So I’m watching Veggie Tales with my daughter yesterday and providentially she chose Madame Blueberry which talks about greed. The line in the video that stood out to me was the line, “Happiness waits at the Stuff Mart, all you need is lots more stuff.” This became even more glaring when I got my paper this morning and the ads were so thick I could barely get the paper out of that little plastic sleeve. With each ad, it was easier and easier to hear the song, “…all you need is lots more stuff.” It is difficult to hear anything else this time of year but the siren song of marketing and media promising happiness and joy, but delivering nothing. Our lives should be centered on something greater than this, right?

“And he said to them, ‘Take care, and be on your guard against all covetousness, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.’” Luke 12:15