This article from The Gathering tells a story of a family that made an unusual, but very realistic decision to downsize their house, in order to give away 1/2 of their wealth.
I don't know this particular family, but I do know first hand more than one such family that has made the same decision. I'm compelled to consider it for myself.
By my rough calculation, if 1% of the population in America who made any charitable gift last year were to make this same decision to liquidate their main asset and give away half of their wealth, then the total* given by all US givers would increase by 2.5 X (250%) !
* Let me reiterate: Even if 99% of US givers kept their giving this year exactly the same as last year, the effect of the 1% going from normal giving to the "1/2 my wealth" standard would make the cumulative US giving go up by 2.5 times.
Okay, so you are thinking (and so am I) that it is just not going to happen that 3 million people (1% of our rounded US population) is going to follow suit...
But what about at a micro-level? What about your church family? Could 1% of the people you worship with take this step of faith? Could you? ... Could I?
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Downsize for Christ's Sake
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2 comments:
This is exactly what I needed to hear right now, you have no idea. Thanks for the encouragement! Keep it up. :)
Terrific, Becky. Thanks for making the comment. [Confession: I often forget about this blog. I enjoy posting, and it is helpful, but I simply am not in the habit of regular posts. Does that make me a bad blogger? (Rhetorically, he asks).]
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