Category: Whole Life Stewardship
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More Than Just Blending In
God wants me to value my Christian faith enough to talk about it and act upon it. Photo: My Voting Values by onyxkatze is licensed under CC by 2.0.
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Touch The Lives Of Others With A Home Exchange
My life shall touch a dozen lives before this day is done, Leave countless marks for good or ill ere sets the setting sun, This is the wish, the prayer I always pray: Lord, may my life help other lives it touches by the way. – Anonymous As a Christian, are you ready to begin…
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Lifestyle Quotes
I came across a couple of quotes that help me as I struggle with my complicated lifestyle. I share them because so many of us put off “really living” and “traveling” because we make everything too complicated. First quote is from Confucius: “Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.” When I…
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Who Really Owns This Place?
There is a fable in which the Angel Gabriel reports to God, after surveying the earth and its inhabitants. The angel Gabriel says, “Lord, it’s my duty to inform you that you are the owner of a choice piece of real estate known as planet earth. But the tenants you’ve leased it out to are…
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God’s Will For My Life
Christian Stewardship is the human response of faith in Jesus Christ and gratitude for God’s Blessings. Two questions help us in our mission as faithful stewards: 1. Who am I? 2. What do I stand for? (Or why am I here?) It is virtually impossible to claim personal responsibility for one’s mission as a steward…
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Time-Based Currency
Today, I was introduced to a new concept, “time-based currency.” Apparently, people the world over are experimenting with this idea. As I understand it, you swap an hour of your time providing a service to someone—with the possibility of earning an hour of service from someone else. The concept intrigued me for a simple reason:…
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We Can Change With God’s Help
So here’s what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life—your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life—and place it before God as an offering. Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for him. Don’t become so well-adjusted to your culture that you fit into…
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The Search For Whole Life Stewardship Paradigm
So often, in the Christian Life, “Stewardship” is limited to Financial Stewardship. Then, the conversation turns to “Tithing” and giving God 10% of what is under our stewardship. But, everyone knows that “Stewardship” involves so much more than what we do with a percentage of our income. God owns 100% of our wealth, not only…
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Sage Reflections 1
The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page. St. Augustine of Hippo Photo Credit: One hundred and twenty-two by Roxanne Milward is licensed under CC by 2.0.
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Make Your Dream A Reality With A Home Exchange
In 1988, we did a home exchange with a Norwegian pastor and his family. It was a dream come true—well almost. My wife, Diane, and I actually dreamed of doing a home exchange with someone in a country where everyone spoke English. Six months before our family headed to Norway, we were all learning the…