Jesus and Your 401(k)

To put it mildly, there are big chunks of Jesus’ teaching that just don’t mesh well with the values, priorities, and conventional wisdom of our culture. This Sunday, Jesus has some apparently unsettling and harsh words for those of us who save for retirement so we can finally put our feet up and — as the saying goes — eat, drink, and be merry.

But what’s so wrong with saving up for retirement? Isn’t that the American dream? Don’t we do well to teach our kids to do the same?

Let’s find out just what Jesus’ real problem is with retirement … and if there isn’t something about our culture that we should have a problem with, too.