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Another great article, this time by Meta Herrick, a seminarian and candidate from the Minneapolis Area Synod. Great stuff!

The ‘M’ Words
Meta S. Herrick

I caught myself doing it again on Friday. I was driving home from school
through the dark streets of St. Paul thinking about Money. (Note: Ringing in the weekend by listing all the reasons you don’t have enough, haven’t saved enough, spend too much and put off scary expenses is a real bummer.)

I didn’t realize that my mind was racing into Debbie-Downerville until I turned east onto Selby Avenue, and saw it shining brightly in the distance. The red “1st” blinked on and off atop the First National Bank, reading my mind. Sometimes Money slips into first place and convinces me to live deeply in the Myth of Scarcity.

Read the rest here, at Stewardship for the 21st Century from Luther Seminary.