What does it mean to be a truly generous person? Wake Forest Professor of Philosophy Christian B. Miller believes that there’s much more involved besides giving time, talent, and resources. Generosity has a whole lot to do with attitude, empathy, and motivation, according to Miller. (Photo: Wikimedia, Creative Commons)
“When educating children about climate care, it’s important to keep it simple,” Ryan Smith says. “Show them that the earth is a gift from God, in which they are bestowed the responsibility of maintaining.” In his blog post for Blessed Tomorrow, Smith also introduces an article from The Christian Post. (Photo: Dan Hughes, Creative Commons)
We all want a clean and healthy planet for our great-grandchildren, and reducing our congregational carbon footprint is a way to cut energy use and model practices to get us there. The Church of England has great resources to help. (Photo: Anton Fromkin, Creative Commons)
For thousands of years people used to sleep in two segments — and in between enjoyed a time of wakefulness. What was that about, and why did we change? Most importantly, should we go back that practice? Bigthink weighs in. (Photo: Meagan, Creative Commons)
Paul teaches us that true generosity requires us to give to those in need and make a place for them in our gatherings, as this Bible study looking at Paul’s letters explores. Such generosity is enabled by the transforming grace of God. From Baylor University. (Photo: Alan Light, Creative Commons)
It’s the age old question: Do you own your things or do your things own you? People who have given away or given up they own actually find themselves feeling free from the baggage of possessions. It’s one teaching on living simply in this article from Crosswalk.com.
Hurricane Sandy should have been a “Pearl Harbor” moment to enter the war on climate change, but we ignored it, argues Christian activist Leah Schade. Mother Nature responded with more fury from Hurricanes Harvey and Irma. Now we have no choice but to surrender. (Photo: rambojan iphoneography, Creative Commons)
It’s not only a good idea to take a full day off from work and enter into sacred time, it’s also a commandment — one of God’s Top Ten! Yet one survey showed only 10 percent of pastors keep it. Guideposts magazine offers these five suggestions for keeping the Sabbath! (Photo: redwinegums, Creative Commons)
“To know, or not to know?” That is the question that Hamlet surely never had to ask, but church leaders wrestle with it as they ponder whether to look at the donation records for their church. Faith & Leadership explores the “common assumptions” with the “actual facts.” (Photo: Edith Soto, Creative Commons)
Churches and other nonprofit institutions could see billions less in bequests because of changes in the federal Estate Tax under the recently approved tax overhaul, says this expert. Of course, wealthy people can still give as much as they want to charity, but they have less incentive to do so. (Photo: 401(k) 2013, Creative Commons)
