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
November 4th: Monthly All-Network Call with Lectio Divina
November 4, 2026
Online via Zoom - RSVP to receive the link
Each month, Wisdom & Money gathers online for the practice of lectio divina and honest conversation in community. These gatherings welcome people of financial wealth and/or people from a culture of wealth who are seeking to become more conscious of their relationship with money. As we deepen this awareness together, we open ourselves to transformation in our own lives and to new ways of participating in transformation in the world.
We believe that intimate spiritual community creates fertile ground for this kind of inner work. Through shared spiritual practices, we bring spiritual sight to our relationship with money and listen for how we are being invited to live differently. Together, we practice making money decisions rooted in the light of life and oriented toward greater justice and unity.
At these monthly gatherings, we meet for 1.5 hours for a lectio divina practice followed by reflection and sharing in small groups.
These gatherings are for people of financial wealth and/or people from a culture of wealth who desire to bring awareness to their relationship with money. By cultivating this awareness, we help each other participate in the transformation needed in our personal lives as well as in the world. To RSVP, email us here.
Fall Open Retreat — Online via Zoom | November 13–16, 2026
November 13, 2026 — November 16, 2026
In Our Homes - Online via Zoom
Friday, November 13–Monday, November 16, 2026
A time to pause and bring your money life into the light
As the year draws toward its close, we invite you to take a breath, reflect on your money life, and notice what may still be asking for your attention.
Perhaps you’re discerning where to give, navigating a change in your financial life, or facing an important decision. Or you may simply welcome time to appreciate what has unfolded this year and take in what you’ve learned.
Our Fall Open Retreat offers space to bring these reflections into a circle of spiritual friends and open your life to the Spirit’s leading. You can join us from the comfort of your home, moving between gatherings on Zoom and spacious time on your own.
How Giving Changes Us: Lunch & Learn — Online via Zoom
November 18, 2026
Online via Zoom
Wednesday, November 18, 2026
2–4pm Eastern / 11am–1pm Pacific
Our Living in Gift practice can lead to the experience of “giver and receiver collapsing into one.” Gifts can transform the giver as much as they transform what becomes possible for the receiver.
Join us for a conversation exploring that movement in both directions, including the joy of bringing a gift you’ve imagined for your estate into your lifetime!
To RSVP, email Nadia with “Yes to the Lunch & Learn!” We’ll send you the Zoom link.
From the Blog
A real “we” ~ By Robin Ferguson, Wisdom & Money Board Chair
For decades, I have worked in social change organizations and groups. There was often an unspoken divide: the activists or the staff, and the donors or funders. Even when everyone cared about the same mission, it could still feel like an "us and them" dynamic. The...
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...