14th Sunday after Pentecost, Lectionary 25 September 18, 2011 Matthew 20: 1-16 What would you choose? Fair or generous? Justice or mercy? When I read this parable, I think of Oscar’s father. Oscar’s family lived in the village of San Miguel on the Boca Costa in Guatemala. It’s the coffee-growing region on the west side […]
A Lesson in Economics
18th Sunday after Pentecost, Lectionary 25 September 26, 2010 Luke 16:19–31 19There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day. 20And at his gate lay a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, 21who longed to satisfy his hunger with what fell from the rich […]