At Bountiful Financial, we love discovering the common beliefs that unite people as we work with various faith communities to build investment frameworks. One of these widely shared beliefs is beautifully articulated in Jesus Christ’s call to be peacemakers: “Blessed...
Of all God’s commandments, here’s the most challenging: “Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to those that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you and persecute you” (Matthew 5:44). If we can find the courage to live this commandment,...
The name of “Climate Week NYC” should be changed. My proposal: The Summit for Saving Our Global Home. Why is this better? First, “Saving Our Global Home” echoes the respected US Conference of Catholic Bishops investment guidelines and resonates with many faith...
What’s missing at next week’s Climate Week NYC? A $10 trillion opportunity. Faith-based investors and churches, who collectively manage over $10 trillion in assets and are among the world’s largest owners of real estate, have been completely overlooked. No dedicated...
I believe the challenge of building a truly sustainable environment—whether societal or natural—is fundamentally a spiritual one. This is why we need solutions grounded in spiritual values, like Christ’s call to love our neighbors and be good stewards of our...
I’ve been saddened to see, as Bountiful Financial builds datasets for faith-based investing, how certain companies openly promote addictive substances such as tobacco and discounted alcohol to “increase store traffic” to drive sales overall. Without the right data to...