Posts Tagged ‘generosity’
God's Economy – Generosity (Part 4)
13, Dec 2008>
“Generosity is decidedly irreligious, springing up spontaneously and with great effect in pagan and priest alike. So to be generous is not to be Christian. But to be Christian is to be generous…Christian faith awakens or gives birth to good works. The idea that a Christian, a follower of Jesus, can exist without being or [...]
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Research has indicated that generosity (or for those of a more scientific disposition – Altruism) is directed related to your genes?! Yes it is apparently that simple.
“Gene tests revealed those who had certain variants of a gene called AVPR1a were on average nearly 50% more likely to give money away.” BBC News report
According [...]
God's Economy – Generosity (part 2)
9, Dec 2008>
“GREED, FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD, IS GOOD” (Michael Douglas who played unscrupulous corporate raider, Gordon Gekko, in the 1987 American film “Wall Street”, directed by Oliver Stone and portrayed the excesses of the 80s.
The word “Greed” has such negative connotations, and I’m sure not many of us would chose to be labelled [...]
In God's Economy – Generosity
6, Dec 2008I just couldn’t resist adding this to my blog today. Unfortunately so true…Everything but the wallet! Need I say more?!Original cartoon by Thom Tapp - Church of the covered dish
The Advent Conspiracy
30, Nov 2008In light of some of what I have shared on generosity (God’s economy), I found this little video today challenging us in terms of what we generally spend around Christmas. Did you know that Americans spent $450 BILLION in 2006 on Christmas?! That’s huge. There is a current drive around in certain circles to get [...]
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- Tags: Christmas, generosity