People and Ministries Index

Want to follow-up on some of the creative ministries, authors, and leaders in Growing Generous Souls? In addition to biblical folks, here’s where you can find them in the book:

Key:
[C] = curriculum or group process
CDN = Canada
CEF = Christian Educators Fellowship
UMC = United Methodist Church
UMF = United Methodist Foundation
IUPUI = Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis


Name:	Page:
Acumen Fund	324
Agape UMC, Pamu, Estonia	297
Lyle Ahrenholtz	266, 271
Randy Alcorn	126, 136
James Alison	205, 221, 222
All Saints Lutheran Church, Cottage Grove, MN	231
Melvin Amerson	242, 271
Sarah Arthur	115, 134
Ask, Thank, Tell [C]	x, 261, 262, 271
Augustine	viii, 87-89, 92-94, 96, 101-103, 105-107, 180, 289, 292
William Avery	13, 27
Wes Avram	291, 296
Michael Ayers	340

MaryElyn Bahlert	37, 55
Rick Barger	47, 56
Barna (Group)	288, 289
Barnabas Foundation, The	266, 271
Irving Barocas	118, 134, 2668
Rebekah Basinger	239, 243
David Benner	14, 27, 46, 56, 95, 99, 102, 124, 136, 144, 152, 262, 177, 290, 296
Robert Benson	38, 55, 57 71, 77
Best Practices Romans 12 Project, Board of Discipleship Ministries, UMC	202, 221
Bethany Blessings Preschool	298
Bethany UMC, Berwick, PA	298
Blessed Connections	309, 314
Jean Blomquist	240, 243, 270
Walter Bowie	98, 108
David Briggs	118, 134
Broadway Christian Parish UMC, South Bend, IN	286
Shirley Brooks-Jones	304, 305
Linda Brucker	40
Walter Brueggemann	52, 57, 77, 97, 108, 109, 156, 176, 183, 195, 222
Martin Buber	69, 77
John Buchanan	32, 54, 176
Mark Bustos	321

Calvary Chapel, Fort Lauderdale, FL	258
Holly Carcione	270, 271
Kenneth Carder	345
Phillip Cary	77, 103-107, 135, 296
Catholic Worker Movement	277
James Child	205
Christ Church, Richmond, VA	269
Christ Church, Fort Lauderdale, FL	279
Christ Church Fellowship, Miami, FL	280
Nicholas Christakis	40, 56, 314
Christ UMC, Salt Lake City, UT	284
CIA (Community Interfaith Action)	300
Shane Claiborne	311, 315
Jamie Clark-Soles	282, 295
Coats of Kindness	231, 242
Jim Collins	24
Common Ground, Milwaukee, WI	303
Community Christian Church, Chicago, IL	291
Daniel Conway	15, 28, 196, 236, 242
Sanford Coon	239, 243
Dori Zerbe Cornelsen	303, 314
Covenant Bible Study [C]	282
Stephen Covey	31, 54
Bob Coy	258
Valerie Craig	42, 56
Creation Justice Ministries	326, 346
Crossroads Urban Center, Salt Lake City, UT	284
Cross Timbers Community Church, Argyle, TX	230
Crown Ministries [C]	229, 241

Davis Community Church, Davis, CA	280
Dorothy Day	277
Sharon Delgado	327, 347
Dan Dick	11, 24, 112, 126, 227, 345
Rob Dietz	212, 223
Jan Dockter	227, 241
Nathan Dungan	24, 116, 117, 134, 194, 197, 227, 238, 241, 243, 247, 251, 264, 268, 269, 271

Meister Eckhart	60, 76, 90, 92, 96, 101, 106
Ric Edelman	247, 268, 269
Robert Emmons	164, 165, 168, 176-179
Bill Enright	320, 345
Episcopal Diocese of Colorado	251
Erik Erikson	288
Stephen Erickson	26
Patricia Schiff Estess	118, 134, 268
Expanding the Science and Practice of Gratitude [C]	164

Donna Fado Ivery	33, 54, 55
Faith at Work Movement	280, 295
Faith Development Scale, Creighton University	123, 135, 136
Family Promise	284
Karen File	163, 178
Financial Peace University [C]	196, 229, 233, 241, 255
Richard Foster	54, 60, 70, 76, 77, 205, 215, 219, 242
James Fowler	40, 121, 135, 314
Freecycle Network	212, 223
Freed-Up Financial Living [C]	229, 233, 241

