THE UNWISE FARMER

The parable included for the Gospel reading today concerns a farmer who prospered. He let his possessions possess him. Certainly you can find parallels today, though it may be corporations who buy up farms and add acreage to acreage. The family farm is less and less a part of American life. Only about two per cent of the population now earns their livelihood full-time in farming.

The typical person who accumulates wealth today is more likely to do it in business and commerce. The parable would more likely be told now in terms of a person who adds stock purchases or who speculates in commodities. It might also be those who try to acquire wealth through playing the state-run lotteries or the increasing number of casinos.

On a smaller scale it might apply to those who see…