Tag: trust
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The Practice of Tithing vs Financial Insecurity
Lent has begun! What a glorious time to take stock of our spiritual health and reassess our relationship with God and neighbor. Lent is a penitential season in the Catholic Church and other denominations. A quick lesson, penance is not meant to be a punishment though it usually follows after some sort of crime or…
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If I Could Baptize Capitalism Then I Would Change Three Things
Capitalism is known for being a selfish greed driven economic system. What would it look like if people ran their businesses with altruistic integrity? If capitalists sought solutions that were win-win by intuitive instinct. What about if the businesses would welcome competition and abhor the idea of being a monopoly? If the businesses cared for…
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Authority is a Pretty Big Deal
I have heard so many times, “Why does the Roman Catholic Church have so many rules?” But the quantity of rules is not an argument to avoid conversion. Just saying that the Church has a lot of rules is not an argument. At best it is a complaint, and at worse it is a whine.…
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