Proper 21C+ 9.29.13 + Not distracted, we share love
Melissa Campbell-Langdell All Santos, Oxnard, CA (Jer. 32:1-3a, 6-15; Ps. 91:1-6, 14-16; 1 Tim. 6:6-19; Luke 16:19-31) Some of you will have read the popular series The Hunger Games . One of the aspects of it that really struck me is that Katniss Everdeen, the protagonist, a girl from the poor outlying districts, observes the well-off Capitol residents whom she gets to know, and throughout the series she both marvels at the relative wealth and privilege that they have in contrast to the rest of the country of Panem, but also at their lack of awareness about what really matters. At one point, when she is trying to sort out whether certain districts are in revolt, she asks her Capitol attendants, whose main job is to make her appear attractive, what they are lacking—through their complaints of poor access to gadgets or fancy foods, she ascertains that certain districts are rebelling—since the government is trying to keep this fact under wraps. [1] In contrast to the life...