Participating in the community's prayer is as important to me as my private prayer. I find that my curiosity nourishes my spirituality, that I relish questions more than answers, and that I have both a tolerance and an appreciation for ambiguity. Tell us your views and about your personal practice of stewardship. I have come to distinguish between giving and stewardship. Giving is about generosity.
Stewardship is about responsibility.
The radical notion of stewardship, which is probably why we hear so little about it, is that the resources of the world belong to God and not to us. The really radical part is that this applies just as much to our personal budgets as to the church budget. Stewardship begins with the resources in my possession that I turn over to the community. Stewardship really begins after the tithe. That is where we begin asking whether the resources committed to our care are being used for the greater glory of God by benefiting the greater good of the people of God.