God and Mammon

I referenced this article by D'Vera Cohn of the Pew Research Agency for a sermon and thought it might be interesting to other folk:

Baby Boomers:  The Gloomiest Generation

America's baby boomers are in a collective funk. Members of the large generation born from 1946 to 1964 are more downbeat about their lives than are adults who are younger or older, according to a new Pew Research Center Social and Demographic Trends survey.

Not only do boomers give their overall quality of life a lower rating than adults in other generations, they also are more likely to worry that their incomes won't keep up with inflation -- this despite the fact that boomers enjoy the highest incomes of any age group. (read the entire article by clicking here).