It’s Money Sermon week!  I promise not to make you feel guilty for drinking a latte while people somewhere in the world don’t have clean drinking water.  I’ve read a lot of books on giving, missions, money and sacrifice.  Some authors seem to delight in heightening the pain of our already weary conscious by making us feel bad about enjoying God’s good gifts.  I confess that I cannot read too many of those books and then drive an SUV out of my suburban neighborhood to eat at a restaurant what I could have made at home without feeling horrible about what I have.  I often feel bad for being a white Christian male living in America.  Not only do I fail to recycle as well as I “should.”  According to many experts, people like me are responsible for most of the ills of the past two millennia.  It’s a lot to carry.  Paul’s words to Timothy are a lot more refreshing.  Soak on this a minute, from 1 Timothy 6:17-19 “Command those who are rich in this present world not to be arrogant nor to put their hope in wealth, which is so uncertain, but to put their hope in God, who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment. Command them to do good, to be rich in good deeds, and to be generous and willing to share. In this way they will lay up treasure for themselves as a firm foundation for the coming age, so that they may take hold of the life that is truly life.”  I guess it is possible to receive, enjoy, do good and give; all in a way that glorifies God.  Let’s do that.  For the King and His Kingdom.