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Oh what a night!
The House of Mercy Economy Colloquium, held this past March 24th (2007), was an amazing night of original essays, fiction, and mashups on the
theme “What is your personal relationship with money and power/theology
+ economy.
Did you miss your chance to hear the thoughful work of folks that
don't stand behind the pulpit? Never fear - here they are.
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Original Sin and the Fullness of Time: reflections on Genesis and the Gospel by Greg Tippett
Now it’s pretty hard for me to imagine. I can only guess at it. I grew up with: “We hold these truths to be self evident...” That governments are there to serve the people, and not the other way around. And so living under a king, who expects you to worship him as a God - it’s a long way off for me. So I say that as a disclaimer, a preemptive apology for some of the generalization and wild speculation I’m about to engage in here...
download the rest here. now_the_serpent (pdf)
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Some Not-So-Original Theses on Money by Matt Lundin
Money is a tool, a technology. In itself, it is neither good nor bad. I, for one, am glad for money, because it means that I can store the “fruits” of my labor, without worryingwhether they will spoil or lose their value. It also means that I do not have to trade academic lectures and papers directly for food...
Download / read the rest here. some_not-so-original
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colloquium piece
by: Daniel Hoisington
I first entered the publishing business through
counterfeiting. It seemed like a good idea at the time. I bought the 150 dollar
Biology text book. I photocopied it and returned it.
Get the rest here. colloquium_piece
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Double Blind
Ben Barnhart
Here on June 13, 1984, Phillip’s T-cell count is listed at
600. Four months later it’s down to 560. And then November 16th, the week
before Thanksgiving, it drops suddenly to 250.
It doesn’t
seem possible that numbers should be allowed to say so much. They shouldn’t be
able to conjure up the image of Phillip resting his head on his arm at the
kitchen table. We were supposed to make the trip back to Chicago to spend Thanksgiving with my
parents, but then November 16th, this sudden turn for the worse. And Phillip
knew, and I knew, that he could not travel. I still remember the sight of the
bandage across his inner elbow, as if the drawing of blood and the medical tape
that covered it were to blame for the disease ravaging Phillip’s body. Numbers
shouldn’t be able to say so much, but they could and did. They brought it all
back and made those agonized days live once again.
More, here. Get it. double_blind
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Bless Me on the Gross, Not the Net
By Linda Henry
Measure, compare. Give and take.
Almost every action involves a transaction. Is this God breathed, or are we
inspired by our own consumption?
I grew up in the suburbs. We called ourselves
Presbyterian, but compared to the Catholics and Lutherans who surrounded us,
our family’s church attendance was spotty at best.
More? Yep - its here. bless_me_on_the_gross
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Notes on my Visit to Wine Country
(an economic anomaly)
By Don L. Johnson
Sunday,
January 7, 2007
Last week my wife and I did some
exploring of one of the regions of California,
now referred to as “wine country.” We
tasted our way, in two days, through places like Solvang, Buellton, the Santa Inez
Valley and San Luis Obispo. It was one of those luxurious holidays that
cost the average wine dilettante minimal out-of-pocket cash, but produces a
sense of participation in a kind of aristocracy.
The rest, here. notes_on_my_visit_to_wine_country
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