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The Rich Man, Manager, God, and Wealth (Proper 20C)
In this week’s gospel, Jesus tells a parable about a rich man who is going to fire a manager. Of course there’s more to it.
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The Fanciest One There
Jesus tells some fancy people at a fancy party — have you thought about inviting people who *aren’t* fancy?
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The urgency of giving
Jesus invites us to not only see our possessions as a prison, but the urgency of giving as a vehicle for freedom.
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Beyond the fair question
Sometimes the story is about the money. Sometimes it is about more than that. Either way, it’s about money.
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Buried Treasure
Our hearts don’t just follow our treasure. They’re linked. Which means the gospel demands we love and share with others.
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Not wealth, grace
When Jesus tells us about the problems with wealth, we get hung up on whether or not he means us. But that isn’t the point. For the Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost – Proper 23B Collect Lord, we pray that your grace may always precede and follow us, that we may continually be given to good…
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An Economics of Suffering
William Dwight Porter Bliss, Richard Theodore Ely, the pope, and Jesus give us a common vision for a more moral world. William Dwight Porter Bliss and Richard Theodore ElyLuke 16:19–31 I love this teaching from Jesus because it describes the problem so well. The problem being our general confusion about our place in the story.…
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Unbound Grace
The parable reveals how blind the rich man is to reality. And in reading it, Jesus hopes we won’t continue to share the same delusion.