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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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 “Hung-Fat”—a transliteration of my Chinese name written on my birth certificate. Yes, this is where my middle initials, H.F., came from.
The word
(pronounced hòng) means overflowing. The word
(pronounced fā) means expanding, and is a word often used to apply to money, as in the new year well-wishing phrase, “Gong Chi Fā Chai.” This phrase literally means “congratulation expanding money.” 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 “God delivers.” 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 name—its 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, “Abba! Father!” So you are no longer a slave but a child, and if a child then also an heir, through God. (Galatians 4:4–7)
Name
A Dialogue
Invite members of your community to gather and learn about each other’s names.
1. Invite participants to spend time writing down:
• My name
• Meaning of my name or a story associated with my name
• 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 noticed…
I wonder…
2 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, “Every firstborn male shall be designated as holy to the Lord”),… (Luke 2:22–23)
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
