Usury—the enemy of trust
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The concept of usury—the lending of money immorally, to exploit another—is widely condemned by religions. And practiced everywhere.
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The concept of usury—the lending of money immorally, to exploit another—is widely condemned by religions. And practiced everywhere.
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In a challenging new essay for Eudaimonia & Co., Umair Haque names 5 social pathologies of collapse. And I think they can kickstart a conversation around our culture’s greatest needs. This is my reflection of the fifth pathology: a predatory society. In movies, an easy way to get the audience to connect with the characters on screen is to show…
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I don’t think Jesus cleanses the temple in this morning’s reading. It often goes by that name. But if cleaning is what he’s doing, it is in the full understanding that it will be dirty again the next day. What is cleaning, but wiping away the dirt, scrubbing the scum off of the tub or the grease…