Open Hands

The genius of Christian spirituality is to integrate (the) spirit of possession with the spirit of dispossession. The spirit of dispossession implies ...

A Fuller Life

I hear an almost inaudible but pervasive discontent with the price we pay for our current materialism. And I hear a fluttering of hope that there might ...

Launching Pads for Firecrackers

The church knows it must not violate this world's comfort standards and expect to have attendees. See our fabrics, settle into our cushions, and feel ...

More Than an Economic High

Our whole society ... is focused on the celebration of Christmas. With the excessive commercialism which begins in our country immediately after Halloween ...

The Paradox of Giving

The more you have the less you can give, and the less you have the more you can give.

The Essence of Life Today

The essence of life today is not having--it is having to have.

Happiness Is a Dividend

I have observed that when any of us embarks on the pursuit of happiness for ourselves, it eludes us. Often I've asked myself why. It must be because ...

Retrieving Perspective

Gary Thomas writes in Christianity Today:

Thinking about eternity helps us retrieve [perspective]. I'm reminded of this every year when I figure my ...

No Useful Past

What is worrisome is the absolute domination of the present in so many homes, and the absence of any shared past. It isn't a class phenomenon so much ...

Give What You Don't Need

What keeps you from giving now? Isn't the poor man there? Aren't your own warehouses full? Isn't the reward promised? The command is clear: ...