Gander, Newfoundland, CDN	304, 314
Eric Geiger	24, 280, 294
Generosity Across the Generations, MN UMF & CEF	115, 134
Generous Giving	128
Ginghamsburg UMC, Tipp City, OH	229
Giving Circles	129, 136, 137, 265, 299
Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern MI	298
Global Giving	301
Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, Duluth, MN	330
Norman Gottwald	192, 198
Grace First Presbyterian Church, Long Beach, CA	302
Grace UMC, Three Springs, PA	157, 177
Grace Unplugged	158
Grand Junction First UMC, Grand Junction, CO	321, 346
Greater Good Gratitude Summit	172, 177-179
Greater Good Science Center, UC Davis	78, 164, 166, 168, 178, 179, 348
Bonnie Gray	32, 54
William Green	127, 136
J. D. Greer	270
Ronald Greer	14, 35, 49, 141

Peter Traben Haas	37, 55
Adam Hamilton	99, 109, 194, 208, 211, 222, 223, 270, 339, 348
Hands4Detroit, Detroit, MI	298
Stephen Handy	23
James Harnish	212, 223
Todd Harper	128, 136
Mike Harrell	48, 56, 223, 315
Stanley Hauerwas	277, 294
Robert Heerspink	266, 271
Milton and Catherine Hershey	163, 178
Elizabeth Hinson-Hasty	191, 197
Katie Hohman	336, 348
Gerard Manley Hopkins	290, 296
Ron Hovland	117
Hyde Park UMC, NYC, NY	309, 314

St. Ignatius	68

Tim Jackert	302
Philip Jamieson	232, 241, 242
Roger Janes	304, 305, 314
Thomas Jeavons	239, 243
Reuben Job	76
Carl Jung	93, 94, 96, 101, 102, 107, 145, 146, 152

Thomas Kelly	33, 54
Soren Kierkegaard	90-92, 96, 101, 106, 107, 120, 121, 135, 162, 177
David Kinnaman	289
Kiva	301, 313
Virginia Knight	115, 134
Lawrence Kohlberg	121, 123
Jack Kornfield	155, 172, 176, 177
Joseph Koterski

Lake Institute on Faith and Giving, IN	39, 55, 119, 129, 320
Charles (Chick) Lane	202, 242, 261
Eric Law	53, 141, 238, 309, 314
L.A.S.T. Program (Learning & Serving Together), [C]	156, 177
Lazarus at the Gate [C]	256, 270
Lazarus Circle groups	256
Gary Leak	123
Don Lee	159, 177
Lewis, C. S.	52, 57
Rensis Likert	279, 294
George Linney	333
Samuel Longfellow	201, 221
Fred Luskin	342
Martin Luther	67, 341
Luther Seminary, Minneapolis, MN	27, 56, 159, 177, 185, 195, 202, 238, 242, 272, 289, 313, 315
Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd, Minneapolis, MN	117
Sonya Lyubomirsky	165, 178, 179, 346

Cathy MacHold	332, 347
Catherine Malotky	27 56, 185, 195, 198, 221, 289, 296, 314
Jeff Manion	186, 196
Maplewood UMC, Maplewood, MO	254
Martin Marty	215, 223, 224
Toshiko Maruta	336
Abraham Maslow	188, 196
Mike Mather	286, 295
Don McClanen	204, 221, 222
Michael McCullough	165, 176,-178
Brian McLaren	143
Maumee UMC, Maumee, OH	116, 134
Loren Mead	283, 285
Douglas Meeks	104, 183, 190, 195, 197
Thomas Merton	36, 55, 73, 77, 95, 96, 102, 107, 108, 124, 136, 150, 152, 175, 180
Metanoia Farmers Worker Cooperative, Winnipeg, CDN	303
Kent Millard	171, 179
Herb Miller	242, 243, 253, 270, 271
Lynn Miller	189, 215, 219, 246, 266, 271
Milton Hershey School, Hershey, PA	163, 178
Paul S. Minear	177, 293
Ministry of Money	204, 222, 241, 242
Walter Mischel	188
Missouri Conference of the UMC	299
Stephen Mitchell	203, 204, 221
Mondays With Jesus	157, 158
Thomas Moore	148, 152
Joanne Moyer	330, 346, 347
Money Matters for Youth [C]	249, 269
Money Sanity Solutions [C]	24, 117, 118, 134, 264, 271

