lives of the rich and famous

Friday November 16^th, Mark 12: ⁴¹Jesus sat down opposite the place where the offerings were put and watched the crowd putting their money into the temple treasury. Many rich people threw in large amounts. ⁴²But a poor widow came and put in two very small copper coins, worth only a fraction of a penny.  Jesus was not a fan of “the Lives of the Rich and Famous”.  He knew all too well the costs exacted on society for lives such as this.  Child poverty is more widespread in the United States than in any other industrialized country; at the same time, the U.S. government spends less than any industrialized country to pull its children out of poverty. Into this comes the push to do less for the children of poverty in order to provide more for those who benefit.  In order for some to have a lot, others must have a little.  Jesus was concerned for the least, lost and lonely. This story is the church’s call to do the same and not fall for that old argument that the wealthy pay so much in taxes already, remember, according to Jesus, the poor did and do pay more, much more.