Giving—The Sacred Art: Creating a Lifestyle of Generousity
Practical tips and inspiring thoughts for living a life of abundance and spirit-filled generosity.
Giving of your resources is a profound act that can change your life and the lives of those around you. With gentleness and wisdom, this practical guide outlines the ways in which cultivating a lifestyle of generosity can be a source of personal transformation, spiritual renewal and deep joy. You will learn about:
- Giving as Worship—how the major faith traditions offer reverence through giving
- Giving as Stewardship—managing resources for maximum benefit
- Giving as Charity—providing for others out of a sense of compassion
- Giving as Justice—creating righteous equality in our world
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Book details
- Author
- Lauren Tyler Wright
- Imprint
- SkyLight Paths, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Formats
- Paperback, Hardcover
- Subjects
- Religion › Spirituality
- Topics
- generosity · stewardship · charity · spiritual growth · worship · faith traditions · justice · personal transformation
- ISBN-13
- 9781594732249 (Paperback)9781683360780 (Hardcover)
About the author
LAUREN TYLER WRIGHT, MDiv, is a researcher and seminar leader on generosity in faith communities and the author of Giving—The Sacred Art: Creating a Lifestyle of Generosity.
Wright served as program manager at the Lake Institute on Faith & Giving at the Center of Philanthropy at Indiana University. The book draws on multifaith perspectives to explore giving as worship, stewardship, charity, and justice.
When she’s not writing, Wright leads seminars for faith communities on the practice of generosity. Her work offers practical tools for cultivating a lifestyle of generosity across religious traditions.