Dave WalkerDec 23, 2022

Challenging blog post from @RichardJMurphy

"The Christian message at Christmas is one of radical economic reform. Why doesn't the Church say that? Is it just too embedded with the proud and the mighty it's meant to be pulling down?"

https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2022/12/23/the-radical-economics-of-christmas/

#ChurchOfEngland #Magnificat #JustinWelby #ArchbishopOfCanterbury #Church #Economics

The stock market is failing according to the CBI. So why don’t we just let it go?

I posted this on Twitter this morning: https://twitter.com/RichardJMurphy/status/1942861045426516103 My point is serious. The CBI is saying that the situation with regard to the UK stock exchange is getting desperate, because it is losing out to overseas markets and not attracting sufficient business. The question that needs to be asked is, why is that?...

Funding the Future
Show threadPersephoneDec 23, 2022

@davewalker This is where I am in my journey right now. I'm not in the UK, so the specifics are different, but in general I think the Church has been too entwined with imperial/colonial/capitalist power, for a long, long time.

I'm clergy. I love the church. But sometimes I want to overturn some tables.

Show threadDave WalkerDec 23, 2022
@nicedragon I can’t disagree with you, but I don’t know how one even begins to think how it might seriously change.
Show threadPersephoneDec 24, 2022
@davewalker I'm still feeling my way through that. Right now, I'm focused on finding where God is at work on the margins, among people people who don't fit well within the church system.
Show threadJulieB
@nicedragon @davewalker I too hang out on the margins, with those deemed to be on the outside, on the outs, on the list of the unapproved. They are my people far more than those who have access to any inner sanctum. I've had people question my faith or my godliness because I remain on the fringes, but then I look at Jesus & how He lived and He was the fringiest. I love the person in front of me. Full stop. Will I ever be part of an organized faith group again? God only knows. Until then, love.
Dec 24, 2022 at 11:45amWeb
Show threadChristina WaltonDec 24, 2022
@JulieB @nicedragon @davewalker
For almost two years, we've brought church (and a hot breakfast) to a homeless camp each week. Some of our partners are from our small group but many are other Christians from all walks of life we've met in the field, drawn to the same mission.
Show threadPersephoneDec 24, 2022
@ChristinaWalton @JulieB @davewalker That's great. I wrote a little under the hashtag #HolyAnarchy about wanting to see more of this kind of thing.