Proper 21C + A Life that Really is Life + ACL+ 9.25.22
A Life that Really is Life Pentecost 16C, 1 Timothy 6, Luke 16 St Paul’s Emmanuel, Santa Paula and All Saints, Oxnard The Rev. Alene Campbell-Langdell If you feel that Jesus has been talking a lot about money the last few weeks, you are right. Starting with Luke chapter 15, Jesus has told parable after parable about those who are rich or well off. People who have inheritances to pass on to their children. A farmer who owns a hundred sheep, and a business man who hires and fires managers at will. And today’s gospel starts off yet again with, “There was a rich man…” At which point, part of my brain tunes out. I have been conditioned by the fantasies of American wealth to think of Jeff Bezos or Elon Musk, Bill Gates and Warren Buffett when I think about riches. (And yes, it is an interesting commentary on society that all the names are those of men.) ...