Volume 6, Issue 8, April 1997

Article Summary:

The BANE and BLESSING of WEALTH

Like all the greatest spiritual religions of humankind, Christianity realizes a profound danger to the better self in the pursuit and accumulation of wealth. When a person lays up treasure, their heart almost inevitably is with their treasure.More . . .

AS I LOOK AT BREAD

In my hand is a loaf of bread. In this bread I see the companionship of people - for, throughout the ages, the sharing of bread together has been an act of friendship between persons. It is a means of communion between humans.More . . .

THE RICH MAN AND LAZARUS

There was once a rich man who dressed in the most expensive clothes and lived in great luxury every day. There was also a poor man, named Lazarus, full of sores, who used to be brought to the rich man's door, hoping to fill himself with the bits of food that fell from the rich man's table.More . . .

JUSTICE

Recently I had the opportunity to lead a discussion group of persons from the United and Baptist churches on the subject of justice.More . . .

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"Religion NOW" is published in limited edition by the Rev. Ross E. Readhead, B.A., B.D., Certificate of Corrections, McMaster University, in the interest of furthering knowledge and participation in religion. Dialogue is invited and welcomed.