In Episode 17 of Canterbury Trails, Jared and C. Jay discuss an important upcoming conference sponsored by Jared’s church: Building Generational Wealth: Preparing Heirs for the Unexpected Journey. But this is no mere promo video: join us as our hosts engage in a fascinating conversation about the conference topic and related matters: vocation, the Medieval view of wealth, intergenerational living, and how such a way of life can be a catalyst of cultural continuity in a world of cultural liquidation.
What Christians need today is an older understanding of the economy that transcends the transactional; and a definition of wealth that moves beyond mere money. True Wealth includes the family itself. Modern individualism has lost this understanding. But there is a strong English tradition that approaches wealth and the community in this forgotten way. This way is fundamentally Burkean: a social contract between the living, the dead, and those yet unborn.
Christians in America today, Evangelicals specifically, struggle to think except in terms of individualism. But shared memories and shared experiences are a type of generational wealth. Skills, even of an artistic nature, are wealth that can be passed on to children. And so much more.
Don’t miss this conversation! And remember that we're just scratching the surface of what will be covered in the plenary sessions and workshops of the upcoming Generational Wealth conference. This is the fifth conference sponsored by Grace Anglican Church: previous conferences have covered Anti-Fragility; Tolkien, Beauty, and Natural Law; The Medieval Mind; and The Modern World (the Real Dark Age). This Generational Wealth conference is perhaps the most practical one yet. Make plans now to joins us in Scranton, PA, October 9–11, 2025. For more information, visit the website at https://thegenerationalwealthconference.com. And note that there is an early bird discount if you register before the end of August.
Image of Anglo-Saxon map by Hel-hama - Own work using:InkscapeSource: England and Wales at the time of the Treaty of Chippenham (AD 878). From the Atlas of European History, Earle W Dowe (d. 1946), G Bell and Sons, London, 1910 (see: File:England-878ad.jpg), CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=19885072
