Check that Dollar Bill

Note the God on that money bill you carry in your purse and wallet. There's God's eye that sees and calls you and me to grab an eternal truth that we are part of the planet's community. We are part of bringing well-being to the grocer, to the banker, and the flowers we purchase from the kiosk owner in that giant mall. Well-being to all from my wallet. It's that simple.

It was in my writing the book, Money as Sacrament that I uncovered so much more than what I originally thought vital. Writing, journalling, and speaking about money delivered me to understand dollars and cents not simply as medium of exchange, something I simply hand over to another, but as something that connects me to others, draws them into my life and brings me into theirs. We are bonded in that moment of exchange. I celebrate that connection.

Thomas Merton, proliflic spiritual writer says it best: "My response must be to open myself to being a partner with God, working with Him, co-operating with the God who is my Maker and Redeemer. I find that it helps me to think of this in terms of stewardship, responsilility, accountability. What use am I making of the raw material (our green bills and plastic cards) that has been given to me?"