WELL ARRANGED LIVES

       WE ARE A PEOPLE OF PRIVILEGE AND

ENTITLEMENT. WE ARE AMONG THE HAVES----
  
   WE HAVE EDUCATION, CONNECTIONS, POWER,

   AND WEALTH. TOO OFTEN WE ARE INDULGENT

AND SELF-SUFFICIENT CONSUMERS. WE SPEAK OF
    
   OUR ACHIEVEMENTS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
   
      SOMETIMES WE OFFER GOD LITURGIES OF
    
      DISREGARD, LITANIES OF SELVES MADE TOO
 
  BIG. BUT WE HEAR FAINT REMINDERS OF A
                      
                            BETTER WAY.

Walter Brueggemann-Prayers for a Privileged People