17th Sunday After Pentecost

What if Jesus intended us to apply kingdom ethics to our actual economic practices?

Pastor Traci Marriott
Pastor Traci wraps up the seven-day walk through the Gospel of Matthew 20:1–16. But what if this parable is about more than spiritual attitudes? What if Jesus intended us to apply kingdom ethics to our actual economic practices? What would that mean for worker conditions, for livable wages, for equal access to food, shelter, healthcare, education? Those are big questions for a world with big problems. But maybe the first place we can start is by assuming that God cares about this life we’re living now — not just what may happen later in heaven — and then asking ourselves how the world we live in would need to change to look more like the kingdom of heaven Jesus describes in parables like this one. Keep on wrestling with scripture. Keep on asking the hard questions. Keep on imagining a world shaped by generosity rather than scarcity.
Monday, September 21, 2026

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17th Sunday After Pentecost

Readings for the 17th Sunday after Pentecost Matthew 20:1-16

There is probably no other parable that makes people as mad as this one Matthew 21:1-16 Reflections Day 1

Can you put yourself in the place of those hired last? Reflections Day 2

The Right Thing...The Fair Thing.. Reflections Day 3

God is going to be more gracious to other people than we want God to be, whether we like it or not...Reflections Day 4

When we ask for you to give us our daily bread, make us mean it

What if Jesus intended us to apply kingdom ethics to our actual economic practices?

17th Sunday After Pentecost

What if Jesus intended us to apply kingdom ethics to our actual economic practices?

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