I wonder sometimes if money isn't the problem, but fear is. And I think that maybe the cure for fear isn't to hang on to my money, but to give more away. Those early Christians weren't just givers, they were forgivers . They understood, deep down, that forgiveness isn't just a one-time transaction. It's not something we trickle out, one little grudging bit at a time.
Forgiveness is a way of life.
Maybe more clearly, reconciliation is a way of life. If I forgive, and let things go on the way they always were, that's not right. That's almost as wrong as trying to get revenge. Healing and reconciliation were at the heart of Jesus' ministry. And they were at the heart of the adventure for people in the early church.