I heard a joke recently. A Greek lady is attending the presidential inauguration with her mother. The mother leans over to the woman and says, “Do you see that man on the stage?” “The president?” “Yes,” the old yiayia says. “His brother is a doctor.”

Recently some of us at Orthodox Reflections collaborated on an article about the sin of usury. Hilber Nelson commented:

Pointing out the sin of usury is one thing, as this article does well. And readers will most likely nod ‘in principle’. But without providing practical advice on usury-free living, getting Orthodox clergy charged with running their 501C(3)s, and everyday laity running their households to honestly confess their own complicit avarice, this article is about as productive as telling the alcoholic to just stop drinking. So, I hope the author is writing a second article of practical advice, and soon.

Fair point. It’s one thing to point out the textual fact that both the Bible and the Greek Orthodox tradition condemn moneylending in its entirety. But our entire economy is just a network of usury schemes. Practically, what do we do? https://orthodoxreflections.com/how-involved-can-orthodox-christians-be-in-moneylending-and-modern-finance/