Gaps between rich and poor
Tom Ehrich reflects on the upcoming week's gospel about Lazarus and the Rich man in light of the conflicts between people today.
A test of faith for Jesus, and for us
With the political class intent on dividing us, faith communities can seek common ground. With well-orchestrated power grabs afoot and the stakes higher than ever, this hardy band on the outskirts of Albuquerque can address the parable that Jesus told about a rich man and a poor man.The gap that could squander our democracy isn't the gap between liberal and conservative, or labor and management, or progressive and fundamentalist, or Christianity and Islam. It is the gap that troubled Jesus: the gap between a rich man who lived fabulously and a poor man who was "covered with sores" and desperately hungry.
