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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 …]

ARE YOU LISTENING? DO YOU HEAR THE SOUND OF THE WOODEN BELL?

“He who shuts his ear to the poor man’s cry shall himself plead and not be heard.”   Proverbs 21:13 – The Jerusalem Bible The inscription on the Haitian bell says: “No one listens to the cry of the poor or the sound of a wooden bell.” It is inviting you to join the Faith and Money Network small group traveling to Haiti on November 16th and returning November 23rd.  While Haiti   [Read More …]

CINDERELLA AND THE MONEY GATE

“We must also remember that our worthiness, that core belief that we are enough, comes only when we live inside our story.”  Brené Brown, Ph.D. from Daring Greatly. It used to be that in America it was considered o.k. to talk about anything except sex and politics.  These days the only taboo subject is money:  how much you have; what you spend it for; when, where and how much you   [Read More …]

Meet Faith and Money Network Board Member Margee Kooistra

When my husband died, I was sixty and wanted to fulfill our mutual commitment: to determine how to share the assets with which we had been blessed.  When I learned about the Ministry of Money, my 'faith and money journey' was launched.  At 80 I continue wrestling, grateful to have spiritual and financial companions and guides in Faith and Money Network with whom to share this demanding   [Read More …]