Tag Archives: Christianity-as-Philanthropy

The Best Gift Your Nonprofit Can Give the World: A Viable Plan to Go Out of Business

Posted on December 17, 2010 by Pastor Foley

Thomas Friedman’s New York Times op-ed piece entitled Adults Only, Please contains a powerful thought-starter for nonprofit organizations: Dov Seidman, the C.E.O. of LRN, which helps companies build ethical cultures, likes to talk about two kinds of values: “situational values” … Continue reading →

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Why Shane Claiborne’s Idea of Being “Long Gone” is the Wrong Kind of Holiday Mischief

Posted on December 6, 2010 by Pastor Foley

One of my new year’s resolutions for 2011 is to try hard to agree with Shane Claiborne and Christianity Today’s Mark Galli at least one time apiece. But it is still 2010. Shane’s A Season for Mischief and Conspiracy: A … Continue reading →

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How Isaiah 1:17 gets Manhandled by the Professionalization of Christianity

Posted on November 8, 2010 by Pastor Foley

What’s on my mind more and more these days is how the professionalization of Christianity–that is, our propensity to believe that we are doing what God requires when we provide financial support to paid professionals to undertake the acts commended … Continue reading →

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