He Didn’t Need a Far Country to Find the Father
What the parables remember about work, wages, and the people waiting to be chosen.
NOBODY HAS HIRED US
There is a story Jesus told about a man who owns a vineyard and goes down to the market to hire.
He goes at first light. He goes again in the middle of the morning. At noon, and again in the afternoon, and then near the end of the day, the eleventh hour, one hour of light left, and there are still men standing there.
He asks why they ha…
