Power Dynamics & Generosity
If we want to give wisely we must learn about power dynamics. One of the tenets of my understanding of generosity is we must go beyond merely writing checks. We need to build a relationship…
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Dynamite Generosity
Is there such a thing as too much generosity? In an age when books like Toxic Charity and When Helping Hurts ask questions about the impact of our charitable endeavors, a lot of folks have taken a step back…
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Wealth, Temptation, and Job
This story of Job has always fascinated and often confused me. It’s fascinating because it’s impressively rich in wisdom about why God allows evil in the world. It’s confusing because the logic in the dialogue…
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John the Baptist on Instagram?
A recent email from a marketing guru hit my inbox just about the time I was reading Luke 3:7-14. I was struck by the contradiction – the marketing guy was basically encouraging me to be…
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Defining a More Generous Church
What is the church? It’s a question we need to be asking more urgently than ever. And I fear that good people are too narrowly defining church. We need a more generous definition. I know…
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Pouring Gas on the Fire
A few days ago I was talking with a friend who runs a large family foundation. They support a lot of causes but I was curious what motivated them to give to one organization over…
