Wisdom & Money
What would you do with your wealth if you made financial decisions from the mystical heart?
Who We Are
W&M is a web of people of wealth who seek to align the flow of their financial resources with the Holy Spirit in service of Divine Love and Justice. Our work is rooted in ancient Christian traditions, contemplative and prophetic, and modern social movements for justice.
What We Do
We offer multi-day retreats and one-day workshops during which we share our money stories with courage and compassion and explore the intersections of spiritual wisdom and social justice. We also share what we are learning through writing, speaking, blogging and newsletters.
How We Do It
We draw our practices from Wisdom Christianity and modern social movements for justice. These practices support inner transformation and allow us to follow our deepest inner promptings into real-world action.
Personal Stories
“One of my mantras from Tilden Edwards is “money is an icon and an energy of God that we are called to circulate with joy.” In our society money has become an idol. To call it an icon means it is a portal for the energy and love of God to move into the world. I am not just holding that as an abstract idea. The ability to say I want to give $50,000 to this hospital has created so much joy in me. And it has created so much joy in the people who are receiving it.”
“The day I left Haiti, I got on a 90-minute flight to Miami. From there I caught a three-hour flight to New York and then drove two hours to my family’s summer home in the Hamptons, one of the wealthiest neighborhoods in the country. In one day, in other words, I went from one of the poorest areas of the Western Hemisphere to one of the richest. It was disorienting and disturbing to realize where I stood in the global family. What could I do?”
“Our retreat group was thinking about funding a micro business in Rwanda. I said that someone had to put in the seed money. Helen and I decided that we would be the seed money. That was the beginning. It was so freeing. It was so easy. It had nothing to do with what I gave; it was the gift that I received. The gift was fully coming from the Christ within me. The part of me that said, “you don’t have enough, be careful” felt safe through the incredible love of Christ.”
“I had been an investment banker and started thinking about the meaning of my work and the purpose of all the money that was being processed. I wondered, “What impact does all this money have in people’s lives?” I ended up having a mystical experience while praying on the subway which jarred me into realizing that I needed to answer the love that I was receiving from God in even more meaningful ways than I was.”
Upcoming Events
September 2nd: Lectio Divina gathering (1st Wednesdays of the month)
September 2, 2026
Online via Zoom – RSVP to receive the link
Wisdom & Money hosts monthly online Zoom gatherings for lectio divina practice in community, accompanied by honest reflection and conversation. These gatherings are for people of financial wealth and/or those from a culture of wealth who feel called to deepen awareness of their relationship with money. Through cultivating this awareness together, we support one another in the personal and collective transformation our world is asking of us.
We believe spiritual transformation is most deeply nurtured in intimate spiritual community. Together, we engage in practices that invite us to bring spiritual awareness to our relationship with money. In doing so, we learn to make financial decisions guided by the light of life and aligned with the creation of greater justice and unity. During these monthly gatherings, we meet for 1.5 hours for lectio divina practice, followed by reflection and sharing in small groups.
Join us on Wednesday, September 2nd via Zoom at 3–4:30pm ET │ 2–3:30pm CT │ 1–2:30pm MT │ 12–1:30pm PT
To RSVP and receive the Zoom link, email us here.
All Network Retreat: an in-person gathering for our entire community
September 25, 2026 — September 28, 2026
San Damiano Retreat center (East Bay, San Francisco Bay Area)
You are invited to our 2nd All Network Retreat, this September 25-28, 2026 at the San Damiano Retreat center in Northern California!
Wisdom & Money is convening our entire community for an in-person weekend in autumn 2026! Our intention for this gathering is to weave together connections across our community while deepening our understanding of our work at the intersection of money and Spirit: who we are, our practices, and where we’re headed. We know that gathering together in prayer, especially in times like these, supports us to stay connected to the spirit of life. Together, we’ll build friendship, celebrate our collective journey, and energize our network for what lies ahead. Interested in attending? Click HERE to register via our line registration form.
From the Blog
A Journey with Wealth ~ by Rose Feerick
Some context For much of my adult life, I have been engaging with money as a spiritual practice. When I graduated from college, I made a decision to live simply and to work for social justice. At the same time, I received a gift of love from my parents that came in…
The gift of a wider view
By Jon Hokama, Wisdom & Money Staff Circle I was relating to money in a very day-to-day way. When I thought about giving, I focused on cash flow—what was coming in, what was going out, what I could adjust month to month. Years ago, my wife Susie and I had set up a…
Grief and gift came in a package
A story of transformation, by Noa Mohlabane Wisdom & Money’s Volcano Circle Member and former Staff and Board Member I didn’t know how to include myself in wellbeing For most of my life, I worked in nonprofits, rented my home, carried credit card debt (up to…