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==Presentation==
==Presentation==
When [[material]] [[Artifacts|objects]] are given as gifts, in many [[cultures]] they are [[traditionally]] packaged in some [[manner]]. For example, in Western culture, gifts are often wrapped in wrapping paper and accompanied by a gift note which may note the occasion, the recipient's name, and the giver's name. In Chinese culture, red wrapping connotes luck.
When [[material]] [[Artifacts|objects]] are given as gifts, in many [[cultures]] they are [[traditionally]] packaged in some [[manner]]. For example, in Western culture, gifts are often wrapped in wrapping paper and accompanied by a gift note which may note the occasion, the recipient's name, and the giver's name. In Chinese culture, red wrapping connotes luck.
==Spiritual Gifts==
In [[Christianity]], spiritual gifts (or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charism charismata]) are [[endowments]] given by the [[Holy Spirit]]. These are the [[supernatural]] [[graces]] which [[individual]] Christians need to fulfill the [[mission]] of the [[church]]. They are described in the [[New Testament]], primarily in 1 Corinthians 12, Romans 12, and Ephesians 4. 1 Peter 4 also touches on the spiritual gifts. The gifts are related to both seemingly "[[natural]]" abilities and seemingly more "[[miraculous]]" abilities, but all spiritual gifts are empowered by the [[Holy Spirit]]. Spiritual gifts are distinguished from other graces of the Holy Spirit, such as the [[fruit of the Spirit]] and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Gifts_of_the_Holy_Spirit Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit], in that the charismata are to be used for the benefit of others while the fruit of the Spirit and the Isaiahan gifts result in [[personal]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanctification sanctification]. The two major [[opposing]] theological positions on the nature of the charismata are [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cessationism cessationism] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuationism continuationism][http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiritual_gifts]
==Further reading==
==Further reading==
* Marcel Mauss and W.D. Halls, Gift: The Form and Reason for Exchange in Archaic Societies, W. W. Norton, 2000, trade paperback, ISBN 0-393-32043-X
* Marcel Mauss and W.D. Halls, Gift: The Form and Reason for Exchange in Archaic Societies, W. W. Norton, 2000, trade paperback, ISBN 0-393-32043-X
