Tag: money
Comfort Makes Me Uncomfortable, Part II
Part I is right here. Money. It’s pretty much the dominant topic in the world today with the economies of most of the developed countries taking a severe hit in their financial markets. Stock markets are down. Lending is down. House sales are down. Even consumer spending is considerably down. In a market driven by capitalism and spending, this has a lot of people worried. Many a finger has been pointed at many different targets, but ultimately, we have ourselves to blame. → Read more...
Economic Turbulence
Well, it’s been one of those weeks. Everybody’s been talking about what’s going on in Washington with the bailout plan. Companies and banks are seemingly folding or teetering on the brink of failure. The stock market has been swinging wildly like a pendulum, mostly downwards. People, not just those connected to the financial sector, but everybody else, even those who don’t know the difference between a Roth IRA and a T-bill, have joined the dialogue about what’s going on with our economy and how we got where we are now. → Read more...
What Are We Giving?
Today’s word of the day: “giver.” n. One that gives: a giver of gifts. A donor or contributor. Often used in combination: almsgivers. Earlier today, I was included in a conversation that talked about what the bible verse of Matthew 10:8b means when it says, “Freely you have received, freely give.” The easy answer is the one that says in this verse, Jesus is saying whatever blessings God gives us, we ought to give out to others. → Read more...
Priority Shift
March 3, 2011
Calvary
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Today’s musing comes courtesy of the first chapter of the book of Haggai in the Old Testament. Haggai is writing during the time of the return of the Israeli exiles from Babylon. The Israelites came home to find their country utterly destroyed and began the process of rebuilding. In the second year of King Darius, on the first day of the sixth month, the word of the LORD came through the prophet Haggai to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest: This is what the LORD Almighty says: “These people say, ‘The time has not yet come for the LORD’s house to be built.’ → Read more...
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