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  • Let’s Restore Charity Back to its Fruit-Filled Roots

    Let’s Restore Charity Back to its Fruit-Filled Roots

    Benevolence is a word for charity that we hear less often that we once did. It’s usually in the context of an organizational benevolence fund created to help people during distressed seasons of life. Today, though, I think we just commonly lump everything into the context of general charitable giving.  However, charity is an…

  • The Call to Speak Truth in Love and in Unity

    The Call to Speak Truth in Love and in Unity

    A former co-worker once told me she was meditating on the idea of Speak Truth in love, and she saw me. She said she saw me and visible words literally flowing from me. It was both awkward and humbling. We spoke very little of it ever again. As she explained, it was something she…

  • How Being Charitable May Not Mean What You Think it Does

    How Being Charitable May Not Mean What You Think it Does

    My earliest memories of the concept of being charitable go back to probably first or second grade. I had attended mass with my mom. Afterwards, they handed out unassembled boxes to the churchgoers as they left. Mom explained to me that we were expected to go home, assemble our box and put our spare…