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THE LINK CALLED PRAYER

“Let us say right here that our class found most writings on prayer made it sound too easy.  It isn’t.  Those who use it as a spare tire, only when an emergency arises, are very apt to be disappointed in its results.”  From Prayer Can Change Your Life by Dr. William R. Parker and Elaine St. Johns The book quoted above is another one that has had a major impact on my life.  I   [Read More …]

GIFTS THAT KEEP ON GIVING

“Let me get this straight.  You want to borrow $10,000 so you can give it away.”    J. T. Richardson, a banker About 1975 my beloved father-in-law gave me his copy of Call to Commitment, Elizabeth O’Connor’s book detailing the early history of The Church of the Saviour.   I read it because I trusted his judgement, never dreaming as I did so the major impact it   [Read More …]

To fool the rain – without an umbrella

"Work is love made visible".  Kahlil Gibran Would most people think it is a big step down from being a college professor and dean to teaching illiterate women how to write their names?  Probably, but Steven Werlin, the professor in question, isn’t among them. In 1996, Werlin, who was a faculty member and later dean at Shimer College, took his first trip to Haiti to visit a friend   [Read More …]

HOW WILL YOU RESPOND?

“My children, our love is not to be just words or mere talk, but something real and active.”   1 John 3:18, The Jerusalem Bible It is easy for those of us who have enough money to provide a decent place for our family to live, enough money to feed and clothe our families, and enough money to pay our bills, to forget that we are rich in the eyes of the world because we can do those   [Read More …]

A HOME FOR THE BRAVE KNOCKING AT OUR DOORS

If you ill-treat the poor, you insult your Creator; if you are kind to them, you show him respect.  Proverbs 14:31 – The Poverty and Justice Bible On the 4th of July our family celebrated our nation’s independence as we have done for many years beginning with a pancake breakfast at the firehouse, a parade in the afternoon, followed by a potluck dinner with old friends and new, and ending with   [Read More …]

Meet Faith and Money Network Board Member Kathy Guillaume

As a first generation, faith-driven Haitian-American, and as a long-time advocate and admirer of the community development and social justice fields, Kathy supports initiatives that seek to provide awareness and assistance to vulnerable populations, fosters sustainable communities, and cultivates opportunities for people to learn and improve their lives. In addition to her extensive background in   [Read More …]

UNEQUAL BY GENDER A SEX-BASED PERSPECTIVE ON INEQUALITY

Dear sisters and brothers, dear fellow children, we must work… not wait. Not just the politicians and the world leaders, we all need to contribute. Me. You. We. It is our duty.  Let us become the first generation to decide to be the last, let us become the first generation that decides to be the last that sees empty classrooms, lost childhoods, and wasted   [Read More …]

Meet Faith and Money Network Board Member Dave Osgood

Dave Osgood is a native Oregonian who retired early from a professorship in Biology at Butler University to take up a second career running a company making electronic monitoring devices for use in animal research. Selling that company some 20+ years later provided the capital for becoming a modest philanthropist. He first became aware of Faith and Money Network (then called Ministry of Money) in   [Read More …]

UNEQUAL BY COLOR A RACIAL PERSPECTIVE ON INEQUALITY

White households in Boston have a median net worth of $247,500.  African-Americans there have a median net worth of $8.  And that isn’t a typo. Why is there such a huge disparity?  Dr. Art Goldsmith, Jackson T. Stephens Professor of Economics at Washington and Lee University, believes “It’s all about preserving privilege.  You can discriminate against somebody,” he said,   [Read More …]