Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Holistic Stewardship

This is a short entry but simply one to challenge our perspectives of stewardship. For most of us that word elicits thoughts of financial accountability. That's only scratching the surface of what this truly means. Consider the following...

Relational stewardship
Environmental stewardship
Economic stewardship
Health stewardship
Work stewardship
Time stewardship
Rest stewardship
Joy stewardship

And the list goes on; but the point here is simple - stewardship is holistic in nature and it's both a command and an opportunity to enter into what we were designed for. Holistic stewardship incorporates ALL aspects of our lives - there's nothing left out from deserving our stewardship and respect. May we all work toward being greater stewards...

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