Posts Tagged ‘ charity ’

One growing area of study in experimental ethics is the effect of what are often called climates. It started with noticing that beggers outside of a bakery are more likely to receive charity than those near a sewer. But it has expanded into realizing that many cultures have an ethical environment. To read scripture, moralizing [...]

A friend of mine found this note on her car this week with a Starbucks gift card:  ”To honor the 26 people who died in Newtown, CT, my family is doing 26 acts of kindness. You are number 3. We hope you have a wonderful holiday season. God bless!” What a great way to take [...]

This is a guest post from Grace for Grace.  He runs a blog by the same name. It was about 5:45 p.m. one Friday evening as I drove my car a few blocks away from the food bank and parked it ambiguously.  I hadn’t showered for two days and had about 5 days of facial hair growth [...]

It’s a miracle!  A worldly toddler spontaneously sprouted cap sleeves and became modest and beautiful again! Sproing! Her entire class was basking in the warm light of spirituality as seen in this picture – even their color improved to a healthy glow as if by the grace of God. Rumor has it that similar miracles [...]

Discuss.

He smiled warmly at me when I walked into the store, his wife having called ahead to brief him on my need. Motioning me to follow him, he checked to see that someone else would take care of the customers at the parts counter and we went out back to his pickup. I was sure [...]

The single hardest thing I had to do as bishop, repeatedly, was deciding who would get fast offering help, and who would not.  So, I’ll let you help me on this one.  You’re the bishop! There is a family in your ward that runs hot and cold with church attendance.  They come for 6 months, [...]

Being willing to give away what we have is essential.  Christ told us that we need to be willing to impart of our possessions and to have charity towards others.  Zakat (almsgiving) is one of the fundamental Five Pillars of Islam.  Dana (generosity or giving) in Buddhism is essential to purify oneself and is one [...]

A few months ago, I was at a work dinner chatting with a colleague, also a Mormon (a previous bishop), and we were talking about some colleagues whose behavior we didn’t approve.   Some of our co-workers from another department (probably sales) were drinking too much at a work event which resulted in some rather unprofessional behavior.  I was rolling my [...]

Breasts are everywhere this month!  Pink is the new black.  If people aren’t “saving the ta-tas” they are professing their devotion to breasts.  People are shelling out big bucks buying up rubber wristbands and tee shirts that say “I <3 Boobies!”  Some schools have banned the wearing of these items.  We ate pink Krispy Kremes [...]