Money

There is a lot of talk about money this morning as the markets continue to slide. I am really sorry that despite the serious of the situation I can’t help an inner smile at the metaphors being used. A sliding market conjures up pictures of market traders struggling to bag their bananas as they slip about and whenever anyone talks about the credit crunch it sounds like a chocolate bar!
It is a deeply serious business not least for the third sector with its reliance on volunteers, donations often of “spare cash” and realising assets which are suddenly not worth as much. It’s a bit scary for my projects at this time as churches are notorious for giving reducing in times of development. I sense a number of hard conversations that need to be had when I get back into the job.
Perhaps I am looking at this the wrong way up, falling once again into the position of takers not givers, those without resources rather than those with them. Perhaps we need to be thinking more of what we can do for our communities as they go through what looks like a recession rather than what they can do for us.
We need to be part of the solution not part of the problem…