the entirety of the concept. The modern term “steward” comes from the Old English word stigweard, which means “housekeeper.” Stewardship, then, involves taking care of someone else’s stuff—namely, the homeowner’s material possessions. So, to return to our wide-angle lens, we can say that stewardship is the faithful management of God’s resources in God’s world to achieve God’s objectives. When we talk about living in the material world, then, we’re actually having a discussion about economics and