You Have Enough
Our world grants increasing access to those who can afford the price of admission. If you want to hear your favorite band in concert, you can buy a ticket.
Worn Out By Money
The Internet is crawling with get-rich-quick schemes—ads that promise loads of cash with little effort and/or skills required. Simply apply the special techniques offered in their training material, and it won’t be long before you’re independently wealthy—or so they say.
Freeing Money
Among the poor, I’ve often encountered extravagant generosity. In the Amazon jungle, locals stretched their meager resources to provide me with daily meals.
Money And Happiness
How much money does one need to be happy? According to a study from Princeton University, it’s $75,000 (US dollars) a year.
How We Work
Our behavior at work says a lot about our relationship with Jesus. My late father-in-law sometimes fumed: “I’d rather work for non-Christians any day.”
Work Ethics
Every October, the office where I work becomes extremely quiet. The leaders are away attending annual meetings in another country.
Unappreciated?
Have you ever gone out of your way to do something kind for others, only to have them ignore your effort? You stayed up past midnight to finish a report for your boss or planned a special getaway for your family.
A Spiritual Powerlift
A physical trainer friend of mine will sometimes present his clients with a weightlifting bar with a large amount of weight on each end. He then instructs them to lift the bar, and—of course—they can’t.
A Laughing Faith
I remember where I was sitting in the cramped living room of our apartment when Miska told me she was pregnant with our first son, Wyatt. I must have sat mute for several moments because Miska asked, “Are you okay? What are you thinking?”