Faith Minute® is a one minute program heard on dozens of stations across the country. Each weekday your host, Leith Anderson, shares an inspiring and practical message of hope, encouragement and challenge showing why 'living by faith' can be the most stretching, fulfilling and rewarding experience you will ever have.
Leith Anderson, Host of Faith Minute
Leith Anderson is the senior pastor of Wooddale Church in the Minneapolis suburb of Eden Prairie, Minnesota. For over 30 years his preaching, vision, and leadership have helped guide Wooddale through a process of change and growth, placing it on the cutting edge to meet the needs of its people and to reach out to the surrounding community. Faith Minute is the broadcast ministry of Leith Anderson and Wooddale Church.
In addition to his ministry at Wooddale Church, he serves as the president the National Association of Evangelicals, holding this office since 2006. The NAE is a multi-faceted association of 61 denominations and hundreds of other evangelical organizations that has a constituency in the tens of millions.
Leith speaks frequently at conferences, has traveled to all seven continents and has been quoted in or interviewed by multiple media outlets, most notably The New York Times, The Washington Post, Newsweek, PBS, the BBC, NBC Nightly News, National Public Radio, and CNN.
He has written articles for a variety of periodicals and has published ten books including Dying For Change, A Church For The Twenty-First Century, Winning The Values War, Praying To The God You Can Trust, Leadership That Works, Becoming Friends With God, JESUS: An Intimate Portrait of the Man, His Land, and His People and How to Act Like a Christian.
Leith and Charleen have known each other all of their lives and have been married to each other most of their lives. They have four children and make their home in suburban Minneapolis, Minnesota. Leith loves to travel, read books and hang out with friends, but his number one passion is Jesus Christ.
Leith Anderson is the senior pastor of Wooddale Church in the Minneapolis suburb of Eden Prairie, Minnesota. For over 30 years his preaching, vision, and leadership have helped guide Wooddale through a process of change and growth, placing it on the cutting edge to meet the needs of its people and to reach out to the surrounding community. Faith Minute is the broadcast ministry of Leith Anderson and Wooddale Church.
In addition to his ministry at Wooddale Church, he serves as the president the National Association of Evangelicals, holding this office since 2006. The NAE is a multi-faceted association of 61 denominations and hundreds of other evangelical organizations that has a constituency in the tens of millions.
Leith speaks frequently at conferences, has traveled to all seven continents and has been quoted in or interviewed by multiple media outlets, most notably The New York Times, The Washington Post, Newsweek, PBS, the BBC, NBC Nightly News, National Public Radio, and CNN.
He has written articles for a variety of periodicals and has published ten books including Dying For Change, A Church For The Twenty-First Century, Winning The Values War, Praying To The God You Can Trust, Leadership That Works, Becoming Friends With God, JESUS: An Intimate Portrait of the Man, His Land, and His People and How to Act Like a Christian.
Leith and Charleen have known each other all of their lives and have been married to each other most of their lives. They have four children and make their home in suburban Minneapols, Minnesota. Leith loves to travel, read books and hang out with friends, but his number one passion is Jesus Christ. Jesus is the Lord and center of everything.
- September 8, 2010
- Does Money Bring Happiness?
Research on the relationship between money and happiness shows that people who are poor and happy will be happy if their income increases. Conversely, people who are poor and unhappy will still be unhappy if their income increases. The studies show that six months after a significant increase or decrease in income, most people are as happy or unhappy as they were before. In other words, an extra million dollars probably won’t make you happy if you’re not happy now!
Warren Buffet, one of the richest men in America, once said, “If you were a jerk before, you’ll be a jerk with a billion dollars.”
The Bible tells us, “Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have.” The test of whether or not we love money is to ask ourselves, “Am I 'content with what I have?' "
