Only the Beginning ...

I heard about a little girl who experienced a major breakthrough in her life when she learned to tie her own shoes. Instead of excitement, she was overcome ...

Give What You Don't Need

What keeps you from giving now? Isn't the poor man there? Aren't your own warehouses full? Isn't the reward promised? The command is clear: ...

Watch Where You're Giving

I will never forget a woman who came to the food pantry at our church. She also needed a little money to pay her next month's rent. When she came ...

The Unselfish Archbishop

When John Chrysostom became archbishop of Constantinople, he sold expensive works of art his predecessors had acquired. He refused to give lavish dinner ...

Putting Your Weight Down

On Dudley's seventy-fifth birthday, there was a pilot in his small town who offered to take Dudley for an airplane ride. Dudley accepted. So for about ...

The Paradox of Love

I have found the paradox that if I love until it hurts, then there is no more hurt, but only more love.

Godly Behavior

Love when you expect no love in return.

Do good without expecting thanks.

Lend when you do not hope for a return.

This will make us act like the sons and ...

How Much Have You Given?

When we come to the end of life, the question will be, "How much have you given?" not "How much have you gotten?"

Giving Involves Sacrifice

Those who give much without sacrifice are reckoned as having given little.

Learning to Fly

In Run with the Horses, Eugene Peterson writes about seeing a family of birds teaching the young to fly. Three young swallows were perched on a dead branch ...