At first glance, it seems like this week's lectionary texts are an exercise in class warfare -- there's the familiar verse from 1 Timothy advising that "the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil" and exhorts us to "shun all this," and the gospel parable in which Jesus describes the gruesome fate that awaits a rich man who enjoyed the finer things in life while ignoring the needs of poor Lazarus. In addition, the Old Testament reading offers some rather curious investment advice, as God directs Jeremiah to buy a field even though the real estate market in Judah is in shambles.