According to the Self Storage Association (yes, that’s really a thing), “The United States has upward of 50,000 storage facilities, more than five times the number of Starbucks. Currently, there is 7.3 square feet of self storage space for every man, woman and child in the nation. Thus, it is physically possible that every American could stand—all at the same time—under the total canopy of self storage roofing.” It might be fair to say that Americans have a stuff problem.

 

Jesus speaks to the problem of materialism in Luke 12 when He tells this story about a rich man who had more of a harvest than he knew what to do with. How do we handle our abundance, and do we look for opportunities to give?