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An Economics of Suffering
William Dwight Porter Bliss, Richard Theodore Ely, the pope, and Jesus give us a common vision for a more moral world. William Dwight Porter Bliss and Richard Theodore ElyLuke 16:19–31 I love this teaching from Jesus because it describes the problem so well. The problem being our general confusion about our place in the story.…
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What is the Christian response to sacrificing lives to save the market?
Don’t. Ever. [Seriously. Stop trying to come up with exceptions.]
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Between: the Parable of the Prodigal Son(s)
A look at the gaps in the lectionary. This week: the gap between Proper 19C and Proper 20C. The text: Luke 15:11-32. You know this story. Even if you’ve never read it, you know it. It’s in your bones and in your imagination. Artists have mused with it. Writers have cribbed from it. Filmmakers have…
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Referring to a Marketplace of Ideas outsources responsibility
You’ve heard people refer to appealing to “the marketplace of ideas.” It’s a pretty clumsy way to refer to a negotiation.
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Extreme Capitalism – A Pathology of Exploitation
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 fourth pathology: extreme capitalism. Of all the pathologies effecting us, this is the most divisive. And perhaps the most obvious. To root out why…
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Nomadic Retirees – A Pathology of Indignity
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 third pathology: nomadic retirees When I was little, my grandparents moved to Arizona. They left Detroit, where there sons lived. Leaving them, their extended…
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Mr. Market’s Magic Emporium
MR. MARKET’S MAGIC EMPORIUM Welcome to Mr. Market’s Magic Emporium! Come learn how unwatched capitalists always do the right thing and his invisible hands turn your selfishness into personal wealth! At Mr. Market’s Magic Emporium, life is good! If you can afford armed guards and fund patrolled private schools, never mind the self-appointed guards at…
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Too Heavy – mercy and the spirit-crushing weight of debt
If the debt doesn’t kill you… Proper 19A | Matthew 18:21-35 Remember the stumbling blocks? It’s been Jesus’s main subject in the last several weeks of gospel readings. As they head north, Jesus warns of those things which get in our way, trip us up, and keep us from doing what needs to be done.…