Rev. Dr. Jenn Pick

Long before Jesus tells a story about workers in a vineyard, God gives instructions about labor, wages, and dignity.

We live as though the world runs on scarcity.

I tend to read this verse as reassurance—God is patient with others.

Patience is not a virtue I possess in abundance. I admire it. I practice it—at least in theory.

This passage has long been a compass for those who serve the Church.

I have always stumbled a bit over the word “chosen” (or as our Presbyterian brothers and sisters would translate it, “elected”).

Ephesians 2:19 emerges from a world as fractured as our own.

Joshua speaks these words at the end of his life as Israel stands on the threshold of a future they cannot yet see.

I have always loved wild and untamed places.

There is a holy generosity woven into the life of the Spirit.