The Future of Money

Beyond the ironic quality of a Franciscan friar writing about the future of money, it really is a fascinating topic. A recent issue of Time Magazine carried a series of articles under the unifying moniker “The Future of Money.”  The coverage included a short history of currency and the means of exchange, an explanation of the world of NFTs, and the movement of El Salvador to establish crypto-currency as nationally legal tender. This articles are free to Time subscribers but available under Time’s limited access program. Both are well worth the read. Continue reading

Spending Money Can Buy You Happiness?

“Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” “… forgive, and you will be forgiven; give”  And more…. This is our story as Christians…and it turns out it’s true.  We knew this, of course, but it is not the dominant story of our age. We are surrounded by an alternative story, the dominant story, that insists that the path to happiness comes from buying things, getting things, having things for ourselves.  Perhaps this video can shed a bit of nuance on the question: