31 July - 6 August 2022
Worship Together
31 July - 6 August 2022
Rich towards God
Luke 12.13-21Someone asked Jesus to intervene in a family row over money. Jesus declined, and instead told a parable about a rich man who constantly sought to build up his wealth and possessions, with the aim of living a good and long retirement; but he didn’t live long enough for this to happen. So, what was the point? Far better, Jesus says, to build up treasure in heaven and to be ‘rich towards God’.
What is the point of accumulating ‘stuff’? Today’s reading suggests that it’s a hiding to nothing; but we still do it. Does it harm us or those around us? Is the damage of greed confined to the spiritual harm it does to those whose life goal is ‘building bigger barns’? Or does the damage spread wider?
This week we explore our attitudes towards abundance.
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Lectionary Bible readings for RCL Proper 13 Year C
Ecclesiastes 1.2,12-14; 2.18-23
Psalm 49.1-12
Colossians 3.1-11
Luke 12.13-21
