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Earth Day 2012

Earth Day 2012 is right around the corner and falls on Sunday, April 22. What does your faith community have planned? Here’s a one page PDF document to download that offers some wonderful faith-based ideas and handy links to other resources. Be sure to visit www.blessedearth.org for additional ideas and many fine resources. (Photo by… Read more»

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Videos for Financial Literacy Month

Click on over to MoneyPlanSOS and check out a month’s worth of new two minute videos for Financial Literacy Month (April). You can also look at last year’s selection of videos in the archives. Blogger and financial coach Steve Stewart has put together an extremely useful and easy to navigate website that encourages financial literacy… Read more»

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The Working Poor Among Us

The working poor are growing in numbers, without healthcare or retirement benefits and forced to make tough financial choices. What is the Christian’s response to this issue of justice and equity? Click here to read an excellent article by Ken Camp, managing editor of The Baptist Standard. (Photo by jshj used under Creative Commons License. Thanks!)

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Why Care about Economic Inequality?

This free downloadable resource from NEF (the New Economics Foundation), an independent “think-and-do tank” in the UK dedicated to inspiring and demonstrating real economic well-being, offers 10 good reasons you should care about economic inequality. (Photo by 401kcalculator.org used under Creative Commons License. Thanks!)

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Stewardship can be Habit-Forming

Just as personal finance success is related to forming and exercising good money habits, solid stewardship practices also involve establishing good habits. Click here to read a thought-provoking post about “Understanding the Habit Loop: Cue, Routine, Reward” posted on mymoneyblog.com (Photo by npmeijer used under Creative Commons License. Thanks!)

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Conversation Peace

Ann Garrido and Sheila Heen offer some helpful pointers to practice what we preach when it comes to addressing conflict in the parish. Conflict within faith communities is often unavoidable; however, how we respond to conflict is of great importance. Click here to read their article posted on the Boston University School of Theology website.  Photo by… Read more»

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Paying it Forward

Money derives its meaning and power from the hand that holds it and chooses how to use it. Click here to read Ashley’s delightful “pay it forward” story posted on enemyofdebt.com. What kind of “act of fiscal kindness” might be in your future? Photo by Joshua Tintner used under Creative Commons License. Thanks!

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Stewardship of the Body

Part of stewardship involves caring for the body–both individually and as a faith-based community. Here’s a great resource for congregations seeking to improve their health ministries and the overall state of physical health and well-being among members. Click here to visit Congregational Health ReSource, LLC. Photo used under Creative Commons License. Thanks!

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Money and the Moral Instinct?

Click here to read Trent Hamm’s thoughts on how one’s concept of money and consumption are affected by the moral instinct. He bases his thoughts on Steven Pinker’s discussion of the moral instinct in this New York Times Magazine article. What do you think? Photo: Big Stock Photo

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Marketplace or Holy Space?

Lectionary Reflection for the Third Sunday of Lent March 11, 2012 He told those who were selling the doves, ‘Take these things out of here! Stop making my Father’s house a marketplace!’ — John 2:16 Are you familiar with this story? Jesus goes up to Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover and ends up cleaning house… Read more»