The next of our identified key values to explore is “generosity.” This is of no surprise to me as our community of faith has demonstrated its commitment to this value time and again in the almost six years that I have served among you. The list of examples demonstrating the generosity of this congregation is long and its witness is a powerful one.
It’s an old trope in the church that pastors are reluctant to talk about money while at the same time parishioners think their pastors talk about money too much. What do you think? I believe this just speaks to a historical and cultural squeamishness around personal finances. Sensibilities around money and the economic systems behind them were clearly of great concern to Jesus and Luke’s gospel presents some pretty straightforward insight into what God expects of us on this front.