Recently, my family purchased my childhood home, and we inherited more space, more land, and more responsibility. Our property now includes rows of perennial beds, a sprawling lawn, and a sizeable vegetable garden.

There’s a powerful scene in The Greatest Showman where P.T. Barnum secures a bank loan by using shipping manifests from vessels that had already sunk. The cargo was at the bottom of the ocean—but on paper, it looked valuable. The banker, impressed by the documentation, extends the credit.

When divers discovered a 19th-century shipwreck off the coast of Sweden, they didn’t find gold or treasure—they found joy bottled up. Dozens of unopened cases of vintage sparkling wine lay hidden beneath 150 years of darkness, sealed tight and perfectly preserved in the cold Baltic Sea.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer once warned that the greatest danger to the church is cheap grace. He described it as “grace without discipleship, grace without the cross, grace without Jesus Christ”. Cheap grace assumes God’s forgiveness costs us nothing—not even repentance or obedience.

When Jesus taught His disciples to pray, He began with a simple phrase that reaches deeper than we often realize: “Hallowed be Your name” (Matthew 6:9, NIV). To hallow means to make holy, to set apart, to reverence.

The book of Genesis presents a created order that is good, yet unfinished—inviting human participation. This participation includes investing: allocating resources toward what nurtures, sustains, and develops creation and human society.

What would you attempt for God if you weren’t afraid to lose? Most of us say we trust God, but when it comes to money—especially investing—we often live as if safety is our savior. We diversify, hedge, insure, and call it wisdom. But if we’re honest, it’s often fear.

Do you think it's possible that the Greatest Investment Opportunity isn’t in the Market—but in the Mission? In 1974, Billy Graham convened the Lausanne Congress on World Evangelism—a historic gathering that helped ignite the modern global missions movement.

What does it really mean to part with “all I have” for Christ That’s the haunting question Benjamin Beddome asked in his 18th-century hymn: And must I part with all of self, my dearest Lord, for Thee?”

Did you know that most oak trees don’t begin producing acorns until they’re around twenty years old—and according to the University of California’s agriculture bulletin, their peak production doesn’t come until they’re between fifty and eighty?

Have you ever wondered how God can turn a simple bar of soap into a movement of hope? That’s the story of Mwana Wa Pepa, which in Swahili means “Don’t lose hope.” On the shores of Lake Victoria, a young Tanzanian named Alex began asking the kinds of questions that stir a steward’s heart: Why are some people rich while others remain trapped in poverty?

Winston Churchill is often credited with saying, “We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.” While there’s no official record of him saying these exact words, the message aligns deeply with his values of service, sacrifice, and contribution.