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Rethinking the pursuit of wealth
Having spent my entire career in money management, I was interested in a poll conducted by Prudential Financial, which found that a majority of Americans (58 percent) had “lost faith in the market.” Despite the fact that this casts aspersions on my profession, I couldn’t help but understand, given the almost unprecedented volatility of financial markets over the past few years.
Most people know the reasons: insider trading, Ponzi schemes, collusion, market manipulation. Sadly, the list gets long. And each perpetrator appears to have the same motive—the pursuit of wealth.
I recently came across a thank-you note Mary Baker Eddy wrote to a Christian Science branch church in Colorado in which, as I see it, she turned this notion of pursuing wealth upside down—or maybe I should say right side up—and introduced the idea that substance can pursue us.
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April 21, 2014 issue
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Letters
Karen Janitz, Andrew Wilson
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Growing up safe
Fenella Bennetts
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Rethinking the pursuit of wealth
Paul Collins
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God's voice in the vocal studio
Patti C. Christopher
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A strong defense at the Boston Marathon
A.J. Kiser
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"The floral apostles..."
Photograph by Peter Anderson
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How to experience heaven now
Brian Hall
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Amplified text can amplify understanding
Janell Fiarman
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From a shepherd to a student
Peter Tatoi Adunga
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Hand healed
Charles Ferris
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Arm and leg pain gone
Poonam Likhi
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Sudden sickness healed
Kenfield Kennedy
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Normal movement in arm restored
Ruth Merry Outland
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Infinite blessings
The Editors