August 4 2013 Proper 13C
By Rev. Kate Ekrem
Church of Our Redeemer
This past weekend, Dave and I cleaned out the garage. We
ended up with almost a carload of stuff to take to Goodwill – it always feels
good and virtuous to purge stuff out of the house. But you know, we clean out
the garage every couple of months, and it seems like every time we have a
carload of stuff to take to Goodwill. I try to keep that in mind when praying
on this parable of the rich fool. It’s one of those rare parables of Jesus
that’s actually pretty darn clear and easy to understand. Stuff bad, God good.
Jesus even gives a one sentence summary himself: one's life does not consist in
the abundance of possessions. But you already know this, it’s not even worth a
sermon. You wouldn't be sitting in a church on Sunday morning if you actually
did think that life consists of the abundance of possessions. You’d be at the mall instead, right?
