It is the Christians, O Emperor, who have sought and found the truth, for they acknowledge God. They do not keep for themselves the goods entrusted to them. They do not covet what belongs to others. They show love to their neighbors. They do not do to another what they would not wish to have [...]

There’s a beautiful image that comes from the Celtic tradition — a moment and space in time where heaven and earth are so close together that the spiritual and the natural world intersect. A place where it is possible to touch and be touched by God. The Celtic’s referred to these spaces as “thin spaces” [...]

Today is the last day of our 2010 campaign with charity:water to raise $5000 to build a fresh water well for those in need. (Why water?) So far we’ve raised $150 — enough to give clean, fresh drinking water to 7 people for the next 20 years! That’s awesome! But I know that as a [...]

I just want to say a huge THANK YOU! to all the Live Simply peeps. Yesterday, I put out a quick tweet about a homeless veteran in need and late last night I received confirmation from our friend, Mark Horvath, that enough money had been donated to get Johnny’s RV out of the impound. I [...]

If you’ve stopped in your local Starbucks lately, you may (or may not have) seen a poster advertising the company’s stance on Fair Trade Coffee. Thanks to their size, Starbucks is the largest purchasers of Fair Trade Coffee in the world. According to their website: Starbucks began purchasing Fair Trade Certified coffee in 2000, helping [...]

As part of our effort to build a clean drinking water well for the under-resourced, I’ve decided to give away a free PDF copy of my novel, St. Peter’s Brewery, to everyone who makes a donation to charity:water between now and August 31, 2010. Give any donation — of any amount, and you’ll receive a [...]

Goodwill Industries has launched a new campaign geared towards encouraging people to rethink how they get rid of unwanted items. We’re all familiar with the recycling movement and its logo: To hopefully go right alongside with it, Goodwill has launched their new campaign with a new donation logo: I think it’s a great idea to [...]