Oseola McCarty: Washboard of Education

Oseola McCarty, 87, did one thing all her life: laundry.

Now she's famous for it--or at least for what she did with $150,000 of the $250,000 she saved ...

The Worst Heart Trouble

If you haven't got any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart trouble.

Christmas Generosity

Anne Keegan's article "Blue Christmas" was a collection of Christmas stories told by Chicago police officers. One was the story of George ...

Open Hands Go Both Ways

All too often we regard stewardship simply as a matter of our giving to God, but this aspect is secondary. Before we can give, we must possess, and before ...

Return to Sender

When my niece, Toni, turned six, I excitedly gave her some gifts I had spent extra time shopping for. Two weeks later, when I asked if she was enjoying ...

Give According to What You Have

Giving a tithe means nothing if God has enabled you to give 50 percent.

The Mark of a False Friend

Friends don't give friends fruitcakes.

We Were Born to Give

In Run with the Horses, Eugene Peterson tells how he saw a family of birds teaching their young to fly. Three young swallows were perched on a dead branch ...

Generosity Requires Self-Sacrifice

He who gives what he would readily throw away, gives without generosity; for the essence of generosity is in self-sacrifice.

Holiday Hand-Me-Downs

The Sunday before Christmas, my Sunday school class brought me gifts. One little girl presented her package and innocently said, "Here, someone gave this ...