Last week, we heard Jesus tell the parable of the dishonest manager. A steward of his master’s interests who was accused of squandering his master’s property. The manager then went about lowering debts owed to his master, in order to make those who owed his master indebted to the manager so he could count on their support, after he was fired. Then we looked at the saying Luke attributed to Jesus: “make friends for yourselves by means of dishonest wealth so that when it is gone, they may welcome you into the eternal homes.” (Luke 16:9) In the sermon I talked about how we should use our resources to live according to Jesus’ example to “bring good news to the poor…release to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind.” The mission from Isaiah that Jesus claimed as his own. I said, “dishonest wealth” or worldly possessions should be used to further Christ’s mission in the world.