Do you like riddles? I’ve always liked riddles. Riddles are word problems; brilliant questions that stump us, until we are told the answer, and then we can’t believe we missed it! Some riddles – especially those we learn in childhood – are rather simple. For example, “What’s black and white and read all over?” (A newspaper). Or how about this one, “I am a wealthy doctor, I have a wealthy son. But if you’re looking for his father, I am not the one. Who am I?” (His mother).

I recently heard a riddle that was allegedly solved by 80% of kindergartners, but only 17% of Stanford University students. Here’s the riddle:

What is…
More powerful than God
More evil than the devil
Poor people have it
Rich people don’t need it
And if you eat it you will die?
And the answer…
Nothing!

In the gospel te…