Tag: wealth
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How Much Do We Want? [Sermon]
Has anyone played Monopoly? It was originally patented in 1904 by Elizabeth Magie as “The Landlord’s Game.” The game illustrated how rents enrich property owners and impoverish tenants. Ironically, the story of what became of The Landlord’s Game is one of the powerful overwhelming the powerless, involving Parker Brothers and a man who claimed to…
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Does It Feel Unfair? [Sermon]
I’ve been seeing this bumper sticker around for years: “He who dies with the most toys wins.” I’ve also seen the rebuttal: “He who dies with the most toys is still dead.” Many of us have been in the position of closing up the estate of a parent or other relative. And while some of…