Showing posts with label money. Show all posts
Showing posts with label money. Show all posts

Thursday, 27 January 2011

Money or life

Mark Shead writes a website with blog called productivity501.

As far as I know he has no particular Christian concern, but in this post he talks about his decision to say no to a large amount of financial wealth, and why he did so.

From the post, his obvious (to Christians) conclusion:

A big bank account won’t provide the same amount of happiness you’ll get from spending time with the one person you decided you’d rather be with than anyone else. A bigger paycheck is poor compensation for missing out on raising your kids.


Mark's major concern, happiness, is not a bad one, and his chosen way of pursuing it makes sense. For Christians, happiness is not particularly important, but godliness is:

Now there is great gain in godliness with contentment


From here.

Incidentally, Mark Shead is the man who put me onto dropbox, which saves me the most inordinate amount of time and anxiety in my daily desire to stay organized and make sure I don't lose data. Click through and use, my friends!

Thursday, 28 February 2008

Some money thoughts from Martin

Martin Luther talks money:

How should God deal with us? Good days we cannot bear, evil we cannot endure. Gives he riches unto us? then are we proud, so that no man can live by us in peace; nay, we will be carried upon heads and shoulders, and will be adored as gods. Gives he poverty unto us? then are we dismayed, impatient, and murmur against him. Therefore, nothing were better for us, than forthwith to be covered over with the shovel.

Covered over with the shovel. The best fate of all for grumbling sinners.

Table Talk, "Of God's works" LXXIV.