Economics
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John the Baptist’s economic message—for Advent 3C
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2 min read
The message John the Baptist offers is compelling and liberating—but it is frightening to the rich and powerful because they have more to lose.
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Beyond Loud Giving — hearing the loud critique
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6 min read
In a story, usually read as a matter of faithfulness, we receive a much louder critique of an impoverishing system of inequality.
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Are we willing to see the ways that poverty kills?
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3 min read
a poem (with commentary) about the relationship between poverty and suicide—and our common willingness to ignore it.
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Contrasting shepherds and hired hands
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5 min read
In calling himself the Good Shepherd, Jesus sets up a way for his followers to contrast him with those who don’t have to care about them.
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Usury—the enemy of trust
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1 min read
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 the parable of the laborers in the vineyard, Jesus offers us a chance to look at our relationships completely differently: with generosity.