Spiritual Capital: Treasures in Heaven
19th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Lk 12:32-48)
During the course of the past week, I happened to chance upon a former student of mine, thanks to the Facebook. We had a brief chat. I was intrigued by what he was doing for a living. He predicts stock-markets. He appears on TV at breakfast shows forecasting trends in the market and advising investors. He trains people on how to make money sitting at their homes buying and selling shares. I watched a few of his TV-shows. It was all about how to get rich quickly and effortlessly! And his ideas sell. In this climate of quick money, I asked myself how would people look at religion and spirituality. We are forced to speak a language of economics even in the context of faith: hence my reflection [...]
Spiritual Capital: Treasures in Heaven
19th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Lk 12:32-48)
During the course of the past week, I happened to chance upon a former student of mine, thanks to the Facebook. We had a brief chat. I was intrigued by what he was doing for a living. He predicts stock-markets. He appears on TV at breakfast shows forecasting trends in the market and advising investors. He trains people on how to make money sitting at their homes buying and selling shares. I watched a few of his TV-shows. It was all about how to get rich quickly and effortlessly! And his ideas sell. In this climate of quick money, I asked myself how would people look at religion and spirituality. We are forced to speak a language of economics even in the context of faith: hence my reflection [...]