In our scripture passage this week, Luke 16: 1-14, we find an unlikely role model—a dishonest manager who after losing trust with his employer by cooking the books, was about to lose his home. Like the dishonest manager, the collective human preoccupation with getting and keeping more money has led to the squandering of God’s creation. We too are at risk of losing our home.

In Luke 15:1-19, the Pharisees criticize Jesus for eating with sinners. Jesus confronts their value system by telling two parables in which…

Quietly, behind the scenes, a small circle of people have been designing a new way of providing care for one another here…