Getting The Stricken Super-Rich To Open Up In Church

GREENWICH, Conn. -- It isn't easy to get the super-rich to discuss their money woes, and the Rev. Chuck Davis, who runs the Stanwich Church here in the hedge-fund capital of the world, has tried. His flock includes the mandarins of finance who've lost fortunes in the stock market debacle. In a recent sermon, he urged parishioners to simply admit that they're enduring a terrible ordeal.

"C'mon, let's us talk about it, right now," he said from the pulpit. "There's fear. I've never seen this kind of fear in people. There's concern. Our world has been rocked in some ways. I think we've come to realize that we've lived an illusion for a little while, haven't we?"

This isn't an "Amen!" kind of place, but listeners were rapt.

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Comments

[PT6]

It is PAY DAY for the Extremely RICH!

Maybe they will find another Religion beside Wall Street!

[MajorKong]

What's this eye of a needle doing here and why won't my camel fit through it?

[Erdgeist]

It must be shocking for these neo-Calvinists, who believe that wealth is a measure of one's closeness to God, to deal with the unpleasant likelihood that they might lose everything and, as a result, become separated from God.

[Furby]

Can you say "poetic justice"?