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This is a sponsored post and part of the Patheos Book Club<\/a>. Check out the Book Club<\/a> for more posts on this book and for responses from the editors.<\/em><\/p>\n

I find that nothing is quite as humbling as a garage sale. At our neighbors\u2019 request last fall, we hosted a garage sale, and, as I have after every garage sale I\u2019ve ever held, I vowed to never hold another one. We spent about $20 on signs. And we made\u2026$27.<\/p>\n

While the garage sale was a financial bust, it did serve to remind me of something: I have too much junk.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m no hoarder, and I clean house regularly, but nevertheless, I\u2019ve\u00a0accumulated\u00a0plenty of stuff over my 43 years. Coming off of Christmas this year, Courtney and I promised each other not to buy anything other than gas and groceries for the month of January. I\u2019ve found it freeing to have that commitment.<\/p>\n

\nAdam Hamilton challenges the same tendencies toward too much stuff in his book, Enough: Discovering Joy through Simplicity and Generosity<\/a><\/em>. Now, I tend to be skeptical of pastors who put themselves forward as experts in areas other than church life; in marriage<\/a>, for instance. It usually doesn\u2019t turn out well.<\/p>\n

Hamilton, pastor of a Methodist mega-church, has written a commonsense guide that attempts to put biblical wisdom \u2014 and the idea of tithing \u2014 at the forefront of our lives.<\/p>\n

I spend some time on this blog discussing how difficult (impossible?) it is to put the exhortations of an ancient book into practice. It\u2019s true with sexuality, and it\u2019s true with finances. The ancient tithe in\u00a0Israel\u00a0was basically a tax, couched in theological terms. Nevertheless, I appreciate the way that Hamilton approaches the tithe: non-legalistically, yet primary to the Christian\u2019s financial life.<\/p>\n

This book is not radical in its suggestions. Adam Hamilton is not Shane Claiborne. But what that means is that the very practical suggestions in the book are actually applicable to most people. In fact, this book is tailor-made for group use in churches.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"