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Give Your Christmas Spending A New Purpose

Sunday, November 16th, 2008

Could good causes around the globe benefit from just a share of your normal Christmas spending?

How much did you spend on Christmas last year or the year before? What’s your budget this year? Could you cut it by 25% or half and give the money to people or organizations that serve the poor?

Know anyone out of work? Would those you love really love you less if you gave them fewer presents?

It’s a challenge for me. After all, I want to give good gifts to my wife and children.

The notion of cutting back is being championed by the Advent Conspiracy. Check out the bold message.

How can you love those closest to you as well as strangers this holiday season?

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When Our World Falls Apart

Saturday, January 5th, 2008

Why do people assume God checked out or never existed in the first place just because of a natural disaster or a school campus shooting?

Sure, He made the world and maybe He knew hurricanes would kill people. But who can say the weather patterns weren’t different before sin? And earth is supposed to be temporary anyway. On the crime front, the last time I knew God didn’t pull the trigger.

Despite the ugly aspects of our world, God is very much in charge. And He has a way of comforting us – if we’re willing to let him. Simply asking, “God, I need your help” may not be enough – though He’s known to respond in different ways.  We’d be better off saying, “I need you.” It’s not His help we need in the middle of a crisis as much as the relationship He longs for us to embrace.

Have you?

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