"Thank You For Enslaving Us!"
Yes, I am still preaching about money. And no, people haven't stopped coming to church. Although after last week's sermon on tithing, I might lose a couple. Listen, I saw the above bumper sticker in a restaurant on the bulletin board. I went there to consume mass quantities of Italian food. I ordered spaghetti and meatballs with extra meat balls. The extra meat balls cost like a buck extra. There were four of them--each the size of baseball. I got my money's worth and took about twenty minutes off of my life, too boot. Woot! Anyway, back to the bumper sticker. What do you think o that? Isn't that messed up? I mean, we just started climbing out of the worst recession since the Great Depression and the first thing on everyone's mind is... "Well, get back to spending!" Okay, okay. I get it. It's Capitalism. But isn't that the thinking that started this whole mess--the belief that the acquisition and consumption of wealth ...