Episode 126: Workers in the Vineyard - Matthew 20:1-16

This parable has always been a challenge to our practical and perhaps commercially oriented minds. On first hearing we say 'excuse me!' But as all parables are, this story goes way deep to challenge those spaces that hold back our generosity. Not only with money but with our time and talents and sacrifices for the sake of others. We talk about what it means to be last and what it is Jesus is calling us to remember, and how gracious God is not only to those who are called later in the day but to the ones who question the fairness of being made to be last when they were first. This is a beautiful story of God seeking us and calling us to his service and how to shift our focus from reward to the joy of giving.