Money and Finances

Back in 2013 when Bitcoin was starting to climb, I began to research and try and understand what was going on.  I explored mining them or buying them but what I got really interested in was the way that we were watching money become separated from governments and power.  In that time there was a […]

Recently I saw this on a giving card that a church handed to it’s congregants. “WE RECOGNIZE THAT FINANCIALLY SUPPORTING OUR CHURCH, IS ONE OF THE WAYS WE WORSHIP GOD.” Underneath it was all the details for you to give them money. I have been fascinated over the last number of years at the churches

I’m not really sure if we are capable anymore of a society where people enjoy their lives and work is part of living and not done to make money so that they can live. We’ve dug ourselves into a pretty deep hole and can’t imagine anyway out of it. Work for many people is simply

I’ll never understand why Christians can’t and don’t live like this.

Here is a problem I have run into. A scenario happens where someone is given something. Maybe it’s a gift, or your time, money, a job. It doesn’t really matter. A gift is and can be a beautiful thing. However, let’s say in this scenario that this gift is squandered. The person wasn’t grateful for

By far the book of 2012 for me (it possibly has taken me 8 months to read it, I’m not great with history). Nevertheless, this book was phenominal and eye-opening. Debt: The First 5,000 Years by David Graeber – Here is a great quote from the book that helps to summarize some of his arguments and

In the past fifty years, we have consumed more goods and services than in all previous generations put together. September 2007 is when I posted an idea I had to start sharing things. It was called ATIC and the basic concept was that people could post items that they had for other people in their

For a while I thought that I would want to go get a Masters in Economics of some sort. After seeing the kind of impact that economics has on all of our lives, my interest in political systems and monetary systems improving the lives of many people, I thought it was a great direction to head in

This Post will get added to my ongoing collection of thoughts of Money and the Church. All my life I’ve been raised that I should never spend money if I don’t have to, always look for a deal and save money for when I’m older. These aren’t necessarily things I learned in a test, but

Maybe I’m skeptical, ignorant, or taking way too much liberty in writing a post like this. I’ll never know if I don’t post it though. Here is my thought; giving to the poor in our society should no longer be the primary Christian response to seeking justice for the poor. I think there is a

We spend quite a bit of time pursuing, collecting and naming all of our possessions. We work hard so we can buy more things. We take vacation so we can get a break from all those things. We play hard so we can use those things. We spend an unhealthy amount of time sorting, labeling,

I’m reading the book Faith and Wealth by Justo L Gonzalez.  The book is basically a walk through history and a commentary on how people and eventually the church viewed wealth.  It’s super heavy on the history, which I’m not great at reading, but it keeps drawing me back with all its points.  I’m just