By Tom Montgomery-Fate Flourish magazine, Summer 2010 Be content with what you have; Rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you. - From the … [Read more...]
Christ vs. Consumerism: Choosing Contentment in a Commercialized World
July 18, 2011 by 6 Comments
by Matthew Sleeth Flourish Magazine, Spring 2010 Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice. Let your gentleness be known to everyone. The Lord is near. Do not worry about anything, but in everything by prayer and … [Read more...]
Coping with Plenty
April 25, 2011 by 1 Comment
By Jan Johnson Flourish magazine, Spring 2011 I have learned to be content with whatever I have. I know what it is to have little, and I know what it is to have plenty. In any and all circumstances I have learned the secret of being … [Read more...]
Good Comes from a Grateful Heart
January 24, 2011 by 4 Comments
By Lisa Graham McMinn Flourish magazine, Winter 2011 I used to think being a responsible shopper meant that I was frugal with our family dollars. So I clipped coupons and shopped where I could get the best deals on canned tomatoes, … [Read more...]
Quotable Creation Care: Jan Richardson on What is to Come
December 14, 2010 by Leave a Comment
The season of Advent means there is something on the horizon the likes of which we have never seen before. It is not possible to keep it from coming, because it will. … [Read more...]
Becoming Generous Souls: Jonathan Merritt Interviews Writer Marty Duren
November 10, 2010 by 1 Comment
Interview by Jonathan Merritt [Ed. note: This article is part of our series of weekly reflections, called Deep Down Things, published on Wednesdays.] Marty Duren is a writer, blogger, minister, and a good friend of mine who is known for … [Read more...]
Christians and Technology: Drawing Lines in the Sand
October 20, 2010 by 2 Comments
by Brian Janaszek [Ed. note: This article is part of our series of weekly reflections, called Deep Down Things, published on Wednesdays.] We are surrounded by technology. Some may try to avoid particular facets of technology—cell phones, … [Read more...]
Quotable Creation Care: Richard Foster Puts First Things First
October 5, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Focus upon the kingdom produces the inward reality, and without the inward reality we will degenerate into legalistic trivia. Nothing else can be central. … [Read more...]
Quotable Creation Care: David Shi Explains What Simplicity Isn’t
August 24, 2010 by 1 Comment
Simplicity in its essence demands neither a vow of poverty nor a life of rural homesteading. … [Read more...]
Recapturing the Pioneer Spirit for Creation Care in the 21st Century
July 7, 2010 by 2 Comments
[Ed. note: This article is part of our series of weekly reflections, called Deep Down Things, published on Wednesdays.] by Tri Robinson Each morning I have the habit of rising early and feeding all of the animals while a pot of coffee brews in … [Read more...]
Keeping up with the Joneses: Battling simplicity envy
April 14, 2010 by 2 Comments
[Ed. note: This article is part of our series of weekly reflections, called Deep Down Things, published on Wednesdays.] by Kirstin Vander Giessen-Reitsma I saw an advertisement on television the other day—I think it was for Wal-Mart—in … [Read more...]
Poetry: “Requests”
March 19, 2010 by 2 Comments
[Ed. note: Our regular Friday Family Fun editor, Joanna Pritchard, is currently in Haiti, serving with the International Organization for Migration in its earthquake relief efforts. Please keep her and the community she is working with in your … [Read more...]
Out of the Simplicity of Lent, Generosity of Life
March 10, 2010 by Leave a Comment
[Ed. note: This article is part of our series of weekly reflections, called Deep Down Things, published on Wednesdays.] This pre-Easter period of Lent is shaped by the comingling of contemplation, germination, and expectation in our lives and … [Read more...]
Tracey Bianchi on Wendell Berry’s “The Gift of Good Land”
January 27, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Today’s response to Wendell Berry’s essay “The Gift of Good Land” comes from Tracey Bianchi, author of The Green Mama, forthcoming from Zondervan. “The Gift of Good Land,” was published 30 years ago, and we reprinted it in the Fall … [Read more...]