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Holy Currency Exchange
101 Stories, Songs, Actions, and Visions for Missional and Sustainable Ministries
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Holy Currency Exchange
101 Stories, Songs, Actions, and Visions for Missional and Sustainable Ministries
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Eric Law's foundational Holy Currencies (2013) demonstrated a new way ministries can think about the resources needed to do their work in their communities. Law's follow-up book, Holy Currency Exchange, shares a variety of tools for thinking differently about how those resources can mobilize ministries into new life, mission, and vitality. Examples include a restaurant ministry, programs for youth, an emergency rent loan fund for people in the neighborhood, worship service in Mexican restaurants, and many more. What could your ministry do?
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Whatās in a Name?
Whatās in a Name?
In the Western Christian tradition, January 1 is the feast of the Holy Name, celebrating when Jesus was given his name in the traditional Jewish naming ceremony. January 1 is also my birthday, when I was given the name āHung-Fatāāa transliteration of my Chinese name written on my birth certificate. Yes, this is where my middle initials, H.F., came from.
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The word
(pronounced hĆ²ng) means overflowing. The word
(pronounced fÄ) means expanding, and is a word often used to apply to money, as in the new year well-wishing phrase, āGong Chi FÄ Chai.ā This phrase literally means ācongratulation expanding money.ā My family was poor when I was born and I suppose my parents gave me this name hoping I would bring prosperity to the family. For similar reasons, many Chinese businesses such as restaurants and hardware stores have the same name.
I used to be embarrassed by my name. However, over the years I have learned to appreciate it, because I have re-visioned what it means for me and my life-work. The word
is a compound word consisting of the words for river (
) and bird (
). The image I have is a scene in which fishermen are pulling in a net so overflowing with fish that hovering birds can share the abundance. As for
, the image I have is of yeast in bread dough causing it to rise to the right shape before it is baked into bread for our nourishment. I have redefined my name as a symbol of living in abundance. My purpose in life is to expand and share the resources given to me and not hold onto them out of fear.
We have different relationships with our names at different times in our lives. I wonder how Jesus related to his name, which means āGod delivers.ā I wonder how he might have struggled with living up to its meaning as he was growing up. I wonder how his name helped him resolve to live his life and carry out his ministry the way he did.
I invite you to ponder your own nameāits meaning, the circumstances around how you were named, how it shaped you, how you struggled with it, and how you might reclaim it, re-vision it, or even change it for the coming year.
When the fullness of time had come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, in order to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as children. And because you are children, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, āAbba! Father!ā So you are no longer a slave but a child, and if a child then also an heir, through God. (Galatians 4:4ā7)
Name
A Dialogue
Invite members of your community to gather and learn about each otherās names.
1. Invite participants to spend time writing down:
ā¢ My name
ā¢ Meaning of my name or a story associated with my name
ā¢ What have been my relationships with my name over time?
2. Invite participants to share.
3. Invite participants to reflect on what they have heard by completing the following sentences:
I noticedā¦
I wonderā¦
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Song of Simeon
Song of Simeon
When the time came for their purification according to the law of Moses, [the parents of Jesus] brought him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord (as it is written in the law of the Lord, āEvery firstborn male shall be designated as holy to the Lordā),ā¦ (Luke 2:22ā23)
In the traditional ceremony, Jesus was being d...
Table of contents
- Cover
- Front Matter
- Copyright
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
- Prelude
- 1. What's in a Name
- 2. Song of Simeon
- 3. The Gift
- 4. Love First
- 5. Love Is My Name
- 6. I Am...
- 7. Stewardship of Stories
- 8. Year-Round Stewardship
- 9. Pledge Card for Currency of Relationship
- 10. I Notice... I Wonder...
- 11. Restoring Trust
- 12. Winter Epiphany
- 13. Transfiguration
- 14. The Spirit of God Has Been Given to Me
- 15. Relational Conversation
- 16. Training the Inclusive Brain
- 17. Holy Conferencing
- 18. Forward and Backward
- 19. I am who I am
- 20. A Dragon Tale
- 21. Closet Castaways
- 22. What Is Normal
- 23. Money and Freedom of Speech
- 24. Awakened Ear-Sustaining Word
- 25. Sustain the Weary with a Word
- 26. Pledge Card for Currency of Truth
- 27. A Fig Tree in the Vineyard
- 28. Truth and Grace at the Margin
- 29. Danger of Disconnect
- 30. Embrace the Darkness
- 31. Those Who Sowed with Tears
- 32. Chance or Planned
- 33. Path of Life
- 34. Easter
- 35. A New Heart I'll Give to You
- 36. Resurrection-Vampires and Jesus
- 37. Have Much But Not Too Much
- 38. Gift Economy
- 39. Right Side of the Boat
- 40. Equi Table-Going Missional in Quebec City
- 41. The Beatitudes-Let Your Light So Shine
- 42. Reverse Stewardship
- 43. Reverse Musical Chairs
- 44. A Time to Play
- 45. Active Leisure
- 46. Come and I Will Give You Rest
- 47. Pledge Card for Currency of Time
- 48. Psalm 23
- 49. Like a Mother Eagle
- 50. Waste Water into Wine
- 51. Sustaining Tree
- 52. Healing Leaves
- 53. Giant Corn Fields and Community Gardens
- 54. Cycle of Blessings
- 55. Pledge Card for Currency of Wellness
- 56. When I Pour Out My Spirit
- 57. Morning-April 14, 2015
- 58. The Holy Currency Mind
- 59. What Is This Thing Called Holy Currencies
- 60. Embodying the Cycle of Blessings
- 61. Tracking the Flow of Holy Currencies
- 62. Beneficial Event
- 63. Foolishness of God
- 64. Livable Wage and Sustainable Community
- 65. Pledge Card for Currency of Money
- 66. Best Funerals in Town
- 67. Yoga in Spanish
- 68. Currencies Flow at the BBQ
- 69. I Know a Good Thing When I See One.indd
- 70. GracEconomics Food Co-Op
- 71. GracEconomics Grocery Store
- 72. GracEconomics Exchange Center
- 73. GracEconomics Advance Fund
- 74. Race Together at Starbucks
- 75. As the Waters Cover the Sea
- 76. Lady in the Alley
- 77. Pledge Card for Currency of Place
- 78. Art and Community Transformation
- 79. Make Us Instruments of Your Peace
- 80. Artist-Leader
- 81. Taking the Church Out to the World
- 82. Entrepreneurial and Sustainable
- 83. Holy Currency Mission Statement
- 84. The Evergreen Way
- 85. Holy Currency Ministry-Business Plan
- 86. Life Skillz Circle
- 87. Holy Currency Job Description
- 88. Pledge Card for the Currency of Gracious Leadership
- 89. A Holy Currencies Picture
- 90. Truth or Trick or Treat
- 91. A Holy Currency Thanksgiving
- 92. Offer to God a Sacrifice
- 93. Straight Path to the Truth
- 94. Leveling the Field
- 95. Sun of Righteousness
- 96. Beware, Keep Alert
- 97. Stand Your Ground for Truth and Mercy
- 98. Ferguson Community Forum
- 99. Focus on the Baby
- 100. The Occupy Song
- 101. Leftover
- Postlude-The Grace