Credit Union Boards May Try To Tell Members To "Kiss Off", But...

   ... there is still hope!

Maybe it's just the spirit of the Season, or maybe it's that the persistent message of Christianity is one of mercy and hope. 

Every person - each of us - need a little help, a little hope, and somebody who believes in us.  That's the core wisdom behind every religion, same with credit unions...  when you take away hope, you break a heart.

This came to mind in reading  Ed Speed's "The CUDaily" opinion piece: "When the Temple Falls: The Collapse of the Credit Union ‘Movement’.  Mr. Speed is not only a great writer, but also a trained theologian. But hopefully he is preaching the wrong Testament - and there will be new hope!.

The Biblical story which may equally resonate, is of "the cleansing of the temple", when Jesus rebelled against the commercialization of the temple by expelling the merchants and the money changers, who profaned sacred, spiritual practices by doing so.

"The importance of the text is signaled by the fact that within a week of this incident, Jesus was dead. Matthew, Mark, and Luke agree that this  event functioned as the 'trigger' for Jesus' death." Not to mention that other little episode of insider betrayal and the notorious 'kiss-off" by a fellow named Judas Iscariot - for 30 pieces of silver. 

Hopefully the further commercialization of credit unions through profane mergers and on-the-take, self interest will not continue. Whether in religion or with credit unions, it is quite a sin that something so precious is forsaken - by greed - so cheaply.

✔  The "Spirit" [link] gives us new hope for a resurrection in values!

😎 ... even if the price of silver is at an all-time high and our "leaders" continue to wash their hands of all this!! Hope for the best!

  But watch carefully and duck, if your credit union board tries to kiss you...!

                     🎄🎄🎄🎄 MERRY CHRISTMAS!