- January 4, 2020
Invitation
Christmas Retreat 2019 I wake to the deep quiet and spectacular beauty of New Camaldoli Hermitage. Outside, water drips off the small house that has been my home for the past few days. In the distance, I hear waves coming ashore and a hawk calling. This place of silence and beauty is...
Read More - November 23, 2019
Reflections on Unity: Healing Anywhere is Healing Everywhere
Healing Anywhere is Healing Everywhere (Talk given by gina Breedlove at Sacred Heart Schools, Atherton, CA) Only now, and it’s been months, can I talk about Rwanda without completely losing my composure. I did not want to go. I sit on the Board of Wisdom & Money and our Board...
Read More - November 6, 2019
Reflections on Unity: Reparations, Reconciliation and Unity
By Rev. Steven Bonsey The barber shop in my Cambridge neighborhood plays NPR news for its customers. As I sat for a haircut recently, I listened to a very thoughtful guest on a radio talk show, comment on a controversial public act of mercy. I had seen it. Amber Guyger,...
Read More - November 6, 2019
Reflections on Unity: Healing Is Always Possible
By Roddy Cardamone On our first morning in Rwanda, we drove through the bustling streets of Kigali to the Genocide Memorial Museum. There we walked from room to room learning of the horror that unfolded over 100 days in 1994. Given the current peace, order, and prosperity of the city...
Read More - July 9, 2019
Dancing into Unity: A Journey to Rwanda
By Rosemary Feerick Read Unity Newsletter here. INTRODUCTION For the past two years, Wisdom & Money has been developing a transformative journey program. Aware that traveling to another culture can be a powerful way to open our minds and hearts, we have been trying to create a journey...
Read More - April 2, 2019
Spring News: Staff Voices – Why I Serve at Wisdom & Money
Rose Feerick When I graduated from college, I received a portfolio and I understood that I was rich. At that point, I had enough Christian formation to know that Jesus talked about economics. I had heard the stories in church from the time I was a child and I had...
Read More - April 2, 2019
Spring News: Board Voices – Why I Agreed to Serve on Wisdom & Money’s Board of Directors
Nancy Thurston, Board Chair My doorway into this work started the year I turned 30, when I went to a Ministry of Money workshop in 1984. The words “ministry of money” meant nothing to me. But I spent the whole time in tears because for the first time I understood...
Read More - April 2, 2019
Spring News: Looking Ahead to 2019
In January 2017 I began a survey of organizations to determine where we fit in the broader field of moving money in alignment with the Spirit for social justice. I gathered with organizations that worked with faith and social justice; with donor organizations dedicated to progressive philanthropy...
Read More - April 2, 2019
Spring News: Creating the Foundations for a Transformative Organization
By Rosemary Feerick Earlier this year, Wisdom & Money celebrated its second birthday. During these first two years, we have devoted significant time and energy to creating our organizational structures. For us, this “behind the scenes” dimension is integral to our mission because we...
Read More - December 14, 2018
Advent Hope
The following sermon was offered by Rose Feerick at Pescadero Community Church on December 9, 2018. Readings: Luke 3:1-6 Chant: Prepare Ye Luke 1:39-55 “If You Want” A Poem by Saint John of the Cross During Advent, my primary spiritual practice involves getting up before dawn so I...
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