Category Archives: Contentment

The Essentials of Biblical Finance: Contentment

This is part 4 of a 4 part series The Essentials of Biblical Finance: Contentment Contentment 1. Contentment is not: a loss of ambition, a war against success/gain, a disconnection from reality or slavery to the status quo. It is … Continue reading

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A Lesson in Contentment

A Lesson in Contentment (This is a guest post I did a month back for ChristianPF.com) “There’s nothing to eat,” I murmured to myself as I stood staring endlessly into my kitchen pantry. You know the position-arms braced on each … Continue reading

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Living Simply Part 3 (Ten Steps to Living Simply)

This three part series is lifted from thoughts in Richard Foster’s book Celebration of Discipline.  (I would highly recommend it).  To wrap up this mini-series on living with a call to simplicity and contentment, I will give you Foster’s ten suggestions for … Continue reading

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Living Simply Part 2 (of 3)

This three part series is lifted from thoughts in Richard Foster’s book Celebration of Discipline.  (I would highly recommend it).   “Asceticism renounces possessions. Simplicity sets possessions in proper perspective. Asceticism finds no place for a ‘land flowing with milk and honey.’ Simplicity … Continue reading

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Living Simply Part 1 (of 3)

This three part series is lifted from thoughts in Richard Foster’s book Celebration of Discipline.  (I would highly recommend it).  “Contemporary culture lacks both the inward reality and the outward life-style of simplicity…we are trapped in a maze of competing attachments…we have … Continue reading

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