The Bureaucratization of Blessing
Should you stop helping people because you’re not certified?
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The Future of the Culture Wars
Millennials, social issues, and where it’s all going. Brian Brown Brian Brown loves building the environments, habits, and networks that…
Give Small Right Now
Five tips for building generous habits.
Campaign Gadgets Aren’t Enough
What political parties should be doing these days. Brian Brown Brian Brown loves building the environments, habits, and networks that…
Why 73% of Donations to go Religious Organizations
A $220 billion lesson for nonprofits. Brian Brown Brian Brown loves building the environments, habits, and networks that make people…
Saving Nonprofits
Why you won’t read anything an unfamiliar nonprofit sends you–and what that nonprofit should do about it. Brian Brown Brian…
Why Charity Shouldn’t Be Private
American giving is getting more and more public, and that’s a good thing. Brian Brown Brian Brown loves building the…
Giving Books in 2014
A reading list for the charitable person, real or aspiring. Ashley May Ashley May is the editor of the Give…
Giving to Ease Your Conscience
There’s a lot of context you’re missing when you interact with a panhandler. And some of it is inside you….
Why My Son Isn’t Getting “Enough” Christmas Presents This Year
My plan for using material gifts to give my son things that will last forever. Amber Kirschman Amber Kirschman is…
Before You Click That “Donate” Button on Facebook
Typhoon Haiyan gives us a chance to consider context when we give. Cindy Ewing Cindy Ewing is a history Ph.D….
Politics, Poverty, and the Face of Christ
An encounter with a stranger in need sparks thoughts about public discourse on poverty. Miriel Thomas Reneau Miriel Thomas Reneau…
Charity and “The Giving Tree”
It’s an old book. But its ideas of how to give are thought-provoking. Ashley May Ashley May is the editor…
Saving the World, Professionalized
As Emma’s Mr. Knightley demonstrates, effective public service doesn’t necessarily come from joining the political class. Brian Brown Brian Brown…
Leader Servanthood
The next time you find yourself under the direction of an incompetent, overbearing leader, try getting in line. Jace Yarbrough…
Fixing a Place
You have to love a place–not an idealized Place–before you can fix it. Brian Brown Brian Brown loves building the…
Detention with the Outcasts
Real community challenges our assumptions about the value of choice and the role of ideals. Esther Moon Esther Moon, a…
Now That We’re All Haters…
Young people don’t want to play for a losing team whose objective is a national stranglehold on people’s happiness. So…
Enlisting the Amateurs
How nonprofits can raise more money and do more good by empowering their donors. Brian Brown Brian Brown loves building…
Gifts versus Guilt Trips
What’s the difference? Christina Brown Christina is the founder of LiveBeautiful, a company designed to encourage people live a life…