Memory and Happiness Jun13

Memory and Happiness

Daniel Kahneman is one of the world’s most celebrated psychologists. Author of numerous books including Thinking, Fast and Slow, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics for transforming our understanding of our habits and decisions, including our economic and consumer habits and...

Money Can’t Buy Me Love…Or Can It? Jun12

Money Can’t Buy Me Love…Or Can It?

Near the end of July I’ll be participating as one of nine keynote speakers at a conference called “Rethinking Stewardship” at Luther Seminary. I’ll be joining the likes of Chris Farrell (of Minnesota Public Radio and APM’s Marketplace Money) and Nathan Dungan (of Share, Save, Spend) to talk about new approaches to stewardship. Our understanding of stewardship is that it’s not simply asking people for money but helping them relate to money in light of their faith – something almost every Christian I know has stated as a desire. How, that is, does our faith in Christ inform our lives as economic as well as spiritual beings? How...

Money Apr12

Money

I’m beginning work on a book on stewardship. Except I don’t want to call what I’m writing about “stewardship” for two reasons: 1) Stewardship means a lot more than money, but I really want to talk about money and don’t want to shortchange stewardship of gifts, the...