\u201cThe richest 1 percent will control more than half of the globe\u2019s total wealth by next year.\u201d\u00a0 The news of the recent Oxam study were widely reported over the last few days. \u00a0\u201cDo we really want to live in a world where the 1 percent own more than the rest of us combined?\u201d Oxfam\u2019s executive director asked.<\/p>\n
And, we might ask, \u201cHow do we worship in a world of such staggering inequality?\u201d \u00a0Does the dramatic increase in the gap between the 80 richest people and the people who make up the lower fifty percent of the world\u2019s income scale mean anything for our gathering in God\u2019s presence?\u00a0 Should it?\u00a0 How?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u201cThe richest 1 percent will control more than half of the globe\u2019s total wealth by next year.\u201d\u00a0 The news of the recent Oxam study were widely reported over the last few days. \u00a0\u201cDo we really want to live in a world where the 1 percent own more than the rest of us combined?\u201d Oxfam\u2019s executive […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[17,187],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-liturgical-spirituality","category-social-justice"],"yoast_head":"\n