Podcast Episodes

28: Gratitude and Forgetfulness

Season 1 Episode 28

"... just as those tools which are kept in use, and are daily touched by the hand, are never in danger of growing rusty, while those which are not br…

2 years, 4 months ago

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27: The Roots of Ingratitude

Season 1 Episode 27

"... by complaining I shall not make myself deserve to receive more, but shall become unworthy of what I have received...."

This week, I am reading a …

2 years, 5 months ago

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26: A Leader's Culture of Abundance

Season 1 Episode 26

"...the moral challenge of generosity can also push people to confront and overcome their emotional, existential fears about insufficiency, their psy…

2 years, 5 months ago

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25: Overwhelmed by Kindness

Season 1 Episode 25

..." It is in itself an expression of gratitude to speak of one's self as overwhelmed by kindness."

This week, I am reading a story and quote from On …

2 years, 5 months ago

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24: Means of Generosity

Season 1 Episode 24

"... You see how the mind even in the straitest circumstances finds the means of generosity."

This week, I am reading a story and quote from On Benefi…

2 years, 5 months ago

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23: Nurture Goodness

Season 1 Episode 23

"When conventional economic and marketing assumptions shape and undergird the work of charitable fundraising, whether for Christian organizations or …

2 years, 5 months ago

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22: The Good of Love Expressed

Season 1 Episode 22

This week, I’m reading a quote from The Paradox of Generosity by Christian Smith and Hilary Davidson. 2014 edition.

Reflection questions: 

How are we c…

2 years, 6 months ago

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21: Sit Down and Rest

Season 1 Episode 21

"Once there was a tree..."

This week, I’m reading The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein, published in 1964.

Reflection questions: 

As fundraisers, when ar…

2 years, 6 months ago

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20: From Beholden to Blessing

Season 1 Episode 20

"... And joy is the appropriate attitude with which to help others because acts of generosity are a source of blessing to the giver as well as the re…

2 years, 6 months ago

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19: Surplus Wealth

Season 1 Episode 19

"...There is no mode of disposing of surplus wealth creditable to thoughtful and earnest men [and women] into whose hands it flows save by using it y…

2 years, 6 months ago

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