Father Snort

Brad Sullivan Proper 23, Year B October 11, 2015 Saint Mark's Episcopal Church, Bay City, TX Hebrews 4:12-16 Mark 10:17-31 Possessed by the Demon of Our Possessions The movie Fight Club came out when I was in my early twenties, and like most guys in their early twenties at the time, I loved that movie. I still do, truth be told, and not because there were violent fight scenes. I loved the movie because of its sharp social commentary and its insightful critique of what we value and what is truly important to us. Early on in the movie, Brad Pitt’s character, Tyler Durden, says, “The things you own end up owning you.” This certainly seems to be the case for the man in our Gospel story this morning who wanted to inherit eternal life, but wasn’t willing to get rid of his things in order to do so. We might think him foolish, but then the truth of the Fight Club quote comes in. “The things you own end up owning you.”