After yesterday’s lovely sun became more fitful, we have rain this morning. I’ve not so far been for a walk, although yesterday’s downhills have left me with some aching joints.
From the Lectionary for Sunday,
“21:28 “What do you think? A man had two sons; he went to the first and said, ‘Son, go and work in the vineyard today.’
21:29 He answered, ‘I will not’; but later he changed his mind and went.
21:30 The father went to the second and said the same; and he answered, ‘I go, sir’; but he did not go.
21:31 Which of the two did the will of his father?” They said, “The first.””
This snippet from Matthew’s Gospel, admittedly taken out of its context about the relationship between Jesus’ people and Pharisaic Judaism, did raise for me a completely separate question.
Yes, I want to answer, “the first” as well – but the way the media work in the twenty first century, people are more likely to favour the second son. We love to hear ‘all words and no action’ if those words suit our pre-existing beliefs.