Poor Chinese Church Gives Generously

Theologian Heiko Oberman tells the following story about the radical generosity of a poor rural church in China:

A few years ago I was with a group in ...

Wealth: Having It All and Wanting More

The richest 80 people on Earth are now as wealthy as the world's 3.5 billion poorest people. In other words, 80 people control as much wealth as half ...

Woman Donates Engagement Ring to Salvation Army

The Salvation Army receives some strange items in its red kettles during the Christmas season. Lieutenant Michael Harper, commander of the Cambridge Salvation ...

Vladimir Putin Steals Super Bowl Ring

In 2012, Robert Kraft, the owner of the New England Patriots football team, revealed to the world that Russian president Vladimir Putin stole one of Kraft's ...

Warren Buffet on Sacrificial Generosity

I once heard Warren Buffet say in an interview (I paraphrase here) about his $26 billion gift to the Gates Foundation: "My gift has not changed my ...

Money—Our Hardest Conversation Topic

Everyone knows there are a few hot-button topics that can make any conversation go nuclear. Religion. Health. Politics. Death. But when it comes to the ...

Researcher Claims Credit Cards Make Us Forgetful

In the early 1990s, a behavioral scientist at the University of Chicago named Dilip Soman set out to study the effects of consumer credit, on the human ...

'Money can't make you happy, but it can make you less sad.'

This, according to research from U.S. Census data, tracking income and reported levels of happiness. Psychologist Kostadin Kushley "... found that ...

Ancient Ruler Loved Things, Used People

Abd Al-Rahman III was a ruler in 10th-century Spain who lived in complete luxury. Here's how he assessed his life: "I have now reigned above ...

Researchers Identify Five Principles of 'Happy Money'

In their book, Happy Money: The Science of Happier Spending, researchers Elizabeth Dunn and Michael Norton provide five principles for what they call ...