- March 25, 2023
Money as Interdependence (part 3 of 3)
This month is the beginning of my Jubilee year! It has been less than two years since I graduated from law school and I am debt-free. I had so much support to get to this point; it is humbling. As I continue to reflect on the journey of becoming debt-free,...
Read More - February 25, 2023
Money as play: part 1 of 3
It’s August 2022, and I just transferred $11,600 from my savings account to my checking account. $10,200 of that was gifted to me in the last month. In a few days, my lenders will be cashing those checks and my student debt will go from $18K-ish to $6.6K. I’m sighing...
Read More - February 14, 2018
Interview with Father Bruno
by Rose Feerick with Steven Bonsey Download a pdf of this interview here. When I first started spending Christmas at the New Camaldoli Hermitage on the Big Sur Coast, I was fascinated by Father Bruno Barnhart. He was an older monk who spoke just above a whisper and yet who articulated...
Read More - September 3, 2014
From Wall Street to Monastery: Interview with Brother Bernard Delcourt
Rose: We are looking at the intersection of money and faith. How did that become an area that you were interested in? Bernard: At first money seemed to be totally divorced from faith for me. I was born and raised as a Roman Catholic. I left the Church in adolescence....
Read More - December 11, 2012
Interview with John Daly
John Daly is a doctor who lives in Brattleboro Vermont. For the past eight years, he has been a part of Harvest Time’s Boston Circle. During that time, he has shifted from a complete block to giving money to making extravagant gifts as an expression of the Christ within. I...
Read More - December 11, 2012
Interview with Helen Daly
In the last weeks of her life, Helen made several financial gifts. After hearing her speak about how much fun she was having, I asked her if she would be willing to share some of her story as a companion to her husband John’s interview. One week before she died,...
Read More - October 11, 2012
Holly’s Story
Holly Interview ...
Read More - October 11, 2012
Interview with Howard Thurston
Howard Thurston is the Principal of New Paradigm Engineering. He and his wife Nancy have been participating in Harvest Time circles since 2002. They live in Portland, Oregon. It was a treat for me to hear Howard tell his money story in his own words. I found his question “Who...
Read More - September 21, 2012
Excerpts from Big Topics at Midnight
Big Topics at Midnight: A Texas Girl Wakes up to Race, Class, Gender and Herself by Nancy Thurston is no ordinary memoir. Welcoming the voices of her ancestors alongside her own, Nancy explores the threads of race, class, gender and spirituality that run through her life as doorways to healing...
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