The Acton Institute blog pointed to a recent short video of Denzel Washington offering some spontaneous career advice to a group of young actors. Although the setting is informal and his remarks are off-the-cuff and unrefined, his views align with some key themes of Christian stewardship. Here's a preachable excerpt:

I pray that you all put your shoes way under the bed at night so that you got to get on your knees in the morning when you wake up to find them. While you're down there, thank God for grace and mercy and understanding. We all fall short of the glory … but if you just start thinking about all the things you got to say "thank you" for, that's a day. That's easily a day! You'll never see a U-Haul behind a hearse … Now, I've been blessed to make hundreds of millions of dollars in my life. I can't take it with me, and neither can you. It's not how much you have but what you do with what you have. And we all have different gifts: some money, some love, some patience, some the ability to touch people. But we all have it. Use it. Share it. That's what counts.

You can watch the video here: