Proper 13 C + Rich in God + 7.31.22
M. Campbell-Langdell All Santos, Oxnard (Hosea 11:1–11; Ps. 107:1–9, 43; Colossians 3:1–11; St Luke 12:13–21) “Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth.” This is easy for the letter writer to say, you might say. I have bills to pay. I must remain grounded. And yet, those of us who tie our worth to our wealth can feel that all that is so easily stripped away. And I think of the difficulty of reading this passage as an immigrant who just wants to get ahead in this country. It makes me think of a parishioner who remembered his father saying that “teachers rarely have two story houses” because they were always giving resources away. While in the Christian tradition, we value sharing resources, it is true that society seems to reward those who save for their families’ futures. A completely different example is to be found in the comedy show “Schitt’s Creek” (2015-2020, Netflix) that gained such popularity at the beginning of the pandemic and befor