Living In A Selfie Culture
This week’s lectionary texts have a great deal to say about the misplaced priorities of contemporary culture. The writer of Ecclesiastes takes on the foolishness of human vanity; Jesus tells a parable addressing the short-sightedness of those who place too much importance on the hoarding of wealth and the acquisition of possessions; and Paul implores the Colossians to turn away from destructive earthly passions like fornication, greed, idolatry, and anger, and to embrace instead a new life in Christ.