A quiet dawn this morning, after some rain in the night.
The Gospel reading in next Sunday’s Lectionary is hard. Is God really to be likened to such a ruthless master?There’s plenty more to consider in this passage, but a couple of suggestions for now – (i) it gives us an insight into real life in those days – there were ruthless landowners, it was a hard and unpleasant human world, rather like now, (ii) be ready for the reckoning – be ready for that time to come when you have to face the consequences of your actions (in God’s presence, as we generally are).
As to the title, it’s an updating of the parable, which Janet has done.