Serving Two Masters? Christian Smith on American giving
From Terry Mattingly’s syndicated religion column:
The bumper sticker said: “Don’t let my car fool you. My treasure is in heaven.” This echoed the Bible passage in which Jesus urged believers to, “lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven. ... For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.”
This sticker’s creator probably intended it to be displayed on the battered bumper of a maintenance-challenged car, noted sociologist Christian Smith, director of the Center for the Study of Religion and
Society at the University of Notre Dame. Thus, the sticker suggests that the driver knows his car is a wreck, but that he has “other commitments and priorities” that matter more.But Smith was puzzled when he saw this sticker on a $42,000 SUV parked at a bank.
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