FāVS News News and Commentary about Religion and Ethics in Eastern Washington and North Idaho
Coffee Talk held a discussion on money and ethics in October, 2013. Related posts are below.
“Ethically, what businesses should we support?”
In my previous article I addressed the issue of ethics in relation to how we should be spending our hard-earned dollars.
One of the perennial quandaries for most people of faith is “How much is enough?” Most major world religions have some sort of message that ethical values include living simply, not working to amass large amounts of wealth, helping out those less well off or less able.
“Ethical spending: Eat your vegetables!“
When I was asked to write an article for a panel on “ethics and money,” my first thought was, “How could I write a post on that? I’ve never had any money.”
“Money, ethics and the U.S. government shutdown”
The issue of money and ethics within secular and theological communities has always been an interesting, controversial discussion.
“Why the economic system in the U.S. no longer works”
The economic system we have in this world no longer works … if it ever did.
“Income inequality: The real economic problem”
The chattering class loves to babble on about Social Security and Medicare.
Tracy Simmons is an award-winning journalist specializing in religion reporting and digital entrepreneurship. In her approximate 20 years on the religion beat, Simmons has tucked a notepad in her pocket and found some of her favorite stories aboard cargo ships in New Jersey, on a police chase in Albuquerque, in dusty Texas church bell towers, on the streets of New York and in tent cities in Haiti. Simmons has worked as a multimedia journalist for newspapers across New Mexico, Texas, Connecticut and Washington. She is the executive director of SpokaneFāVS.com, a digital journalism start-up covering religion news and commentary in Spokane, Washington. She also writes for The Spokesman-Review and national publications. She is a Scholarly Assistant Professor of Journalism at Washington State University.
