Today, a great social concern many are wrestling with is a widening chasm between the wealthy and the poor. It used to feel like there was a more level playing field and everyone had an opportunity to move up the material ladder of success. Today, however, mom and pop shops can't compete with the corporate big box shops, so opportunity to compete in the marketplace is mitigated. I hear many people talking about it. What I don't hear people speaking of is the growing chasm between the educated and non-educated. As fast as we're advancing technologically, for most of us, our part in its evolution is as consumers. Similarly, there seems to be a growing gap in religious culture. There we find intelligence, rationalization, and skepticism becoming a bit suspect and at times even discouraged. Let's not let our part in the faith experience be limited to that as mere consumers. We must continue not just to seek awareness of the content of our faith and its scriptures, but an understanding of it as well. Knowing doesn't lead to wisdom, but understanding does. Let's not seek God with just our whole heart, but with our whole mind as well. Think about it...
Readings: Genesis 30:1-31:16; Matthew 10:1-25; Psalm 12:1-8; Proverbs 3:13-15
