What Causes Poverty?

One current controversy in our nation is about what causes poverty.  Who is to blame? This is a controversy which divides everyone, both Christians and non-Christians. . Some people think poverty is caused by an individual’s failure to behave responsibly.  This is...

Work and Rest – Part 2

I am writing a series of posts on the subject of “living justly” as Christians.  I am in the middle of a discussion of Work and Rest, the observation of the Sabbath in Israelite culture, and its ramifications for living justly.  In my last post, I wrote about “labor...

Work and Rest – Part 1

I am writing a series of posts on the subject of “living justly” as Christians.  My thinking about living justly has been formed from thirteen years of leading a Bible study with college women entitled “Money, Possessions and Charity,”  inspired by Craig Blomburg’s...

Getting Our American History Straight

Before I write any further about living justly, I want to take the time to post some resources on American history. I know it is a bit of a trend to post these types of resources, but Ruth and I would like to add some of our own suggestions to your (hopefully growing)...

Made to Work

I wanted to say here at the beginning of this post that some of our readers have commented that Ruth is not presently writing for our blog.  Ruth and I are in different stages of life, so I have more time to write posts.  But Ruth is very active in editing all of the...