Jill Neimark	178, 179, 288, 295, 297, 313, 321, 342, 346, 348, 349
Paul Nixon	274, 293
Northland, A Church Distributed, Longwood, FL	255
North Point Community Church, Alpharetta, GA	228
Henri Nouwen	27, 36, 54, 158, 160, 177

Clay Oglesbee	46, 56
Dan O’Neill	212, 223
John Herbert Otwell	28, 61, 76
Roger Owens	8, 15, 26, 27

Richard Peace	66, 76, 77
Basil Pennington	27, 152
David Perez	321
Karl Polanyi	183
Stephen Post	178, 179, 288, 295, 313, 321, 342, 346, 348, 349
Russ Prince	163, 178
Project HOME, Philadelphia, PA	301, 302

Tom Rainer	24, 294
Dave Ramsey	196, 241, 255
Michael Reeves	28, 130, 137, 242, 270
Rock Recovery Ministry, Rock Church, San Diego, CA	190, 197
Richard Rohr	25, 49, 57, 72, 77, 78, 96, 102, 108, 145, 152
Christine Roush	186, 189, 193, 195-198, 208, 221, 222
Run for God [C]	333
M. J. Ryan	160

St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA	331, 347
St. Paul’s UMC, Rochester, MI	298
Michael Sandel	13, 27
Chuck Sandstrom	340, 348
Bill Saul	302
Robert Schnase	19, 24, 28, 147, 152, 209, 222, 299, 313
Betsy Schwarzentraub	28, 269, 270, 271, 294, 2956, 314, 347
Science of Generosity Initiative, University of Notre Dame	18, 28, 323, 346
Mary Scullion	301, 313
Laurence Shames	205, 222
Share Save Spend	24, 117, 134, 197, 237, 248, 264
Norman Shawchuck	65, 76, 221
Charles Shelton	155, 160, 162, 166, 169, 174-180
Jim Sheppard	130, 136, 137, 241, 242, 256, 260, 270, 271, 296, 345
Michael Slaughter	189
Toby Slough	230
Matt Smith	254, 270
Spirituality and Giving Project [C]	256, 259
Stanford University Forgiveness Project	342
David Steindl-Rast	3, 26, 67, 68, 71, 73, 74, 77, 78, 155, 159, 169, 172, 176, 177, 179, 180, 195, 326, 346, 349
Stewardship Challenge Grant, Wisconsin UMF	131
Stewardship of Life Institute, Gettysburg, PA	307
Courtney Stotler	254, 255
Mike Sullivan	234
Sweaty Sheep, Louisville, KY	333, 334

Take Charge America	234, 242
Glenn Taibl	159, 177, 243, 312, 315
Meeli Tankler	297, 313
Thomas Thangaraj	289, 295
The Big Give	291
The Gathering UMC, St. Louis, MO	282
Third Christian Reformed Church, Zeeland, MI	266
Thnx4.org digital Gratitude Journal	164
Matthew Thomas	208, 222
Thrivent Church Solutions Group	323
Samantha Tidball	258, 271
Paul Tillich	342
Tobacco Trail Community, Durham, NC	333
TOUCH Outreach Ministries, Houston, TX	304, 314
Dick Towner	241
Transition Town movement	213, 223
Jo-Ann Tsang	170
Lynne Twist	142, 152, 191, 192, 197, 198, 243
Jennifer Tyler	242, 270

Evelyn Underhill	69, 77
University Temple UMC, Seattle, WA	329, 347

Jean Vanier	277
Timothy Van Meter	326, 346
Jane Vennard	69, 77
Mark Vincent	135, 224, 241, 242, 248, 249, 263, 266, 267, 269, 271, 272
Margaret Visser	162, 176-178, 180
Miroslav Volf	50, 51, 57, 173, 180, 290, 296, 310, 314, 338, 341, 342, 348, 349
Volunteers in Mission	284
Gerhard Von Rad	29, 98, 99, 108

Philip Watkins	168
Carol Wehrheim	118, 134
John Wertz	46, 56
John Wesley	5, 61, 63, 67, 97, 108, 115, 210, 211, 223, 276, 319, 324
Claus Westermann	99
Margaret Wheatley	287, 295
Sondra Wheeler	237, 242
Chris Willard	130, 136, 137, 241, 242, 256, 260, 270, 271, 296, 345
Rowan Williams	12, 27
Sarah Wilson	12
Wrapped in God’s Love [C]	114, 134, 249, 269
N. T. Wright	237, 242, 307, 314
Robert Wuthnow	172

Yale Center for Faith & Culture	338