I’ve talked about this sort of thing before. There are some stories in the Bible where I’m not sure where I fit nor what I think about the story. The story of Jonah, especially the second half, is one of these stories and the Parable of the Landowner is another one; the Lectionary gives us […]
Why bother?
One of the questions we often find ourselves asking is “Why bother?” why bother doing the dishes/laundry, they will just get dirty again why bother doing the right thing, no one notices or cares These are question we might find ourselves asking. As questions go they aren’t so bad because we know the answer. We […]
Not really about fish
It is virtually impossible to have the book of Jonah show up in the Lectionary and not think of fish. It is even more difficult to get away from fish when the Gospel lesson involves Jesus calling some of his followers away from their vocation as people who fished for a living. However, neither of […]