tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1464309008858992954.post5012823134896998257..comments2023-08-10T05:13:10.024-07:00Comments on The Ekklesia Project: Planning Our 2009 GatheringZach Kincaidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12893369435666365181noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1464309008858992954.post-69486943287889008392009-04-18T19:52:00.000-07:002009-04-18T19:52:00.000-07:00How about getting Ched Myers from the Bartimaeus C...How about getting Ched Myers from the Bartimaeus Cooperative?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1464309008858992954.post-850417402387903262009-03-11T05:02:00.000-07:002009-03-11T05:02:00.000-07:00The 'big issue' on money is surely usury, the paym...The 'big issue' on money is surely usury, the payment of interest. We like to redefine usury as excessive interest, so it only applies to others, but I am wondering whether the way usury is bound up with our places of habitation is good for society, long term?<BR/>There is a tension here between Psalm 1 ('that has not given his money upon usury') and Psalm 37 ('The wicked borrow and do not repay'). <BR/>On housing, clearly it is our responsibility to build and maintain buildings but does anyone feel it is vaguely impious to say we own the land on which they are built?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10530169900446896777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1464309008858992954.post-34245593657269009552009-01-21T09:28:00.000-08:002009-01-21T09:28:00.000-08:00This comment is not for the planning committee but...This comment is not for the planning committee but for EP endorsers: I would be interested in hearing from EP congregations (or congregations in which EP-ers are members) about practices in your particular congregations, whether they fit into the above four categories or not.MTLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13892079109119302588noreply@blogger.com