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Tag Archives: giving
Life Together
Have you ever moved, almost without realizing it, from learning about another’s burdens to helping carry them? Indeed, if we don’t share one another’s burdens, are we even truly alive? ~The Wishing Map
Posted in For Pastors and Teachers, Quips and Quotes, Religion/Faith, The Wishing Map
Tagged Christ, Galatians 6:2, giving, kindness, love, selflessness
9 Comments
My Experiment in Becoming Human
Give and You Will Receive Knowing and doing aren’t the same thing. In my last Experiment in Becoming Human, I wrote about ceasing to try and get something from others, and being set free to give. “In quietness and confidence … Continue reading
Posted in For Pastors and Teachers, Memoir, Quips and Quotes, Religion/Faith
Tagged giving, heaven, human, Jesus, Luke 6:38, receiving
29 Comments
Grace Is a Living Stream
Grace isn’t a cistern. It’s a living stream. If it doesn’t keep moving– into us and through us into others– it stagnates. It was never meant to be hoarded. ≅
Posted in For Pastors and Teachers, Quips and Quotes, Religion/Faith
Tagged giving, grace, living, love, Matthew 10:8, stream, water
16 Comments
More Blessed to Give
Dear self: Remember this. And then remember it some more. “It is more blessed to give than to receive.” ~Acts 20:35
Posted in For Pastors and Teachers, Quips and Quotes
Tagged Acts 20:35, blessings, charity, compassion, empathy, giving, kindness, St. Francis
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Blessed to be a Blessing
“It is more blessed to give than to receive” (Acts 20:35). But it is also a blessing to learn how to receive. Many of us spend our lives blessing ourselves–striving to make sure all of our own needs (real and … Continue reading
Posted in For Pastors and Teachers, Quips and Quotes, Religion/Faith
Tagged 2 Corinthians 9:8, Acts 20:35, blessed, blessing, giving, needs, receiving
20 Comments
The Spirit of Christmas
May the spirit of Christmas the yearning to give inhabit your heart for as long as you live “Freely you have received. Freely give.” ~Matthew 10:8
Posted in For Pastors and Teachers, Quips and Quotes, Religion/Faith
Tagged Christmas, giving, heart, Jesus, love, Matthew 10:8, spirit
33 Comments
No Santa Claus?
I was six when my parents told me there was no Santa Claus: My response (according to my mom) was, “Whew! You finally know? I’ve known for a long time, but I wasn’t sure you did, and I didn’t want … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, For Pastors and Teachers, Humor, Memoir
Tagged Christmas, giving, kindness, merry, Santa Claus, St. Nicholas
17 Comments
Complete
Here’s the paradox in Jesus’ teaching: What I want I must give. But I don’t have it to give because I am incomplete. Remember? So what must I do? I must let him invade me, must let him live in … Continue reading
Posted in For Pastors and Teachers, Poetry, Quips and Quotes, Religion/Faith
Tagged Colossians 1:27, giving, Jesus, poem, purpose, wholeness
14 Comments
Person to Person
How often do we get stuck on numbers (I know I do), thinking that unless we can sweep across the land like good deed crop dusters, eradicating all pain and suffering (or ignorance, or violence, or?) there is no point … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, For Pastors and Teachers, Quips and Quotes
Tagged charity, giving, help, kindness, love, Luke 12:6, Mother Teresa
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A Different Kind of Flood
Hurricane Harvey (or Tropical Storm Harvey, now that it’s made landfall) is being called a Storm of the Century. It has destroyed hundreds of thousands of homes in the Gulf of Mexico, has been called the worst disaster in Texas … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, For Pastors and Teachers, Quips and Quotes
Tagged charity, disaster, donations, flooding, giving, Hurricane Harvey, relief
29 Comments