Keeping the holy in our lives
From Amos, we learn that the problems of our society are nothing new in the vast scope of humankind’s relationship with God. When we value money above all, we wind up alienated completely from the holy, and from God. The reading from Colossians directs our attention to the work that God has done in Jesus Christ, reconciling us to the love that binds the universe together. To lose that relationship with God is to lose everything, Amos agrees. And last, our reading from Luke 10 reminds us that we have choices to make in our daily lives.