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Brian Boitmann

Brian Boitmann

is an artist, communitarian and chief sharer at ActsofSharing.com. Acts of Sharing was created to enable a cultural shift toward sustainable living and richer community by empowering people to share their possessions in a simple and effective way. Brian lives in Austin, TX.

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Church As Sharing Community

By Brian Boitmann on 03/24/2012

His remark caught me by surprise, “if the Church would do that, we wouldn’t need the rest of this.” It was a statement that has stayed with me even to now. The idea that simply by practicing a culture of sharing, recognizing God’s role in our provision for ourselves and others, the Church could change the world. That initially sounds a bit naive. But didn’t it already happen once?…

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We are called to create a culture of sharing both in and outside the church. (click for image source)

Embodying Our Faith: Creating A Culture of Sharing

By Brian Boitmann on 02/04/2012

In a culture where a person’s success is determined more often by the the things that we have, and the amount of each of them that we have, establishing a culture of sharing turns that entire notion on its head…

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