Workshops

Photo from May 2026 presentation with Diocese of MA clergy

Beyond Stewardship: Exploring Alternative Approaches to Christian Giving

This interactive workshop explores alternatives to the language of stewardship, inviting participants to reflect on how the church might speak about money in ways more deeply rooted in scripture and discipleship. Presented four times in the Diocese of Massachusetts over the course of 2026 as part of their clergy development conference, the session has been shaped through repeated engagement with clergy in active ministry and is adaptable for other diocesan contexts.

This is a theological workshop exploring how the Church talks and thinks about money. In part one, participants explore historical and contemporary critiques of stewardship, engaging real-life examples of stewardship language to consider where it proves helpful and where it falls short. In part two, the workshop examines alternative frameworks such as sacrificial offering, women’s patronage, koinonia (sharing and economic fellowship), and the modern tithe as a spiritual practice. Together, participants reflect on how these images can help reimagine giving not simply as prudent management, but as worship, gratitude, and participation in the costly self-offering of Christ. Contact me for more information. 

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Money in Holy Week: Corruption and Sacrificial Offering in Jesus’ Final Days

This workshop explores the ways money shows up throughout Jesus’ final week of life. Drawing on an ongoing book project, the session traces key instances in which money surfaces in Holy Week, beginning with the cleansing of the temple and ending with the bribing of the guards to offer false witness. Together participants will explore the theme of corruption in the Gospels and today, and how sacrificial offering is oftentimes juxtaposed to this disturbing reality. Read this related reflection. 

This is a theological and participatory exploration. Participants will engage key moments in the Gospel narratives, attending to how corruption is a driving force in the story of Jesus’ final days. At the same time, the workshop highlights a powerful counterpoint: acts of costly offering that reveal a different calling at work, from the widow’s mite, to the anointing at Bethany, to Jesus’ own self-offering which he describes as a ransom payment for the freeing of many.

Together, participants reflect on how these intertwined themes of corruption and sacrificial offering can reshape how we read Holy Week, preach its texts, and understand the cross and Resurrection in the life of the church today. Contact me for more information.