When religion preaches generosity but chases power, the contradiction is glaring. These ancient stories call out greed and hypocrisy, suggesting that reason, goodwill, and compassion can reshape lives… even today. What happens if we strip away the pretense and live the values ourselves?
Have you ever noticed how often religion preaches generosity while its loudest voices hoard wealth and chase political power? The gap between the values contained in their sacred text and the behavior of those claiming to defend it is hard to ignore. These ancient stories may be wrapped in divine language, but at their core they challenge us to ask: Are we using what we have to help others, or are we tipping the scales in our own favor?
Welcome to Mythologizing the Bible, where we’ll be taking a look at three readings from the Christian Bible through the lens of “sacred myth.”
As we reflect on the readings for the 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time, we’ll explore how reason, goodwill, and compassion are meant to guide us toward fairness, and how chasing money and power only corrupts those values.
If so many churches have lost the plot, using faith as a cover for greed and control, what would it look like for us to pick up these lessons ourselves and live them as human values? Because if justice and compassion are going to shape our communities, they’ll come from people willing to embody them, not just preach them.
