The Torch & the Pail: Talents and Capitalism w Rev Jerry Butler & Rev Andrew Bridgeman

When you think of Jesus' parable of the talents in Matthew 25, what comes to mind? A story about multiplying your God-given fruits, or perhaps punishing those who are lazy? What about passive protest by not engaging in an exploitative system?I sit down with Jerry Butler and Andrew Bridgeman to discuss this very parable and dig deep as we also breach the topic of capitalism.Jerry Butler holds degrees from LeTourneau University (B.A., M.B.A.) and Perkins School of Theology at SMU (M.Div., summa cum laude). For the past 15 years, he has served United Methodist congregations as educator and pastor, with research interests in Early Church history, St. Augustine, Koine Greek, and Eastern Orthodox Christianity. He is currently the Pastor of Education and Formation at St. Andrew UMC, but by the time this episode releases he will be positioned in Montana.Andrew Bridgeman is an elder in Full Connection serving as the developer of Mountain Sky Trekking and Co-Pastor of the Roaring Fork Church. He is also an avid outdoorsman, theologian, coffee lover, and ecospiritual writer. He is involved with Yarrow Trail Co. where he embraces nature, community, and the sacred.Attributions: ON8FDNIHEAKJ8GXS