Kristin Chapman writes,
Americans are hardcore consumers. Just look at the average family’s closets, basement, and even garage, which often no longer houses the family vehicles but boxes and bags. Now, however, some people are trying to counter the culture with the 100 Thing Challenge, a movement in which participants pledge to reduce their possessions to [...]
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What’s in your garage or basement?
Posted in stewardship, tagged money, possessions on June 12, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Stewarding our money
Posted in stewardship, tagged giving, stewardship on May 30, 2008 | No Comments »
Good books are worth re-reading. I don’t know how many times I have read Don Whitney’s book Spiritual Disciplines of the Christian Life, but it is one of the most underlined, marked-up books I have.
I have read the book at various seasons of life: as a young seminarian and pastor just starting out in life [...]
Can money buy happiness?
Posted in stewardship, tagged money, stewardship on May 14, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Arthur Brooks has a fascinating article about the correlation between money and happiness. The article starts this way,
“On July 23, 2000, a forty-two-year-old forklift operator in Corbin, Kentucky, named Mack Metcalf was working a 12-hour nightshift. On his last break, he halfheartedly checked the Sunday paper for the winning Kentucky lottery numbers. He didn’t expect [...]
Teaching children about money
Posted in stewardship, tagged children, money on May 13, 2008 | No Comments »
How do you teach your children about money? A pastor’s wife has these suggestions:
1. Teach your children to love Christ more than anything else by loving Christ more than anything else.
2. Teach your children that every good thing comes from God and not because Daddy has a job.
3. Teach your children that Daddy has [...]
