Generosity Simply Conceived

Shaun Groves:

Just six of the zillion things adoption has taught me: 

1. Generosity is simple. 

In 2007, I visited an Ethiopian orphanage, trying not to make eye contact with any of the little ones around me in need of a father. I’ve always found avoidance to be the surest way to never feel bad about saying “no.” My brother-in-law, who was adopting from Ethiopia, was there with me. “Maybe we’ve made it too complicated,” he said. (I knew by “we” he meant “me.”) “What if God’s will for our life is found wherever someone’s need and our ability intersect?” 

Today, if I don’t look away, I’m bound to see someone with a need that matches my ability.

Grown Up Revolutionaries

My friends Adam and Chrissy Jeske recently published a very well written article for Relevant Magazine.  It deals with issues of change, passion, money, community, and simplicity.  I think you will enjoy it.   You'll also get to see Relevant Magazines really interesting new interface for reading their magazine online.   To read the article you have to search to page 42.

Simplifying Simplicity Part 3

Shaun Groves:

First I blogged about how Becky and I are defining simplicity these days. Then, I wrote about the changes we’ve slowly made toward simplicity over the last few years. Today, the stuff we’re trying out next in an effort to take less so we can give more.

Here’s that list