I never thought I would go to South Dakota. My way of thinking was, "What reason would I go there outside of removing another state from my bucket list?" All I knew about the state is that it is located in the middle of the country, its capital is Pierre, and the location of Mount Rushmore was home to a very sacred site for Native Americans. It wasn’t until my school chaplain offered me the [Read More …]
Book Review: Learning about de jure economic racism
As a theist Unitarian Universalist, I believe in our 1st Principle: the inherent worth and dignity of every person. Because I believe that every person holds a spark of the divine, and that all people are my neighbors, I must work to learn about the experiences of the most marginalized and disadvantaged in our culture, understand how our systems affect them, and work to make things more just and [Read More …]
2024 Trip of Perspective: Deep South Investors Tour
Join Mike Little and others from the Faith and Money Network on the Deep South Investors Tour this fall (Sept 8-15), traveling through Tennessee, Mississippi, and Alabama to build relationships and make connections between our country's legacy of racial inequity and the ways that anti-Blackness persists today in major systems from home ownership to education to banking. This Trip of Perspective [Read More …]
Sacred Spaces: Robert Two Bulls on the culture of the Oglala Lakota
Rev. Canon Robert Two Bulls is a member of the Oglala Lakota and the Missioner for The Department of Indian Work for the Episcopal Church in Minnesota. A member of a family with deep roots in artistry, activism, and Episcopal ministry, Two Bulls and his colleagues will be leading participants on our first Trip of Perspective to Red Shirt Table on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota this [Read More …]
2024 Trip of Perspective: Red Shirt Table
Join Mike Little and others from the Faith and Money Network on a Trip of Perspective to Red Shirt Table this summer (June 16-23) to experience the sacred sites of the Oglala Lakota people, including the Badlands, Black Hills, Pine Ridge and Wounded Knee, and to learn from local leaders, activists and artists. We'll end the trip by spending two days at the Red Shirt Pow Wow. The deadline to apply [Read More …]
New Household Practices Covenant Groups begin in January 2025
Why should economics be a matter of faith and practice for Christians? How can we privilege community over capital in our daily lives? What would it look like to build Sabbath economics into our personal giving, earning, banking, and investing? Dig into these questions and more when you join Faith and Money Network leaders in 2025 for an eight-month commitment to exploring the seven principles [Read More …]
Retreat: Putting Money In Its Place
Join Faith and Money Director Mike Little and board members Susan Taylor and Andy Loving of Just Money Advisors at a three-day retreat at Kirkridge Retreat and Study Center, May 31-June 2, 2024. From the Kirkridge website: "The retreat facilitators will bring their Judeo-Christian faith roots and years of money-related experiences to our weekend discussion. What traditions, perspectives, and [Read More …]
2024 Trip of Perspective: Central Appalachia
Join Mike Little and others from the Faith and Money Network on a Trip of Perspective to Central Appalachia this fall (Nov. 7-10) to Wise County, Va. to learn about the devastating effects of mountaintop removal and how local leaders are organizing for environmental and economic justice. We'll spend two days listening and building relationships with friends from Southern Appalachian Mountain [Read More …]
Webinar: Scandalous Money with Miguel Escobar
Join us on Wednesday, April 24, 2024, for a free webinar with Miguel Escobar, the author of The Unjust Steward: Wealth, Poverty and the Church Today. In this webinar, author Miguel Escobar will introduce participants to the themes of his book: Join us for this free 90-minute webinar to learn more about how the New Testament and early church thinkers wrote about wealth and poverty. [Read More …]
Exploring money stories in the Gospels and early church with Miguel Escobar
Miguel Escobar is director of strategy and operations at Episcopal Divinity School in New York City. He is also a writer whose work explores Christianity's complicated and conflicted relationship with money, wealth, and poverty. His book is The Unjust Steward: Wealth, Poverty and the Church Today. We have the honor of partnering with Miguel on a few exclusive Faith and Money Network events in [Read More …]