Money, you’ve got lots of friends
Crowding round the door
When you’re gone, spending ends
They don’t come no more
Rich relations give
Crust of bread and such
You can help yourself
But don’t take too much
Mama may have, papa may have
But God bless the child that’s got his own
That’s got his own

Billie Holiday and Arthur Herzog, Jr.

‘Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put in more than all those who are contributing to the treasury.  For all of them have contributed out of their abundance; but she out of her poverty has put in everything she had . . . .’  Mark 12:43-44

Lord Jesus Christ,
by taking human flesh you sanctified material things
to be a means of your grace;
grant us wisdom in our attitude to money,
and a generous heart in the use of the resources entrusted to us,
that by faithful stewardship we may glorify you. Amen.

Adapted from a prayer from the Church of England

If a person gets his attitude toward money straight, it will help straighten out almost every other area in his life. --Billy Graham
Jesus talks frequently about money.  Money, we are told in scripture, is the thing most likely to interfere with our relationship with God.  Jesus asks us to have a healthy relationship with money in order to have healthy relationships with each other.  

For we brought nothing into the world, so that we can take nothing out of it; but if we have food and clothing, we will be content with these. But those who want to be rich fall into temptation and are trapped by many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction. For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, and in their eagerness to be rich some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pains. --1 Timothy 6:7-10

 

Sunday, September 25, 2011

How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and strong.  Because someday in your life you will have been all of these.  George Washington Carver

Sunday, September 18, 2011

"Heroes are not giant statues framed against a red sky. They are people who say: This is my community, and it is my responsibility to make it better. Interweave all these communities and you really have an America that is back on its feet again. I really think we are gonna have to reassess what constitutes a 'hero'."   Studs Terkel

Sunday September 11, 2011 

The commandments, ‘You shall not commit adultery; You shall not murder; You shall not steal; You shall not covet’; and any other commandment, are summed up in this word, ‘Love your neighbour as yourself.’  Romans 13:9

Sunday, August 28, 2011

Sit with God as you might with the ocean. You bring nothing to the ocean, yet it changes you.
- Sean Caulfield, from The Experience of Praying