Money, Banking, And Usury

Here’s a book on Usury by Vic Lockman that looks interesting, comic-book style so even a caveman could understand.
I haven’t read it yet, but I do like his catechism book.

You Might Be In A City Church…

If your eggs won’t fit in that tiny little thing they pass around during the offertory…
You might be in a city church.

A Good Principle

One of the biblical principles for economic life postulated by Donald Hay (Fellow and Tutor in Economics at Jesus College, Oxford, and a Reader in the Church of England) in Economics Today, A Christian Critique is:
Principle 5: Work is the means of exercising stewardship. In his work man should have access to resources [...]

Somthin’s Gotta Give

“Somethin’s gotta give…” said the 40-something fellow in the barber chair.
“Yep,” said the barber.
That was how the discussion of gas prices and the economy concluded in the barber shop today. What’s going to give, nobody’s quite sure of. There was talk of a new president, buying motorcycles, walking, and getting goats to mow [...]

Interesting Promotion

Owner of Web-based Firearms Company that Sold to Virginia Tech and NIU Shooters to Forgo Profits to Help Prevent Future Loss of Life
TGSCOM will sell guns at cost for next two weeks to help give law-abiding citizens the “tools to prevent tragedy.”
For a limited time, we are selling all qualifying firearms at our cost. A [...]

Your Best Investment – Stocking the Pantry

I know I just posted about the rise in food prices the other day, but today the Wall Street Journal ran a piece called Load Up the Pantry which explains how much money sense it makes to stock up on food:
Stocking up on food may not replace your long-term investments, but it may make a [...]

This Is America

The following interesting quotes are from Worked Over and Overworked. You could find much to say about any or all of them:
In his job at a Wal-Mart in Texas, Mike Michell was responsible for catching shoplifters, and he was good at it, too, catching 180 in one two-year period.
But one afternoon things went wildly awry [...]

Wanna Be Rice-Buyer: This Is Ridiculous

Well, here is a taste of it: Food Rationing Confronts Breadbasket of the World
Many parts of America, long considered the breadbasket of the world, are now confronting a once unthinkable phenomenon: food rationing. Major retailers in New York, in areas of New England, and on the West Coast are limiting purchases of flour, rice, and [...]

Should Christians Charge Interest To Each Other?

Should Christians charge interest to each other? In some denominations like the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod, it is customary for members to “invest” in the Church Extension Fund, which pays a return (usury) to the members and uses the funds to build new churches. Many Christians view usury as an entitlement, and wouldn’t lend [...]

If We Kissed Rings

Father Hollywood responds to rumours that kissing the pastor’s ring is required to commune at the altar rail, by explaining how the process would have to work if it were going to be incorporated by American Protestants:
First of all, we’d have to offer a choice: the “common ring” or the “individual ring.” The “common ring” [...]