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The practice of open-hearted, unafraid generosity is not simple. It's fairly easy to accept the idea that we be generous with our...

I am in the middle of preparing a sermon on Proverbs. To prepare I took 31 to read through the book. I was supposed to speak on speaking. Easy enough. Proverbs has a lot to say about what we say. It is good sound wisdom too. That is how I think of Proverbs – full of wisdom on how we should conduct our personal lives. What I did not expect to find, to be constantly sidetracked by as I mined the book for pearls about speech, speaking, listening and talk of all kinds were

Last time in our just living series , we talked about our motivation for living justly. We established that the Bible gives us, as...

“To be a witness does not consist in engaging in propaganda or even stirring people up, but in being a living mystery. It means to live...

Compassion, the dictionary tells us, is a feeling of deep sympathy and sorrow for another who is stricken by misfortune, accompanied by a...

What does just living look like? Is it only personal? Must it be accomplished in community? Is it just about our money or does it...

In an interesting trend in our consumer-wins-all society, a movement toward minimalism is starting to take hold. People are questioning...

An exciting project we have been working on this past year here at the Boston Faith & Justice Network is the launch of our website. Now...

Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.” Matthew...

“What if life itself was meant to be one long alleluia moment?” –Sister Joan Chittister Apparently, gratitude is powerful. So powerful,...

For many the word, ‘trafficking’, is still undefined. Often we may think of someone who lives in another country or speaks...

For me, the central question of economic discipleship is: how can I ensure that my whole life is telling a single story, and that that...

There seems to be two camps on New Year’s resolutions. One, - yes let’s make them. Camp twois a no. Camp one says we should make...

Only two more shopping days…. So for those of you who have had your Christmas shopping done since before Thanksgiving, who’ve wrapped...

Americans are very into Christmas. We really love celebrating this time of year! In 2013, consumers in the U.S. spent about $730 during...

I love the Christmas season! I love driving around with my girls and exclaiming at the lights. I love baking (and eating!) Christmas...

As a Mom of two young girls I am humbled by how often my kids are the ones teaching me. Today was no exception. As my six year old and I...

6 Things I Wish My Church Had Told Me about Domestic Violence 1. It happens. According to the Centers for Disease Control (...

We’ve talked about incremental change quite a bit here on the BFJN blog—the power of starting with small lifestyle shifts to live more...

As the weather turns cooler, the leaves change color, coffee shops break out the pumpkin flavored drinks and other markers of fall pop up...