Archive for the ‘generosity’ Category
So far…
My first of three weeks in Texas (with Karen’s family) was largely devoted to researching generosity in large cities (online and in texts), and some of the next two will be as well. That is, when we’re not swimming, eating fried catfish, napping, or looking for deer bones in the woods behind Memaw and Granddaddy’s [...]
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‘Just add the difference…’
A fellow parent at my children’s school was telling me about her landlord, an older Italian woman, when she lived in Boston’s North End about twenty years ago. “So she invited me in for lemonade one day and we had a nice chat. And then she said, ‘You know, I realize you’re just getting started [...]
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Starting the year
Generosity is giving that which is most valuable. This holds true no matter what one’s worldview is. If giving away that value doesn’t affect the way we live, then it is not generosity. Yet through true generosity, authentic life change is possible, both in the giver and in the recipient. In the Christian tradition, [...]
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