Matthew 21:33-46 I cleaned out my garden last week. As usual, I started out ambitious and hopeful in the spring, only this year? It seems that neglect rather ruled the season. My four tomato plants did not produce nearly as much as they normally do, although they grew into al most tree-like structures which looked …
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God’s Own: This Vineyard
Matthew 21:33-46 I took the long way home a few days back. I drove the roads which were mine growing up, going past vast fields of corn and soybeans which have been part of my landscape my whole life long. I grew up with kids whose families owned these farms. Indeed, parts of more than …
The Parable of the Vineyard: Being “Tenants” Today
Matthew 21:33-46 I don’t know much of vineyards except for the three rows of concord grapes which grew in straight lines, supported by fence posts and wire, behind the garage where I grew up. I am certain that when my folks bought that house to accommodate a growing family that the grapevines were just an …
God’s Vineyard
Matthew 21:33-46 On Monday morning we left the house early. I was headed off to a conference and my mother decided to tag along to visit her sister for a couple of days. (If you don’t know this yet, my mother moved in with me on Labor Day. No doubt, that is the subject of …