Tag: Wealth

  • Right — and the wrongness of individual gain

    Right — and the wrongness of individual gain

    Our sense of what is right is linked to our sense of responsibility. This doesn’t always lead to the best decisions or expectations.

  • Power and the burden to act

    Power and the burden to act

    What do we do with our wealth? What obligation do we feel to do something good with it? And what about now?

  • The real way AI is an existential threat

    The real way AI is an existential threat

    Artificial Intelligence (AI) is here to stay. And the impact is legion. But in spite of sci-fi fears, we pose the real threat.

  • Black Friday is dying and I’m glad

    Black Friday is dying and I’m glad

    Black Friday, the concept that the Friday after Thanksgiving is meant for buying things, is terrible for us.

  • Breaking Chasms

    Breaking Chasms

    The key to the parable is the chasm: the one between God and wealth: and how we are all called to break it apart.

  • Getting into Hades (Proper 21C)

    Getting into Hades (Proper 21C)

    In the parable of the rich man and Lazarus, we are given an illustration of what it means to serve wealth (not God).

  • The Chasms

    The Chasms

    In the parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus, we are given the chance to see, not what is fixed, but what can be changed.

  • Why money is dangerous

    Why money is dangerous

    The parable in Luke 16 is confounding. If we think Jesus is saying something different from what he normally says.