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Giving: A Counter-Intuitive Secret to “Getting Ahead”

Anita Mathias — Mon, 11 Nov 2013 18:53:17 +0000

Adam Grant I often think of a fascinating New York Times Magazine article “Is Giving the Secret to Getting Ahead,” I read a few months ago. “Giving as the Secret to Getting Ahead,” profiles Adam Grant, 31, the youngest tenured professor at Wharton Business School, and author of “Give and Take: A Revolutionary Approach […]

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Quit Worrying about your Savings Plan: Jesus

Anita Mathias — Tue, 23 Jul 2013 14:27:08 +0000

Image credit Jesus was a spectacularly loving person, caring and reaching out right through his crucifixion— so when he speaks about money, we’d be wise to listen up. We’d be wise to listen because his desire, the reason he said he came, was for the fullest human flourishing, that we may have LIFE in abundance. […]

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In which Christ Lures us to Secret Prayer, and Promises us a Reward for it.

Anita Mathias — Thu, 11 Jul 2013 21:17:43 +0000

“Come you apart from them and be secret,” Christ calls out to us. (Matt. 6 1-18) We live in a world governed by “the rules,” described by Brene Brown in Daring Greatly: For women, “be naturally beautiful, thin, and perfect at everything, especially motherhood. Be sweet, stay quiet; be perfect moms and wives; don’t own […]

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Rich Christians and World Poverty. How much should we give?

Anita Mathias — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 15:19:00 +0000

So there is unbelievable poverty in the world. But most of us who live in the West have enough to satisfy all our needs and many of our wants. And, often, the disparity gnaws at us. How much should we give away? We feel sad about the suffering of the poor. But we live in […]

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