Financial Wellness
Money Legacies Donald V. Romanik Each of us has a personal money story developed early in life and stemming from the ways in which our family of origin viewed money. This legacy shapes our attitudes about money even as we mature, including how we spend it, save it, and give it away. Consequently, our childhood often determines our approach to money during our entire lives. Donald Romanik helps readers discover the consequences of that money legacy, for individuals and for the churches and other organizations to which they belong. “Donald Romanik calls us to the very important task of understanding that, as Christians, our use of money rightly should come out of our ‘why.’ Most importantly, he suggests some practical and nonthreatening exercises to help us start digging into that ‘why’ to help us get our finances aligned with what we feel God calling us to do as individuals and as congregations.” —The Rev. Canon Rosa Lee Harden, executive producer, Faith+Finance
Church Publishing 9781640654570 $8.95 paper | 5 x 7 | 96 Pages Now Available
DONALD V. ROMANIK has been president of the Episcopal Church Foundation (ECF) since 2005. A strong advocate of the ministry of all the baptized, Donald frequently writes and speaks on topics relating to leadership and resource development for Episcopal organizations. He lives in New York.
Talking Dollars and Sense
Leading Theological Discussions on Money Brendan J. Barnicle Tools for clergy and congregational leaders to lead theological conversations about money. Scripture and theology provide ample material for a rich discussion of money and possessions. Theologians of every era have written about money. Author Brendan Barnicle offers pastoral programs to bring the conversation into contemporary focus by considering personal budgeting and estate planning (personal discipleship), parish budgets and parish investments (communal ministry), and congregational partnering and policy advocacy (global mission). “Talking Dollars and Sense is a well-written book that has a systematic layout as to how leaders in the church can have healthy discussions surrounding money. The book helps with changing the status quo or stereotypical mindset that exists in the church today surrounding the topic of money.” —Alisa Kelly, canon for finance and administration, the Episcopal Diocese of West Tennessee Church Publishing 9781640654488 $19.95 paper | 6 x 9 | 208 Pages Available Now
BRENDAN J. BARNICLE is the rector at St. Francis of Assisi Episcopal Church in Wilsonville, Oregon. Barnicle began working in finance as a corporate finance attorney, specializing in cross-border transactions. He has appeared on CNBC and Bloomberg News and in The Wall Street Journal and New York Times. Now, as a priest, he brings that familiarity with money and financial systems to the Episcopal Church. He lives in Portland, Oregon.
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