ARTICLES [July-September 2006 Volume 15 No. 3]

Stewarding Unrighteousness
Amy Bentley Lamborn
Stewardship in every facet of our lives involves choosing between options that combine good and bad, action and
inaction, blessing and curse.

The Shrewdness in Stewardship
Michael J. Christensen
Although we cannot serve both God and Mammon, we can serve God and use Mammon for good and holy purposes.

A Daring Rescue
Charles R. Lane
A reminder that since money is a spiritual matter, not talking about money is no more tolerable than not talking about prayer.

Stewardship Theology
David W. Reid
Christians are not called to escape the forms of capitalism in which they are immersed, but to wrestle with what it means to be in relationship to God and what really matters in God’s world.

Pastoral Reflections

Stewards of Children in Peril
Walter J. Burghardt, S.J., and Katharyn L. Waldron
A call for preachers to exercise with intelligence and passion our God-given role as stewards of God’s ever-so-threatened children.
 

Dragged into Stewardship
Maren C. Tirabassi
With fresh and imaginative word play, the author illustrates that what is valued in a society is the source of its metaphors.

The Stewardship Model of Christian Environmentalism
Marian E. Ronan
People of faith hold widely different views on using and caring for God’s creation.
 

The True Self and the Stewardship of Vocation
David Lee Jones
Reflections on living fully a life shaped by a compelling sense of stewardship, witness, duty, conscience, and conviction.

People Who Live by Hope
William Sloane Coffin
A prophetic essay from a giant of the American pulpit challenges us as much today as when it was first written.

Emotion and Preaching: A Clarification
Henry H. Mitchell
A master preacher offers thoughtful reflections on preaching that overcomes barriers and touches lives.


Reflections on the Lectionary

Keith A. Russell
In Search of a Theme
Reflections on the lectionary readings for July

Rebecca Pugh Brown
Rich in Possibilities
Reflections on the Lectionary Readings for August

Leann Snow Flesher
Mercy Triumphs over Judgment
Reflections on the Lectionary Readings for September

 Judy Yates Siker
Stewardship Lectionary Guide

Douglas S. Stivison
Where My Heart Is
Editorial

Reviewed by Tania Oldenhage
The Parables of Jesus by Luise Schottroff
Book review

Reviewed by Douglas S. Stivison
Let Jesus Easter in Us by Walter J. Burghardt, S.J.
Book review
 

Lee K. Ellenwood
Quotations on Stewardship