Mark Whittall

(Text: Luke 12.22-32) Jesus is calling us to a reorientation. A reorientation that, if we took it seriously enough, just might save this planet, and its many endangered life forms, including our own. Of course we need things. Of course we need food, of course we need clothing, and of course, in our day and age, the list of things we think we need has expanded way beyond food and clothing. Of course we need our smart phones, don’t we? Jesus is calling us away from a narrow p

“You cannot serve God and wealth.” That’s the conclusion of today’s gospel. So what do you think? Is it true? Not everyone thinks so. “When the Pharisees, who loved money, heard him say these things, they rolled their eyes, dismissing him as hopelessly out of touch.” So is Jesus hopelessly out of touch on this? He’s talks about money a lot. He seems to think it’s important, and yet at the same time, he calls wealth a little thing, “very little” compared to the “true riches