How the actions of this poor widow challenges a slightly irreverant, Linux-using, business school educated Christian. And his money.
I don’t really like giving to beggars. I know. It sounds kind of wrong, but it’s true. I just don’t get that warm fuzzy feeling inside of me. I imagine that I ought to feel good about it, especially when I read things like Mother Teresa’s interview with Time magazine:
Q: What is God’s greatest gift [...]
Posted on October 26th, 2007 by Ryan
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In my Bible study on Revelation, we were discussing Revelation 6:5-6, which is traditionally called Famine of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
I looked, and there before me was a black horse! Its rider was holding a pair of scales in his hand. Then I heard what sounded like a voice among the four living [...]
Posted on October 25th, 2007 by Ryan
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Okay, maybe you don’t feel much about the concept of money. Let me rephrase that: how do you feel about your money? Or maybe your lack of money?
Suze Orman talks about how early memories of money live until our adulthood. Here’s mine:
I went to elementary school in foggy San Francisco. Every [...]
Posted on October 19th, 2007 by Ryan
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