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Callie Picardo, an author, preacher, teacher, and encourager, serves as the Vice President for Development at United Theological Seminary. She is the founder of Deep Roots Financial Coaching and serves on the preaching team and in the prayer ministry of Mosaic, a multiethnic United Methodist Church planted by her husband, Rosario. Callie and Rosario co-authored Money Talks: A Biblical Take on Earning, Saving, Spending, and Giving (Market Square Publishing, 2021) to encourage others as they walk with God in their finances. The book is available at
Market Square Books,
Cokesbury, and
Amazon. They also co-host The Better Together Podcast with Callie and Rosario Picardo.
Jessica L. Anschutz is the Associate Director of the Lewis Center and co-editor of Leading Ideas. She teaches in the Doctor of Ministry program at Wesley Theological Seminary and is an elder in the New York Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church. Jessica participated in the Lewis Fellows program, the Lewis Center's leadership development program for young clergy. She is also the co-editor with Doug Powe of Healing Fractured Communities (Palmetto, 2024).
How does our faith influence our relationship with money? Jessica Anschutz of the Lewis Center staff speaks with Callie Picardo, a teacher and the coauthor…
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