Saint Athanasius Lutheran Church

Many people these days live paycheck to paycheck. That was the situation even more of many folks in biblical times. There was no middle class as we know it today. There were the laves and the have nots. The rich and the poor. And the distance between them was considerable. It is with that in mind that we need to hear the parable that Jesus tells today. Workers are being hired at all hours of the day. So when it comes time to pay these workers, and each receives a full days wage, it means food on the table. It means life. And that, Jesus says, is what the kingdom of heaven is all about. Life. Life for all. Which is, and always is, a gift.