Is there something big you were planning to purchase this year? Kevin Kinghorn shares the possibilities of what might happen if you choose not to make that purchase after all.
Everybody has times when they agree to do something they don’t really want to do. Kevin Kinghorn discusses the issue of doing things with a grudging heart.
We all want what we do to be memorable, but in order for that to happen, it must be meaningful. But, how can we make our work meaningful to other people? Kevin Kinghorn shares about his wife’s quilt-making, and how it taught him about doing things that create or evoke memories for others.
Nobody seems to ever like doing menial tasks. So often, we consider them to be ‘beneath us.’ But, what might happen if we approached them with a different perspective? Kevin Kinghorn explains how menial tasks might very well be a means of connecting with God if we approach them with the right attitude.
We have all been taught good reasons why recycling is important to the environment. But, could it actually be important to our theology? In today’s post, Kevin Kinghorn discusses the spiritual implications of recycling.
“Trust and obey, for there’s no other way to be happy in Jesus but to trust and obey.” The words to John H. Sammis’ hymn have been repeated by many lips over the decades. We often know to apply them to our personal lives. Kevin Kinghorn suggests that we must also apply these words to the way we consider the economic principles under which we live.
The establishment of wealth is not a zero-sum game. Kevin Kinghorn talks about how wealth is accumulated and how everyone can benefit from entrepreneurship.
We frequently teach that financial independence is equivalent to financial stewardship, but are they really the same thing? Kevin Kinghorn discusses John Wesley, mortgage burning, and what it means to critically engage the way we, as Christians, view wealth and financial independence.
There’s nothing wrong with giving gifts of socks or jewelry or a fountain pen or anything else that is enjoyed in isolation, but in this post Kevin Kinghorn suggests that gifts that create shared memories may be “more Christian.”
At one point in his book, How God Makes The World A Better Place, David Wright outlines four “Wesleyan principles that promote personal well-being at work.” In this post I want to recap these four principles, connecting them to Wesley’s own practices and advice to others.
Theologically, we might say that a Wesleyan view of salvation is not merely about being declared righteous. It is also about being made righteous, as we cooperate with God’s sanctifying grace. These four Wesleyan-inspired points about the nature of salvation have ready application to our financial habits and choices.
Becoming a member of a Methodist Society meant signing up for a certain level of accountability and growth. This accountability wasn’t reserved for the long-time, mature Christians who wanted to ‘go deeper’ in their faith. More specifically, there were 3 commitments you had to agree to when joining a Methodist Society.
