Economics
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An Economics of Suffering
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6 min read
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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Don’t. Ever. [Seriously. Stop trying to come up with exceptions.]
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Between: the Parable of the Prodigal Son(s)
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6 min read
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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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
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10 min read
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
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6 min read
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…