Sunday, July 30, 2017

Basic Income - The Time is Now

I am a university-trained economist and social theorist, have an adequate knowledge of history and monetary policy, and do my best to recognize watershed moments and trends in the part of human history that is 'right now'.
Is it possible, or perhaps even likely, that the wealthy few have gathered so many resources into their swollen 'baskets' of ownership, land-fealty and licensed/copyrighted domains that there is simply no real money left for the rest of us to spend?
"Please Sir, May I have some More?"
History teaches us this:  In a world of serfs, of abject poverty, one small potato field is a literal fortune - to a common man.
Today, automation is displacing us by the millions, soon to be billions, from productive work. Sadly, as these machines cost substantial money, only those with liquid capital can buy these mechanical slaves - and only they reap the profits.
Something must change - something must break - something must 'give'. And I do mean, literally give. Only by creating a world culture of compassion, sharing and equality will we be able to pass through this upheaval without violence, unrest, world war or a precipitous return to Colonial-era levels of social injustice and inequality.


Can just this once, this time, the human race make necessary social and economic shifts without rivers of blood in the streets?

I read a lot about the "sharing economy", but are we as a species really able to share wealth in a meaningful way?

There is hope.  Each decade, fewer people are starving, more people are living a humane and decent life.  Is it possible we have finally evolved further than Romans and Slaves, than Masters and Servants, than Romanoffs and Serfs?

If not, I weep for our children, and their children's children. We are either entering the darkest period of human history, or perhaps - just Maybe, the beginning of the brightest future mankind has ever known.

Ask yourself this question:  Rich or poor - are you willing to Give?

Saturday, July 1, 2017

Saint Joseph Seminary Home Page

Saint Joseph Free Catholic Seminary

2816 Palisade Drive
Fort Wayne, Indiana, 46806-5323
(260) 297-0535





"First Century Christianity in the Twenty-First Century"


Mission Statement:  To deliver a high-quality, theologically sound alternative to traditional Roman Catholic ordination.  


About our Faith:


We believe that every home is a sacred place, every table is an altar, and every meal shared in the spirit of truth and fellowship is a holy sacrament.
We actively participate in the faiths we were born with.   "Faith of my Father, Holy Faith" is interpreted literally - so you can be a Buddhist Catholic, a Methodist Catholic, a Jewish Catholic.  We do not condemn sinners, ourselves or other people of other beliefs (or no belief at all)  

We believe the word "reality" and the word "God" are the same word.  If God is infinite, everything is part of God.  God (reality) does not punish - God is...  that infinite presence that occurs in countless seemingly separate parts.

We actively cultivate a relationship to Jesus the Man and Jesus the Rabbi. 

We are not an alternative to traditional Roman Catholicism, we are part of the Catholic collective of all living souls on earth.


The Four Rights of Membership:

  1. The right to feel welcome.
  2. The right to meaningful relationships.
  3. The right to meaningful work.
  4. The right to have a place to return - a church "home".