Article April 12, 2004 Issue

A conversation about PRAYER AND FINANCES

with contributions from Marilyn Jones, Ron Ballard, Mark Nelson, Margery Brown

Recently Three Sentinel Readers talked with senior writer Marilyn Jones about ways they've learned to rely on God's help in the face of insufficient income. Ron Ballard, a Christian Science practitioner and teacher, divides his time between San Francisco, California, and Ashland, Oregon. Mark Nelson, who lives in San Francisco, California, with his wife and children, is in real estate development. And Margery Brown lives and works in Boston. Here are a few excerpts from their roundtable discussion.

Marilyn Jones: With increased outsourcing, job losses, and layoffs, a lot of people are fearful about the future. When going through tough times, how can people lessen their fears, or even do away with them altogether—especially when loss of income threatens to overwhelm everything else?

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