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Gladly Spend and Be Spent
David Mathis • The Christmas We Didn't Expect
Instead, let us shift our perspective toward reunion and think in terms of what we can give. What can we each contribute to a more beautiful world? That is our only responsibility and our only security.
Charles Eisenstein • Sacred Economics: Money, Gift, and Society in the Age of Transition
LUKEWARM PEOPLE give money to charity and to the church … as long as it doesn’t impinge on their standard of living. If they have a little extra and it is easy and safe to give, they do so. After all, God loves a cheerful giver, right? “King David replied to Araunah, ‘No, I insist on paying the full price. I will not take for the Lord what is
... See morePreston M. Sprinkle • The Francis Chan Collection: Crazy Love, Forgotten God, Erasing Hell, and Multiply
But if a graduate’s time could be worth $200 per hour, yet they’re doing work that locals could do better for $10 per hour (and without airfare and hotels), then they’re actually doing a disservice to others. (For more thoughts on this, find two articles online: “Efficient Charity: Do Unto Others” and “The Reductive Seduction of Other People’s
... See moreDerek Sivers • Hell Yeah or No: what’s worth doing
you can join the $100 Startup community in our campaign for clean water in Ethiopia by visiting charitywater.org/aonc. You can also sign up with groups, such as Kiva.org and AcumenFund.org, that provide loans (usually very small ones) to help people start microbusinesses in their own communities.
Chris Guillebeau • The $100 Startup: Reinvent the Way You Make a Living, Do What You Love, and Create a New Future
Funding the Commons
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Finally, we need to increase our individual and congregational giving to support Christian scholarship.
J.P. Moreland • Love Your God With All Your Mind
Nonprofit groups dedicated to educating the public about the realities of factory farming: People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), Humane