God or Wealth?
By Bryan Owen
"When I have money, I get rid of it quickly, lest it find a way into my heart.”
Those words are attributed to John Wesley, the 18th-century Anglican priest and founder of Methodism. And ther... Read More...
Journey Across America: A Short Theological Reflection
By David Nixon
I needed an adventure as a relief from COVID, from the lockdowns, from the incessant Zoom meetings and Zoom worship, from the rapid decision-making in uncertainty, and above all from absorbi... Read More...
Inns and Stables
By Zachary Guiliano
I wrote an article recently about the “Poverty of Jesus,” responding to a few blog posts written by Ian Paul, which have come out regularly around Christmas on his blog Psephizo. Because of the direction these posts took last year, and s... Read More...
The Soul of Philanthropy
By Mark Michael
Back in June, billionaire investor Warren Buffett announced that he was resigning as a trustee of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Buffett, who is 90, gave no particular reason for his ... Read More...
Rescuing the Poor Widow
By Bryan Owen
Many years ago when I had the privilege of traveling to the Holy Land, one of the things I enjoyed the most was people watching. People from all over the world thronged through the narrow stree... Read More...
Being poor doesn’t make you bad
For St. Paul, there is no suggestion that idleness means poverty.
Pursuing ‘inclusion,’ neglecting the poor
Does the way we talk in the Episcopal Church serve to worsen our neglect of the poor?
Slum priests needed for a new Oxford Movement
The labor and sacrifice of the slum priests gave real moral heft to the Oxford Movement and saved it from the insularity of which it has stood accused ever since.