May 2011 by William Saint View article in PDF (optimal for printing) “Globalization has delivered a lot… but it also has
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August 2011 (original, 2003) by John B. Cobb Jr. and Progressive Christians Uniting This article is an abridged version of the essay that appears in the book by the Reflection Committee of Progressive Christians Uniting, Progressive Christians Speak:
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Matthew 19:16-30 I’m sure you’re familiar with the story. A rich young man approaches Jesus and asks what he must do to gain eternal life. Jesus comes off a bit nonplussed at first, since it should be quite obvious what one must do: “If you wish to enter into life,
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The Book of Acts paints a beautiful picture of the intensely radical vision and practice of the early church: a place where all were of one heart and spirit, and everyone shared what they had voluntarily. The rich sold their land and gave the proceeds to the common purse, the
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Some wandered in desert wastelands, finding no way to a city where they could settle. They were hungry and thirsty, and their lives ebbed away. Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress. He led them by a straight way to
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Even before I began to follow Jesus, I viewed radical material simplicity as a mark of holiness. For many years, when I thought about what my ideal life would be, I imagined an existence almost entirely detached from our world’s economic system. I dreamed of shedding all my possessions, living
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“For where your treasure is, there will be your heart also.” -Luke 12:34 “Unfortunately, that is the cost of doing business in our world.” -A clergy colleague’s response to the church divesting from Wall Street In all my years in the Reformed church, I have been fascinated by our unexamined
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“For 50 or 60 years, we have let ourselves believe that as long as we have money we will have food. This is a mistake. If we continue our offenses against the land and the labor by which we are fed, the food supply will decline, and we will have
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September 22, 2011 by Rev. Dr. James A. Noel, San Francisco Theological Seminary/GTU The following speech, now article, was presented at “Conference: Debits, Deficits and Doing the Right Thing” at Shiloh Church, 3295 School Street, Oakland, CA. View article in PDF (optimal for printing) “Render unto Caesar what
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May 5, 2011 by Rev. Elisa Owen View article in PDF (optimal for printing) [wpcol_1half id=”” class=”” style=””] “As for those who in the present age are rich … They are to do good, to be rich in good works, generous, and ready to share, thus storing up
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July 2011 by John Winfrey View article in PDF (optimal for printing) [wpcol_1half id=”” class=”” style=””] For generations we Americans have pursued a vision of a community in which all members respect each others’ rights. This vision features a free-market economy augmented by a well-functioning democracy. The vision includes
MoreMay 2011 by William Saint View article in PDF (optimal for printing) “Globalization has delivered a lot… but it also has a dark side: a large and growing chasm between the rich and the poor. Clearly we need a new form of globalization.”[1] —Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Managing Director, International Monetary
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