September 29, 2013
With this in mind, I welcome you to join me in Sam’s office. Have a seat, take your shoes off, and stay awhile. In the comfort and safety of someone you trust, after hearing this parable, we are asked why this is the most unfamiliar parable? It confronts us where it hurts. We are brought into the story because that is what parables do. This is what good story-telling does. And this story welcomes us into last weeks text that concludes, “You cannot serve God and wealth” followed immediately by, “The Pharisees, who were lovers of money…” And we change the story.