Submitted by RJ Palmer.
There is a story behind every homeless face and it is a courtesy you give another to listen.
Being homeless, however, is more than a condition. It is a label which frightens some and arouses contempt in others. And seeming needy in any event is a good way to lose friends, especially with [...]

I’ve had a lot of time to think about economics lately. How as Christians we have a responsibility to help the least of these. Whether that is orphans in our communities, widows down the street, or the homeless on the margins of society. The questions of how to help the least of these becomes a [...]

This is your invitation to come unwrap a new economic paradigm during the first three Wednesdays of Advent. Everyone will come away with life-generating practices and ideas that stir hope into our time of ecological pollution and economic cloud of unknowing. Practical, creative, provocative, fun.
• Session I: “Watch Out! The Cosmic Christ is Coming [...]

Real possibility or face-saving fantasy?
Is it possible for us as individuals in the USA to maintain lifestyles that are economically just and healthy for ourselves and for the whole world or are we doomed to be over-consumers of the earth’s resources simply because we reside in an over-consuming country? That is a question that has [...]

About a year ago, the members of the Hawthorn House picked up Bill McKibben’s book, Deep Economy. Since that time, economics has not been far from our dialog. A couple months ago, we decided to start a series of conversations that were specifically about economics. We hoped that they would be practical (that we would [...]

NOTE: This article was previously published on Inward/Outward.
I desire to be a good and faithful steward of resources over which I have been given control. This means trying to minimize my personal consumption while using resources in ways that help build God’s Dream of the Creation for all. Sometimes I mention to others some of [...]